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He had never planned to be a soldier.

He had never planned to spend his days walking through rice paddies or pushing through dense jungle listening for the click of an M-16.

And, he had never planned to watch his friends die.

Don’t let the title fool you. The show, said Robin Walbeck-Forrest, is pretty darn clean.
“People hear the title and think it is going to be something blue or something racy,” said the North Bend actor. “But there’s no nudity and hardly any swearing.”
She should…

Center Austin Bragg had a double-double with 20 points on 8-of-10 field-goal shooting and 11 rebounds, and forward Anye Turner blocked seven shots as Western Washington University defeated Team Another Level, 104-87, in an exhibition men's basketball game on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at Sam Carver…

With help from scholarships from the Fulbright Program, nine recent Western Washington University graduates will spread across the world doing research projects or teaching assistantships this year — the most from any masters-granting public school in the state.
Fulbright is one of the…

When he’s playing under the bright lights of NBC’s singing competition “The Voice,” Austin Jenckes carries a piece of home with him — his father’s guitar.

The Duvall native learned to play on that guitar, and he uses it to honor his late father, who died when…

Evan Jones’ work never stops. Although it has been 18 years since he finished the Darigold mural in downtown Issaquah, every three years he returns to touch it up to keep the colors bright and prevent sun damage.

Western Washington University graduate Austin Jenckes survived the knockout round of NBC's "The Voice" on Tuesday night, Oct. 29, advancing in a singing competition watched weekly by millions.

While we often marvel over the beauty and simplicity of the bicycle, we aren't usually surprised by new designs. Yes, shifting systems have become more complex, bikes are constantly becoming more lightweight, and styles have certainly changed. But the bike's basic structure — the fork…