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Companies furiously courting high-skilled college students

Faced with a wave of retiring engineers and scientists and the need for precise expertise, companies including Boeing and Microsoft are reaching into colleges to make contact with students far earlier than they ever have.

More optimism as 2012 ²ÝÁñÉçÇø graduates enter the job market

As Western Washington University students complete the pomp and circumstance of graduation, they will find themselves in a job market that is still difficult, but is better than in recent years.

While national data indicates a slowdown in hiring this spring, local numbers show significant…

New pastor experiences spiritual awakening

Although Michael Miller was baptized Lutheran at 3 weeks old, he never attended church growing up.
"My dad was Catholic and my mom was Lutheran, but they couldn't agree on religion, so I just didn't go to church at all, and neither did they," Miller said.
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A natural occurance: Coty Hogue at Folklife

As a mid-20s banjo and guitar playing singer-songwriter from Montana, Coty Hogue brings something new to the folk table. Rooted partly in her academic studies of Applachian culture in North Carolina, and partly in her love of folk music and upbringing in the rural West, Hogue’s sweet, full-…

From Window Magazine: 'Back from the Brink'
Richard 'Dick' Clark of Blaine, advocate of music, learning and peace, dies at 82

Whatcom County has lost a local historian who also promoted the arts, campaigned for peace and described himself, likely tongue-in-cheek, as "a bit of a troublemaker."

Richard "Dick" Clark died May 26, 2012, at the age of 82. At his request, no services are planned.…

LCC's legendary Kelly Smith begins new chapter

Kelly Smith admits there are some aspects of his job he won't miss as baseball coach at Lower Columbia College.
Mowing the lawn.
Pushing water off the field tarp.
Cleaning the dugouts.
Making sure student-athletes attend Study Hall.

Spring commencement set for Saturday, June 9
Mercer Island resident, family donate $1 million to Western Washington University

Mercer Island resident Scott Harrington and his family donated $1 million to Western Washington University to help build a new athletic field on campus.

The project will help fund a fully lighted and fenced artificial turf field, regulation size for soccer and will become the new home of…

Education was shared passion for senator, sister

Long ago, during Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson's early years in Congress, lawmakers could earn honoraria for giving speeches without reporting how much they made or how it was spent.

Jackson, first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives at 28 in…

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