Apr 27, 2012 | Bellingham Herald
Get a close look at Padilla Bay life during special aquarium tour
After a quarter-century at the Breazeale Interpretive Center, aquarist Mark Olson still loves showing visitors the diverse intertidal life of the Salish Sea, including nearby Padilla Bay - even more so now that the center's remodeled aquarium display has been in operation for about a year.
Festival April 29 in Blanchard to honor Edward R. Murrow's legacy
A festival to celebrate broadcasting legend Edward R. Murrow will be held Sunday, April 29, in Blanchard, the small Skagit County community where he grew up.
Health Dept. closes WA bay to shellfish harvesting
EDISON, Wash. - The Washington state Health Department says Samish Bay in Whatcom County has been closed to commercial shellfish harvesting due to high levels of fecal bacteria.
Studio is not just a box on stilts
The Halls, now in their 60s, the girls grown and gone, still wake up every morning in the 1904 Queen Anne "fixer-upper" on their acre of rich, black soil in, er, downtown Edison, Wash.
Edison Bird Festival features parade of chickens, raptor presentation
A quirky event called the Keep Your Chicken in Line parade kicks off the Edison Bird Festival this weekend in the Skagit Valley hamlet that sits amid some of the world's finest bird-watching opportunities.