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Wenatchee man keeps Mexican traditional healing alive, for now

It was late at night when Jorge Chacon watched his grandmother take her last breath in their home in Torreon, Mexico. She鈥檇 been using everything she鈥檇 learned from her own grandmother to battle tuberculosis, but her lungs had given up.

She had prepared Chacon for鈥

Bellevue College Names Leslie Heizer Newquist Dean of Health Sciences, Education & Wellness Institute

Bellevue College has named Leslie Heizer Newquist as Dean of the Health Sciences, Education, and Wellness Institute (HSEWI). Newquist had been serving as Interim Dean of HSEWI since fall 2013; between fall 2011 and 2013, she worked tirelessly to develop and establish several of the applied鈥

Brian Henshaw named Bellingham finance director

Brian Henshaw has been named city finance director, a post he has filled on an interim basis for the past seven months.

The City Council approved Mayor Kelli Linville's selection of Henshaw on Monday, March 24. The annual salary for the position is $131,508.

Bellingham photographer Tore Ofteness honored for his aerial images

It was a cold day with scattered clouds in November 1994 when Tore Ofteness went aloft and shot one of the most memorable photographs of Bellingham.

He was riding in a small plane about 5,000 feet above Lummi Island when he pointed his camera toward Bellingham. Behind the city, beyond the鈥

Video: Winter commencement 2014
Photos: Winter commencement 2014
Teacher who helped save Amina to host Red Cross benefit

In the weeks and months that followed the 2012 shooting in a Bremerton classroom, the teacher who rushed to Amina Kocer-Bowman鈥檚 side was shaken to the core.

鈥淚 can safely say that what happened in the classroom changed my life,鈥 said Natalie Poss, credited with鈥

Nomura explores her roots through choreography, dance

For its second season, the Seattle dance group Relay Dance Collective travels back to their roots as inspiration for 鈥淏eginnings,鈥 featuring repertory works by 30 dancers and choreographers. Dancer and co-founder of the group Gabrielle Kazuko Nomura uses this opportunity to tell the story of her鈥

Berry joins TAG as events, communication coordinator

Katie Berry has been hired as the events and communications coordinator for the Technology Alliance Group for Northwest Washington, or TAG, a nonprofit that represents and advocates for Whatcom County鈥檚 technology industry.

Alaska education board gets new faces

Three new Alaskans were sworn in to serve on the state Board of Education on Thursday. Kenneth Gallahorn, of Kotzebue; Kathleen Yarr, of Ketchikan; and Barbara Thompson, of Douglas, became the newest members of the board after being appointed by Gov. Sean Parnell.

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