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I heard it on the highway

I heard it on the highway - Summer music festivals on Highway 542. On winter mornings when the snow is dumping in the mountains, cars flow single file down the whole length of Highway 542 to get the goods. A similar effect happens...

Music Highway: Get Into the Groove on 542

Music Highway Get into the groove on 542 Story and photos by Travis Rambo The highway began life as a muddy trail after Jack Post and...

Forgotten Gold Mines of the North Fork

By Michael G. Impero Editor's note: This is an excerpt from volume two of Impero’s “Towns of the North Fork of the Nooksack River,” available...
A cyclist rides along the pump track at Bellingham's NW Tune-Up festival.

NW Tune-Up Livens Downtown Bellingham

Words and photos by Jasmine Long A warm breeze and a cold beer on a hot summer day in the Northwest give us pleasant memories...

Book reviews, summer 2012

Check out these fantastic books on kayaking, cycling and organic farming.

Book reviews

Winter reading materials for around the fireplace and other adventures By Meg Olson A Field Companion for Wandering Written and Compiled by Conner Bouchard-Roberts Winter Texts “Read this book...

Brushes and Trails: Bellingham artist finds inspiration on foot

  Story and photo By Stefanie Donahue It takes more than a set of oil paints and the right brush for Pacific Northwest painter Kristen Ingman...

Mt. Baker Art Gallery

Local foothills artists now have a permanent space in which to showcase their work. The Mt. Baker Art Gallery, inside of the Mt. Baker...

Review: Higher Love

By Meg Olson Higher Love Kit DesLauriers Mountaineers Books Kit DesLauriers has climbed the highest mountain on each of the world’s seven continents. Then skied from the summit....

Book excerpt: My Old Man and the Mountain

  Book excerpt by Leif Whittaker Jim Whittaker, the first American to stand on the world’s highest summit, has said he never encouraged or discouraged his...