After seven years of fighting against their food desert status, the Birchwood neighborhood is hopeful for change.

A new legal process in Whatcom County may have drastic effects on water use for large farms. Filing in court will be required to receive a water rights certificate from the Department of Ecology.

In the forests of Bellingham’s Galbraith Mountain, trail builders struggle to find balance between maintaining accessible trails and impatient mountain bikers.

Last year’s record-breaking number of sightings of Bigg’s killer whales and humpback whales in the Salish Sea and what they mean for the ecosystem’s health.

Bellingham’s growing interest in alternative medicine is nurtured by community herbalists and naturopathic practitioners.

Through monitoring stormwater outfalls, Friends of Skagit Beaches, in coordination with the city of Anacortes, discover and fix sources of pollution.

Restoring riparian areas, clearing fish barriers and adding large woody debris are a few of the things Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association does to restore salmon habitats, but since its conception, they have come to do even more.

Although electric buses continue to have some issues, Whatcom Transportation Authority is hopeful they won’t persist and think the buses do their job well.

Trees have many benefits people might know about. Listen to Michael Freer, executive director of Whatcom Million Trees Project, explain why trees are important and what they’re doing to ensure Whatcom County’s tree population keeps growing.

The Community Coordinator and Permaculture Coordinator at Western’s Outback Farm sat down with “The Planet” to discuss the farm’s history and the work they do there, all in celebration of its 50th anniversary this past weekend.

Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest reclaim their culture with clam gardens.

Activists find new ways to advocate their cause without marching in the streets.

New data links DDT exposure with the development of breast cancer.

Before you stoop for a drink at Western’s untested water fountains, ask yourself, is it really worth it?

Your perspective shifts completely when you become a parent.

You’ll always have fear once your daughter is here. It’s just part of parenthood.

Just wait, what scares you now will be nothing compared to what scares you in the future.

A Case for the Northwest’s Snake River Dams and Salmon Co-existing.