Julia Tellman

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Julia Tellman

A local filmmaker is harnessing the atmospheric and evocative backdrop of Northwest Washington to make an independent horror movie set in Whatcom and Skagit counties this year. The movie, “The Suit,” straddles the line between a psychological thriller and a supernatural horror, explained screenwriter and director Paul D.H. Benedict.

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Julia Tellman

The City of Bellingham has appointed its two interim public works co-directors to permanent positions in the department, nearly a year after the mayor fired the former director. Joel Pfundt will now be the city public works director, with Mike Olinger serving as deputy public works director.

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Julia Tellman

Nearly 4,000 racers and thousands more friends, family members, random observers and festival-goers soaked up the warm sunshine during the 2025 Ski to Sea and Fairhaven Festival on Sunday, May 25. With a 500-team registration cap, the 2025 event sold out in February. On race day, from Heather Meadows all the way to Marine Park, hundreds of volunteers teamed up with first responders, law enforcement, timing coordinators and the 30-member race committee to ensure the complicated event ran smoothly.

1 week ago | cascadiadaily.com | Julia Tellman

It’s a little late in the season for low-country snow, and yet around this time every year, white fluff wafts through the air, drifts on driveways, gathers in gutters and attaches to any damp surface. The culprit? Cottonwood trees. The black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa, loves sun and wet soil, thriving in the floodplains and riparian corridors of the Puget Sound region. Cottonwoods can achieve centenarian status and attain heights of more than 150 feet.

2 weeks ago | cascadiadaily.com | Julia Tellman

Walkers and cyclists on the Interurban Trail south of Fairhaven will see a temporary reroute this summer, as the City of Bellingham removes two barriers to fish passage in Padden Creek under the pathway. The goal of the project is to make the creek passable for Chinook, coho and chum salmon, steelhead and sea-run cutthroat trout. The fish will then be able to swim upstream to habitat that has been restored or is being restored through other city projects.