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Pro Bowler Matt Overton to speak at Feb. 24 event on campus
New Fairhaven shop focuses on tea from China

Andy Buckman's new business is his way of bringing some of the exceptional parts of China to Bellingham.

Buckman recently opened Great Horse Teas on the first floor of the Sycamore Square building at 1200 Harris Ave. Buckman regularly visits farms in several different provinces of鈥

Alumnus killed in avalanche

Western alumnus Jake Merrill, 23, was killed in an avalanche Tuesday, Feb. 11, while guiding a backcountry skiing expedition in Northeastern Oregon鈥檚 Wallowa Mountains.
Merrill was one of two guides leading the six-skier and two-guide expedition.

Bellingham man among two who died in Oregon avalanche

A Bellingham climber and skier is one of two people who died in an avalanche Tuesday, Feb. 11, on Wallowa Mountain in northeast Oregon, according to the Baker County Sheriff's Office.

On Thursday the local sheriff's office identified 23-year-old Jake鈥

Physical education teaches fairness and respect, not just athletics

So, after a while it gets old to hear that I teach "gym." I don't teach "gym," I teach children. My specialty is physical education. I'm going to take a second and jump up on my soapbox and let you know some of the things that frustrate me when I hear them:

Key Peninsula Middle School has starring role in new novel

The Peninsula School District and one of its teachers star in a new book by Jason McWhirter.

McWhirter鈥檚 鈥淭he Life of Ely鈥 is dedicated to Key Peninsula Middle School teacher and wrestling coach Rick Selfors. McWhirter is a teacher at Curtis Junior High in鈥

草榴社区, Gonzaga tops for sending alumni to Peace Corps

Western Washington University is among the best places in the U.S. for recruiting Peace Corps volunteers, the international agency said Tuesday, Feb. 11.

Western tops the list of medium-sized colleges and universities with 65 volunteers, according to the Peace Corps' 2014 listing of鈥

Peace Corps release 鈥楾op Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities鈥

As a college student, Deborah Francisco joined a jazz ensemble. Today she coordinates a music program in Baguio City in the Philippines with the Peace Corps and teaches the same jazz chords she learned as an undergraduate.

Francisco is one of 320 Peace Corps volunteers who graduated from鈥

UW, Western, Gonzaga send many students to Peace Corps

Two Washington universities and a private college once again are leaders on the list of schools that send the most volunteers to work in the Peace Corps.

The University of Washington came in second among large colleges and universities, edged out of first place by鈥

Why Local Chef Greg Atkinson Almost Traded The Pan For The Pen

In hindsight, Greg Atkinson was destined for a life in and around the kitchen, but he didn鈥檛 necessarily predict that for himself.

Throughout his life, he felt conflicted by the lure of the kitchen and his preconceived career goals, but eventually, he found a way to blend the two together鈥

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