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Moving from journalism to teaching, staying in valley

鈥淵ou must be nuts.鈥

That鈥檚 what I keep hearing from friends, colleagues and acquaintances. I am leaving journalism to become a middle school teacher. What does this mean for the Post Independent? Once again, the news staff is losing a Millennial. I am not leaving鈥

People living alone are thinner and have a lower BMI, study finds

All by yourself? Savor it. A new study shows that being single might help you look better in those skinny jeans.

Those who live without a romantic partner are more likely to have a lower body weight than people who live with a significant other, according to a study published in the鈥

Does living alone make you thinner?

Score one for the singles crowd.

People who live alone tend to be thinner than married couples or co-habiters, according to research out of Western Washington University.

But the difference is, well, slim. On average, single people weighed about three pounds less than their coupled鈥

Patients Favor Changing the Genes of the Next Generation with CRISPR

Jeff Carroll inherited the DNA mutation that causes Huntington’s disease. It means that in a decade or two, he’ll lose control over his body and slowly go mad, just like his mother. That’s the reason Carroll, 38, says he’d be in favor of gene editing embryos. He says the鈥

Kinesiology reopens to new majors starting winter quarter
Lack of Bellingham consensus likely tipped jail vote

A variety of factors, including a lack of consensus on how to pay for and build a new Whatcom County Jail, likely played into the voters鈥 decision to turn down a jail sales tax measure on Nov. 3.

鈥淵ou know, it wasn鈥檛 just a one-sided tether, it was a multitude of constituencies that had鈥

Oliver de la Paz has essay published in new collection
Westhoff has poems 'Holding Under,' 'Unravel' published
Patton has poems, tribute published
Miran publishes article on West African Muslim pilgrims
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