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Paleo to go: Anchorage startup makes pre-packaged trail food healthy

In 2010, Heather Kelly was headed on a rafting trip down the Grand Canyon and realized she didn鈥檛 want to be eating instant oatmeal and ramen for 26 days. So she dehydrated 50 pounds of her own food to bring on the expedition instead.

It ended up being a life-鈥

Herald names new opinion editor

Jon Bauer, a longtime editor and writer at the Daily Herald, will assume the title of editorial page editor Oct. 4.
Bauer replaces Peter Jackson, who has overseen the Opinion page and Viewpoints section of the Daily Herald since 2012. Jackson is leaving to work on a book and to鈥

Former Sea Gal Mills loves dancing at the 5th

The 5th Avenue Theatre packed their current production of 鈥淎 Chorus Line鈥 with plenty of local talent, among them Trina Mills (Sheila) in this production. In Seattle, she鈥檚 hoofed her way around numerous stages, starting with the ensemble of "West Side Story" at the 5th.
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Startup helps new college grads prep for that first real job

After Ian Harvey graduated from Western Washington University this summer, he was unsure just how to land his first job in his field of communications.

Sending out r茅sum茅s seemed like an exercise in futility, and Harvey didn鈥檛 know how to get his foot in the door鈥

5 things to do: Drink a beer cocktail, pick a hip-hop winner

Odesza, otherwise known as Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight, met at Western Washington University and have been writing music together ever since.

Seeing Stars

A number of Indie rockers, Oscar winning filmmakers, CEOs, news anchors and word game creators all have one thing in common. They once called Bellingham, and Western, home.

These alumni are just a few of the many people Western has delivered into the world of fame, fortune and recognition鈥

Eidolon Asks Us to Imagine a World Without Us

When you boot up Eidolon, you are plopped directly into a vast polygonal forest, somewhere between Bellevue and Olympia, with zero explanation. There鈥檚 no stage-setting, no tutorial, nothing. It鈥檚 just you and the 鈥減ost-human鈥 wilderness expanding in all directions around you. Your only clear鈥

Roughly 400 to graduate from Western Saturday
鈥淚t鈥檚 Like You鈥檙e Conducting an Orchestra鈥

From the minute you meet Katie Brown, you get the feeling she鈥檚 an amazing teacher. Her intelligence and passion jump out. You immediately think: I would love for my kids to be in her classroom. It鈥檚 no surprise to learn she was named the 2014 Washington State Teacher of the Year.
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A half-century after high school, Bothell student gets her diploma

Sandra Lantz was about four months away from graduation when Bothell High School鈥檚 principal and vice principal took her aside.

Despite her good grades, a promising intellect and extracurricular zeal, they wanted her six-months-pregnant belly out of sight鈥

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