WCLS presents Golden Apple Educator Awards
Three Whatcom County educators who successfully advocate for reading and public libraries to further student success will be honored with ...
Open Book: A Festival for Readers returns Nov. 3
Readers and writers, rejoice! Open Book: A Festival for Readers returns noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 at the Ferndale Events ...
Bookworms cultivate creative fundraising project for Blaine Library
A Blaine nonprofit organization is transforming retired Whatcom County Library System totes into Bookworm Bins as a fundraiser for the ...
Freedge at North Fork Library will address climate change, food insecurity
An innovative Whatcom County partnership to address climate change and reduce food waste has been awarded a $27,500 Small Communities, ...
WCLS hosts free, fun summer events, including Whatcom Grooves
Whatcom County Library System’s summer calendar is loaded with free events for families, teens, kids and kids at heart. Headline ...
Summer Reading begins June 1
Whatcom County Library System’s annual Summer Reading program for kids, teens and adults begins June 1. The county library system ...
WCLS and Friends of Birch Bay Library host June 10 community meeting
Whatcom County Library System and Friends of Birch Bay Library will host a 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, June 10 community engagement ...
Thank you, Joyce!
WCLS recently honored long-time Blaine resident and library advocate Joyce Vanderpol, whose generous gift funded a meeting pod and other ...
WCLS offers sensory kits
April is Autism Acceptance Month, and the Whatcom County Library System is taking part by rolling out sensory kits at ...
Whatcom READS announces 2025 book selection
No Two Persons by Port Townsend, Wash.-based author Erica Bauermeister is the Whatcom READS 2025 book selection. Sasha taqʷšəblu Lapointe, ...
WCLS partners with state, county health departments to respond to opioid crisis
Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) is partnering with the Washington State Department of Health to provide free naloxone kits to ...
WCLS asks: Can you spot a scam?
By WCLS Executive Director Christine Perkins I was talking to a library patron recently and asked how her week was ...
Whatcom County Council allocates $315,000 in ARPA funding to support Birch Bay Vogt Library Express
Following successful outreach by Friends of the Birch Bay Library volunteers, the Whatcom County Council has allocated $315,000 to support ...
Birch Bay Library project moves forward as a library express following approval of state grant scope change
Thanks to successful advocacy efforts by Birch Bay residents and Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) staff, the Washington State Legislature ...
WCLS considers next steps for Birch Bay Library
At its Jan. 17 meeting, the Whatcom County Library System’s Board of Trustees learned the Washington State Department of Commerce ...
WCLS responds to Birch Bay Library article
By Christine Perkins, Executive Director, Whatcom County Library System Note: This post was updated Sunday, April 3, 2022, in response ...