In the Media
When Mayor Dan Pike issues a formal apology to the Chinese community this week at a unique gathering at the Whatcom Museum, it’ll be part of an ongoing effort to make sure an ugly part of Bellingham’s history—specifically, the brutal 1885 expulsion of Chinese citizens from the area—never repeats itself.
Similarly, the Northwest Ballet Theatre’s (NBT) latest production, “Emerald Bay,” seeks to both draw attention to past wrongs as well as highlight the contributions made by a the cultural mélange of people who made their homes in the region during that same time frame.
Mayor Dan Pike will issue a formal apology to the Chinese community on Thursday, May 26, for what happened 125 years ago, when Chinese residents were forced out of the area at the urging of civic leaders and the town newspaper.
The formal apology is among the activities on Thursday night in Whatcom Museum's Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St., that make up the Chinese Expulsion Remembrance Project in Bellingham.
Western Washington University senior Ryan Brown can't hide in obscurity anymore when he goes to a national championship meet.
That's what happens when you've won three NCAA Division II national championships in your event, which happens to be pole vaulting in Brown's case.
Western Washington University assistant professor of Environmental Studies Scott Miles and Research Associate Rebekah Green of Western Washington University's Resilience Institute have received a $45,000 grant from the Washington Emergency Management Division (WAEMD) to create and populate a digital database of 20 earthquake disaster scenarios and their potential impacts.
Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning, unless you are Gibson Bardsley.
In that case, evenings are just as fine, particularly those spent at Christian Stadium, home of the Charlotte (N.C.) Eagles.
Bardsley, a graduate of Mount Si High School and Western Washington University, made his pro debut as a United Soccer Leagues of America player the evening of April 25, entering as a sub against the Charleston Battery.
Elementary students and families in five of Bellingham's schools will see new faces leading schools this fall.
The Bellingham School District announced five new elementary school principals on Wednesday, May 25. All positions start July 1.
If you see Christina Ashby walking backward down any stairs on Memorial Day, don't be alarmed.
She'll probably be more than a little sore after completing the eight-mile running leg of Ski to Sea. With nearly all of the course at a leg-pounding downhill angle, the real pain comes in the recovery.
Ryan Rickerts moved to Bellingham in 2000, on Ski to Sea weekend.
A year later, he raced in his first Ski to Sea. He participated in the mountain biking leg, back when it was shorter and didn't quite make the grade as a mountain biking leg for a lot of riders.
That 2001 Ski to Sea was his first bike race ever.
When "The One Point 5 Percent" was formed several months ago, co-captain Kimberly Harris knew it was unique for an all African- American team to compete in Whatcom County's annual Ski to Sea race.
When she found out it was likely the first time it had happened in the race's 39-year history, she was stunned. What started out as a fun idea quickly became a historic one.
Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard is tempted to call the state budget proposal and it’s impacts on WWU a “‘least worst case’ outcome.”
In short, the state budget proposal released on Tuesday, May 24, would cut Western’s state revenue by $35.5 million. Most of that would be backfilled with a proposed tuition increase of 16 percent each year, making the net cut to the university’s budget about $5.5 million.