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American Government and French teacher Anna Barker is the Mount Vernon High School Rotary Teacher of the Year. She was selected by this year’s Rotary Students of the Month.
Barker grew up in Seattle before studying political science and French at Western Washington University in Bellingham…

A Western Washington University alumnus whose honeymoon began at gunpoint has published a story on it in the latest book in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Caleb Jennings Breakey, who graduated ²ÝÁñÉçÇø in 2007, and his new bride were pulled over by Bellingham police and handcuffed…

Nathan Shields of Fort Vancouver High School is among six Washington teachers selected as state-level finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn announced Wednesday.

Michael Eliason will succeed Paul Snider as legal counsel for the Association of Oregon Counties.

Snider is retiring after 31 years, along with Art Schlack, who is retiring after 16 years as a policy manager with AOC. Schlack worked in several planning departments…

It’s been 28 years since Ann Gilbert competed in her first triathlon at Spring Meadow Lake State Park, and more than 35 triathlons later, she’s still going strong. The 55-year-old Helena resident will
compete in her sixth full Ironman triathlon Sunday in Nice, France. That’s a 2.4-mile…

Typesafe today announced the appointment of Mark Brewer as Chief Executive Officer. Brewer has also been named to the company's Board of Directors, joining Typesafe's Chairman and Chief Architect, Martin Odersky, Bill Kaiser, and Francois Stieger.

"Typesafe is at the…

Western Washington University honored its Outstanding Graduates for 2011-12 at spring commencement June 9.

Faculty members from each academic department select one graduate to honor as the Outstanding Graduate of the year. Selection is a high honor based on grades…

Sister Cecilia Marie Gri, the longest-serving nun in the western region of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, died early Sunday in Bellevue at the age of 98.
She was born July 15, 1913, in Greenwood, British Columbia, to Francis and Lois Gri. She went to convent school in Nelson, British…

Ann Arbor resident Patrick Harlin has been selected as a resident composer for the University of Missouri New Music Festival this summer. Tickets are now on sale for the 2012 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival’s concerts on Thursday, July 26; Friday, July 27; and Saturday, July 28.

When I arrived at Western four years ago, my biggest shock was discovering the perception by some of our state's top leaders that public higher education was largely irrelevant to the important issues facing our state. Since then, there has been a 180-degree shift in the views of many of…