Jan 25

Visit just about any Web site dedicated to discussing and dissecting “The L Word” (its fifth season premiered Sunday on Showtime), and you’ll find posters debating whether power dyke Bette should dump famous artist Jodi and get back together with movie producer Tina. And whether Tina [...]

Jan 25

BLAINE %26#8212; Gazing at the walls of Larry McPhails garage, complete with about 2,000 vintage farm and logging tools, its easy to get lost in the Americana of it all. McPhail, a lifelong Whatcom County resident, is esteemed among Northwest enthusiasts for his collection of antique [...]

Jan 25

The Comfort Inn in Bellingham received a 2007 Gold Hospitality Award from Choice Hotels International, Inc. Winners of this award exceed Choice Hotels quality standards for customer service, housekeeping and product quality. While Choice Hotels International has more than 5,000 properties worldwide, the Bellingham Comfort Inn [...]

Jan 25

Bellingham Whatcom County Tourism has launched an initiative to help its business partners prepare for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are scheduled Feb. 12- 28 and will be followed by the Paralympic Winter Games, also in Vancouver, March 12- [...]

Jan 25

MELISSA SANTOS THE (TACOMA) NEWS TRIBUNE The recording industry has sent Washington universities 31 pre-lawsuit settlement offers as part of its latest crackdown on illegal file sharing. While Western Washington University has forwarded its 15 letters to students, the University of Washington is sitting on [...]

Jan 25

Dont think the owners of Jo Go in Bellingham forgot to put up mirrors or ran out of money before they could put weight machines into their new gym. The mirrors and the machines are absent for a reason: Neither figure into Emilie Hester or Lindsey [...]

Jan 25

Theres an interesting trend taking place lately in Bellingham: Businesses catering to teens and young adults. The latest new business is Access Comics %26amp; Games, which Lanny Wolff opened Dec. 10 at 3096 Northwest Ave. The business sells comic books, board games and other products, [...]

Jan 25

While real estate, the weak U.S. dollar and tightening credit will no doubt continue to grab the national headlines in 2008, one part of the economy that may become big news is new technology. Technological advances seemed to percolate in the background in 2007, but I [...]

Jan 25

In a little over a year, more than 20 million homes that rely on antennas for free analog television broadcasting will suddenly go dark. Sen. Claire McCaskill is already getting nervous. There is no anger that comes close to the anger of an American that cannot [...]

Jan 25

Essential Music Web sitesPandora
Popular music service, which brings you new music based on stuff you like.
> pandora.comlast.fm
This site tracks what you listen to, learns what you like, and gives you better music.
> last.fmSlacker
Personalized Internet radio which offers a desktop version of the application and a hardware [...]