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Ten Bellingham Bands You Need To Hear Now

Bellingham is a perfect town-- not too big or too small, simultaneously scenic and close to natural beauty, and located in between two "cosmopolitan" cities should its residents ever want to ditch. Best of all, Bellingham has long possessed a rockin' music scene, in part because…

Powder Announces Two New Hires

POWDER, The Skier’s Magazine, coming off its commemorative 40th anniversary volume, is pleased to announce the additions of John Clary Davies and Heather Hansman to the editorial staff. A former POWDER intern and longtime Senior Correspondent, Davies will assume the role of Associate Editor held…

Online grad creates WSU Online’s first endowed scholarship

Only a rare Seattle blizzard could delay her from becoming a Cougar. And not for long. 

Leaving Washington State University Pullman to follow her husband to the West Side was a mere hiccup. Nancy Krook took classes at Skagit Valley College, then enrolled at…

Rugby: Horne Takes Over ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Program

Paul Horne has officially accepted a job at Western Washington University, as the Director of Rugby. With over 30 years of elite level coaching experience, he is a welcome addition to a program committed to success. 

A graduate of Western Washington with a degree…

Manufacturer of the Year (Small Company)

Pro CNC got its start in 1997 when three Western Washington University graduates coming out of that school’s Vehicle Research Institute decided they wanted to design and build the next generation of energy-efficient car. To do that, they reasoned, they first needed a machine shop to make…

Educator to make second bid for state House seat

Vancouver teaching coach Monica Stonier will make a second attempt at becoming state representative of the 17th District, but she won’t face the same opponent again.

Stonier, a Democrat, ran unsuccessfully in 2010 against Rep. Paul Harris, R-Vancouver. This time, she’s running for the…

Commodore Options School gets new principal

A new principal will lead Commodore Options School, which oversees Bainbridge Island School District's alternative learning programs.

David Shockley will take over Commodore from Catherine Camp, who will retire in June.

Menchie's offers a bit of fun with its frozen yogurt

Dayna and Robert "Penn" Penney wanted to find their way back to Bellingham, and they've done it by adding a little fun to the community.
On Saturday, April 21, the couple opened Menchie's Lakeway Center, which offers 14 flavors of frozen yogurt and more than 40 toppings…

Former Western greats headline Bellingham Slam's roster

Bellingham Slam guard Jacob Stevenson may be one of the two longest tenured players on Bellingham's International Basketball League team, but he has plenty in common with the majority of the players who make up the Slam's roster.
Eleven of the top basketball players in Whatcom…

Her recipe for success combined ‘the two greatest pleasures of the contemporary consumer, dining and shopping’

Dell Texmo blazed trails by instinct, drive, and simply by being who she was. She started a business when few women were entrepreneurs, and crafted it around the idea that customers could have their cheesecake and the cookbook, utensils and platters to bake and serve it, too. And she set that…

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