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Former Daily Record reporter’s hiking book highlights Washington

A former Daily Record reporter released a new book this month highlighting 75 hikes around Washington state.
Oliver Lazenby, the former Upper County reporter for the Daily Record, left his position last year to finish writing “Hiking Washington: A Guide to the State’s Greatest Hiking…

City Hall to play last summer concert Wednesday
Bellingham's Alley District gets an artful addition

A photographer tucked behind his accordion-like bellows camera is the latest mural to liven buildings that run along North State Street.

Other murals show a man and woman with Victorian-style big-wheel bicycles. The spray-painted works, which share a pre-20th…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø graduates finding jobs more quickly

More recent Western Washington University graduates are finding jobs compared with the last few years, but wages for employed grads are down, according to a new study from the university.
A survey compiled by ²ÝÁñÉçÇøâ€™s Career Services Center showed that of respondents who graduated with a…

'Echoes of War' serial delves into Bellingham's connection to Civil War mystery

Last summer, a serial story written by six community members pondered what life in Bellingham might be like 100 years from now.

Starting Monday, July 21, a new group of local writers look back in time in a six-part story about Bellingham in the early 1900s.

USD 457 hires former Scott City superintendent

A permanent replacement has been hired for the director of transportation position at USD 457 as Bill Wilson, former superintendent of Scott County USD 466, took the reins on July 1.
"From what I've seen and experienced thus far in the two and a half weeks in 457, good…

Pratt Announces Tyna Ontko as Artist-in-Residence

With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Pratt is proud to announce this summer’s Artist-in-Residence, Tyna Ontko. Tyna will be developing new work for her upcoming showing at Davidson Galleries in October. She plans to take advantage of Pratt’s unique multidisciplinary facilities…

Hot stuff: Volcanoes populate Ryan Molenkamp exhibition

Volcanoes have fascinated Northwest Coast artist Ryan Molenkamp since Mount St. Helens erupted when he was a small boy in 1980, frightening and amazing him. He read about them, visited natural-history museums and hiked their peaks as he got older. So it’s not surprising that when he went off to…

Bellevue High School grad moving athletes forward one step at a time with track shoe invention

Kate Cox had seen that walk before. In fact, she had done it.

A competitor in track and field during her days at Bellevue High School, and later at Western Washington University, Cox was all too familiar with the sight of an athlete awkwardly maneuvering about on his or her heels to avoid…

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