View fullsize Danny Pearl ties down his canopy to his roof rack Nov. 21 in preparation to descend Winchester Mountain in Glacier, Wash. View fullsize Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee delivers a speech Nov. 18 in front of the visitor center at Western Washington University. In the speech, Inslee announced a state amendment to protect reproductive rights is in the works to be added to Washington’s constitution. View fullsize An old sailboat with its mast down floats Nov. 8 in Bellingham Bay. Two percent of Whatcom County's homeless population reported living in a boat or RV, according to the Whatcom County Coalition to End Homelessness 2020 Annual Report. View fullsize U.S. Treasurer Marilynn Malerba, left, LIBC Chairman Anthony Hillaire, middle, and LIBC Secretary William Jones Jr. laugh while looking at canoes at Stommish Grounds during a visit to Lummi Nation. View fullsize Ryan Doll wears a knight helmet June 9 during Ferndale High School's graduation ceremony. View fullsize Bellingham mayor Seth Fleetwood tosses a cabbage April 1 at Depot Market Square to kick off the Bellingham Farmers Market's 31st season. View fullsize Anna Rankin, left, points as she rattles off the names of each individual Ski to Sea sponsor next to Assistant Race Director Aurielle Buermann at a May 2 sponsorship dinner at Aslan Depot View fullsize Lummi Nation artist Jason LaClair chisels his latest project, a story pole, in Hotel Leo. View fullsize Paul Brower — known at the Whatcom Museum as "The Grid Guy" — shows off the last grid display he designed: Cheryl Lawrence's "Women of the 116th Congress." View fullsize Deanna Point wraps Dr. Adam Kartman, who specializes in addiction treatment, in a blanket before the Lummi Nation's new detox center is revealed. View fullsize A student releases a chum salmon fry March 30 down a chute into Padden Creek, the culmination of the Salmon in the Classroom program at Wade King Elementary School. View fullsize Nathan Hale High School ultimate frisbee player Haizel Geiger paints glitter eyeblack onto Milo Friedman during halftime of the 2023 Spring Reign Ultimate tournament championship match. View fullsize NBA legend Gary Payton coaches his Lincoln University players during a timeout in a game against Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., on Oct. 26, 2022. Lincoln lost the game 95-81 despite Goodnews Kpegeol and Donovan Sanor combining for 42 points. View fullsize The picket line at the Sehome Starbucks tries to dissuade a customer from going through drive-thru Nov. 17, 2022 during the strike in Bellingham. While the Sehome, Cordata and Iowa and King locations were on strike, two workers continued to fulfill orders at the Sehome location. View fullsize Joel Johnson appears June 6 in Whatcom County Superior Court. A judge denied his request to halt the election for Bellingham mayor. View fullsize RE Sources intern Hannah Miller examines a group's collection of microplastic June 8 at H Street Beach. Miller organized a microplastic collection event, where volunteers could help RE Sources identify tiny plastic bits on one of Bellingham's beaches. View fullsize A crowd listens to Heidi Grace Acuña's artist talk in the Viking Union Gallery in Bellingham, Wash., on Oct. 26, 2022. LUSH, their first solo show, will be on display in the gallery through Nov. 29, 2022. View fullsize Gov. Jay Inslee talks to students Nov. 18 outside of Western Washington University's visitor center. Inslee announced a state amendment to protect reproductive rights is in the works to be added to Washington’s constitution. View fullsize Bellingham Mayor Seth Fleetwood waves to the crowd May 27 during the 101st Whatcom Memorial Day Parade. View fullsize A chinook salmon is untangled from a net Sept. 27 after being caught in Whatcom Creek. View fullsize Chase Lopez points to his mortarboard June 9 after it had been deformed by the rain during Ferndale High School's graduation ceremony. View fullsize Western Washington University's women's basketball team celebrates winning the three-point contest against the men's team during Viking Jam, an annual exhibition event that kicks off the teams' seasons. View fullsize District 5 opponents Riley Sweeney, left, and Michelle Simmons listen to a question from moderator Simon Sefzik during the Sept. 21 school board candidate forum. View fullsize Western Washington University senior guard RJ Secrest talks with head coach Tony Dominguez Nov. 4 during practice in Bellingham. Secrest is set to graduate with a double major in business and marketing in the spring of 2022.