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Fairhaven Pizza has a new owner, but given his background there is little chance the pizza itself is going to change much.

James Wadkins recently took over the restaurant at 1307 11th St. from Tom Trailbush, who established it in 2004. Around the same time Trailbush was getting started in…

Wedding dresses for Africa: After graduating from Mt. Spokane High and Western Washington University, onetime Lilac Princess Megan Gentry joined the Peace Corps. She is now in Malawi.

Her dad passed along a request. Megan wonders if any Spokesman-Review readers might be willing to donate…

Lollapalooza is almost upon us. The annual music festival will take over Chicago from July 31 to August 1, bringing the biggest names in music to one of the most headline-worthy summer festivals of the year.

The festival was created by Jane’s Addiction's Perry Farrell in 1991 as a…

Fiddler Brit Keeton was was born and raised in Olathe, Kansas. She recently graduated from Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College with a degree in ethnomusicology at, she says, “the ripe old age of 26.”

For Larry Brown, opening Whatcom County’s second Grocery Outlet store is a bit of a homecoming.

A ribbon-cutting will take place at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 23, at 1750 LaBounty Drive. The store also will have a grand opening event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 25. The grand…

The slogan “Art Feeds the Soul” seems the perfect backdrop for an interview with Morgan Heetbrink, director of the Driftwood Players’ Summer Teen Ensemble hit “Les Miserables” which enjoys its run this weekend.

Morgan granted Artfully Edmonds time last week as her cast hit the boards in…

Kodiak Murphy of Quilcene was honored by Western Washington University as an Outstanding Graduate for the 2014-15 academic year at spring commencement, Saturday, June 13.
Faculty members from dozens of academic departments and programs select one graduate to honor as the Outstanding…

Chris Axling and Sarah Zablocki-Axling have a dragon in their driveway.
It doesn’t breathe fire, eat sheep or terrorize fantasy villagers. It sits immobilized, as stern and solid as the wood it’s carved from, atop a playhouse created for children, made possible by Axling’s new business:…

Bellingham’s Jake Koppenberg qualified for the U.S. Amateur Championships by winning medalist honors at a sectional qualifier Monday, July 20, at TimberStone Golf Course in Caldwell, Idaho.