Bellingham News

Sales person Jill Patterson, left, helps customer Marylee LeCocq shop for oil paint at Dakota Art Store, 1415 Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

Police in the town of Blaine, Washington, near the Canadian border found a car in a bank parking lot on July 2 that had been stolen in Miami just about two days earlier.

The museum, which features historical exhibits from the early days of northern Whatcom County, will be showing items on loan from the West Coast Clock and Watch Museum in Bellingham, including several dozen timepieces from the mid-1700s to the late 1940s that were manufactured in both North America and Europe.

Here's a news release from Joy of Pilates, for those who are heading out to Sunnyland STOMP! on Saturday, July 12: Joy of Pilates & Fitness is celebrating their Open House and 6th year anniversary during this year's Sunnyland STOMP! Joy of Pilates, a fully equipped Pilates Studio, will be celebrating and opening their studio to the public on ... (more)

A new site called blast-zone.org released an interactive map that allows you to see if your house, school, workplace, favorite store, etc.

My blog is about an alternative retirement lifestyle - Full-Time RVing. Here you get to follow my travels and see many of the interesting places and people I encounter along my way.

Whatcom Horticultural Society presents its annual self-guided tour of six Bellingham gardens, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 12 and 13, 2014.

Anne Wyman displays her pride bracelets Thursday, July 11, 2013 at the raising of the pride flags in front of Bellingham's City Hall.

April Eaton trains for the Chuckanut Foot Race by running two laps around Lake Padden on Thursday, July 10, 2014, in Bellingham.

Bellingham's Bryce Pennock hits a double against North Olympic during Northwest Washington 11U Tournament play Thursday, July 10, 2014 at Conoco Phillips Sportsplex Baseball Fields in Ferndale.

The excitement of buying pot in a store hadn't lost its luster as Bellingham's second marijuana store opened to a line of about 40 people Thursday, July 10. With a wink to pot culture, 2020 Solutions opened its doors just before 4:20 p.m., and the line of people waiting in the sun steadily grew.

As police noted a quieter but still busy Independence Day in Bellingham - where residential fireworks were banned for the first time - firefighters and medical personnel saw fewer incidents and injuries related to pyrotechnics this year.

Honey Salon, 310 W. Holly St., showcases the art of visual and graphic artist Stevie Chandler during the salon's makeover celebration from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, July 11, at the Downtown Art Walk.

Public Works will close several streets surrounding the Bellingham Public Library for the Relay for Life of Whatcom County on Friday, July 11, and Saturday, July 12. Those roads will include Grand Avenue between Gerard Street and Flora Street, Central Avenue between Prospect Street and Flora, North Commercial Street between Flora and Whatcom Creek, ... (more)

Help your children experience the art of creative collaboration with a free drop-in Play Lab from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, July 14, at the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Ave. It's an event held once every year families with children 3 and up, said Bethany Hoglund, head of children's services.

But by late evening, not a single gram had been sold. The 1 1/2-pound shipment finally rolled in about 9 p.m., and employees scrambled to get the product counted and ready to sell to the line of customers by 9:20 p.m. They sold almost a pound by midnight, and by Wednesday afternoon were nearly sold out completely, employees said.

Bellingham Bay Fencing Association member Abby Barr, left, fences with Jason Lenz, right, on Thursday, June 5, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash.

Sheila Nickerson, a former poet laureate of Alaska, shares her newest book, "Harnessed to the Pole: Sledge Dogs in Service to American Explorers of the Arctic 1853-1909," at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 10, 2014 at Village Books.

In Western Washington, we like to say that summer doesn't start until after Independence Day.

"We are opening tomorrow at 4:20 p.m. We'll be open 'til midnight. We'll let our customers sleep in," said Aaron Nelson, senior vice president of operations for 2020 Solutions.