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My longtime friend, Ambassador Gary Locke received an honorary degree this past spring from Western Washington University where I graduated, barely, in 1966. Today, I serve as a trustee at that great institution. We were proud to have our ‘former’ Governor speak to the graduates.

Graduate student Jennifer Novotney won the Chemistry Champions competition at the American Chemical Society's (ACS) national meeting in San Francisco, Aug. 10.

A student in the lab of William Dichtel, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, Novotney was voted the 2014…

Whatcom Community College's new women's soccer coach will be a familiar face to local soccer fans.

Mary Schroeder, a 2002 Western Washington University graduate, was a star player on the Viking soccer squad and is well-known in the local soccer community.

The Rio Grande is disappearing. Demand for water is growing as average temperatures rise faster than they ever have in the past 11,000 years. The water that remains is being fought over by the countries and states that agreed to share the river. At the same time, a border fence is being built…

“It was a huge surprise” to find himself working to protect the homes of friends and high school classmates, says rookie firefighter Milo Holston.

“I expected to spend most of my time out of the valley or out of the state,” said Holston, a Winthrop resident who graduated this year from…

With a smile on his face and a satchel over his shoulder, Robert Penney stepped inside Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt on Bakerview Road. He approached a family with two young children and introduced himself.
“I’m the owner,” he said. “Would you like a balloon animal?”
The kids nodded.…

Edmonds Community College has announced it has hired a former player as the school’s new softball coach.

Sheryl Gilmore will take over the team next spring, which has included players from the Mukilteo and Everett area. Gilmore, who played at EdCC went to Edmonds-Woodway High School.

While in high school in Idaho, Korby Lenker had a cover band where he tried on various alt-rock identities, singing and playing ukulele and guitar. Then he got into transcribing Trey Anastasio guitar solos as part of his music-theory studies at Western Washington University.