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The Friday Harbor chapter of Soroptimists International honored Mollie Kohring of Lopez Island with its 2012 Violet Richardson Award, which recognizes individuals for volunteer community service.

Kohring joined the Lopez Island Conservation Corps in 2007 and has been an active participant…

The debate over debates continues in the Washington governor’s race. Republican Rob McKenna announced Monday that he will commit to 15 joint appearances with Democrat Jay Inslee. Meanwhile, Inslee made it official: he will not participate in one debate that’s become a tradition in Washington.…

Yelm High School’s Ed Bergh recently was honored as Washington Civic Educator of the Year by the state Legislature.

He teaches world problems, history and a variety of American government electives.

In a room at Western Washington University on Friday, March 23, four students argued at breakneck speed the pros and cons of U.S. military intervention in Iran.
It was the first of eight preliminary rounds of a national college debate competition that drew 163 teams from 55 schools to the…

Brenda Miller is author of “Season of the Body,” co-author of “Tell it Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction” and of a collection “Blessing of the Animals,” which includes two Pushcart Prize winning essays. Her work has received six Pushcart Prizes and has been published in many…

Gateway Pacific Terminals filed several hundred pages of documents late Monday with Whatcom County planners, setting in motion the formal processes that could result in the nation's largest coal-exporting terminal on a 1,200-acre deepwater site at Cherry Point north of Bellingham.