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Gerald Apple, a driver education teacher at Shelton High School, was recently honored by the National Road Safety Foundation. Apple was among four teachers chosen by their peers to receive the nonprofit’s 2012 Teacher Excellence Award.

There's a new bakery and cafe downtown that has people excited about starting their day with a tasty burrito or croissant sandwich, grabbing a salad for lunch or picking up pastries, cakes and breads to take home.

Chasing their dream of building a successful…

Turn to Page 36 of the magazine to read this story about local artisan ice cream shops, one of which -- Salt & Straw -- has a Western alumnus as head ice cream maker.

Chong Porter has joined UC Davis Health System as the institution’s first associate vice chancellor for health sciences development and alumni relations. Porter is responsible for enhancing the culture of philanthropy at the academic health system and expanding its base of donor support through…

One of the things that Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy has really excelled at is calling on the source material to inspire a brand new story. While the broad strokes and general happenings in several Batman comics stories are apparent, the creative team chooses not to do direct…

Bob Duke will return to Lowell Elementary School as interim principal this fall as Tacoma Public Schools continues its search for a permanent leader at Lowell, the school district announced today.

Duke, a retired principal, stepped in last school year on an interim basis at Lowell during…

Edmonds-Woodway High School athletic director Julie Stroncek has a new job, overseeing athletics for the entire Edmonds School District. She replaces former District Athletic Director Jan Beglau, who is now the district’s director of special education.

Deputy Police Chief Dan Templeman recently graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va.

Templeman joins at least five other officers among the Everett Police Department's top brass who've completed the academy, said officer Aaron Snell,…

Nathan Shields ’02 has been awarded the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.

President Barack Obama named 97 mathematics and science teachers as recipients of the award, which is the highest honor for outstanding K-12 math and science teachers…

It's not that James Pirtle wasn't wary about taking the case of Thomas Kwoyelo. There were omens, starting with the lightning that struck his plane on takeoff from Amsterdam. When a friend dropped him off at Sea-Tac International Airport, he had already been asking himself, "What…