How many of these restaurants, bars and breweries have you checked out since they opened? Do you have a favorite?

Bellingham alone has three brick-and-mortar yarn shops — Spincycle, Northwest Yarns & Mercantile, and Apple Yarns — in less than a 2-mile radius. A new fabric store, Sew Inspired Fabrics, recently ...

According to a Dec. 29 news release from the Northwest Clean Air Agency, burning wood for home heating “especially when it isn’t done correctly” can produce smoke pollution “that can harm you, your ...