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Struggling game developer Zynga lays off hundreds	There may not be as many farmhands available to harvest the crops for struggling Facebook game developer Zynga. The company—most famous for games like Farmville and Words With Friends—reportedly carried out hundreds of layoffs in Austin, Chicago and Cambridge on…	2012-10-24
Alumni Association to hand out free coffee Wednesday		2012-10-22
A mutually beneficial partnership	When Western Washington University students visited Washington Elementary School on a recent October day, the new partnership between the schools had some teachers so excited they put up their hands, preparing to arm wrestle each other over the future teachers, all students with the Woodring…	2012-10-22
Home Grown Teachers - Part 3	In this series on Home Grown Teachers you will meet all of the teachers in Lake Stevens schools who graduated from Lake Stevens High School and have returned to teach in their home town. This feature story will spread over the course of the next few months, and, by school, will highlight…	2012-10-17
The Q&A - What surprising fact do few know about Brian Bergman?	Who is your hero? Probably my hero is my also inspiration — it’s my junior high band director. His name was Elvin Haley and he was like a veteran teacher when I was in seventh grade; he retired after that year. He had us working really well together, but he also looked like he had so much…	2012-10-17
Microsoft VP to speak at �� business forum	Microsoft Vice President Julie Larson-Green will be the keynote speaker at the 12th Annual Western Washington University Bellingham Business Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 14. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. at the Hotel Bellwether ballroom, with lunch service beginning at noon; the keynote address…	2012-10-15
Microsoft VP, �� alumna to speak at Western's Bellingham Business Forum Nov. 14		2012-10-12
Fairhaven bakery wins $10,000 on 'Cupcake Wars'	Even though they knew the end result, watching the Food Network's "Cupcake Wars" on Sunday, Oct. 7, was still an anxious experience for Neal and Katie Swanson. "With the music and the way they cut the scenes, it was nerve-wracking to watch," said Neal Swanson with…	2012-10-09
Ask the experts: Alternative energy	We heard both candidates discuss alternative energy at this week’s presidential debate in Denver. President Obama said, “we’ve got to look at the energy sources of the future, like wind and solar and biofuels, and make those investments.” The support for alternative energy sources,…	2012-10-08
Washington Hispanics blaze trail as winemakers	Hispanics long have been the backbone of the Washington wine industry, but Victor Cruz blazed a trail when he opened award-winning Caon de Sol Winery in 1999 in Badger Canyon. "At that time, mine was the only Hispanic-owned winery in the Northwest, which brought us a lot of attention…	2012-10-08

Struggling game developer Zynga lays off hundreds

There may not be as many farmhands available to harvest the crops for struggling Facebook game developer Zynga.

The company—most famous for games like Farmville and Words With Friends—reportedly carried out hundreds of layoffs in Austin, Chicago and Cambridge on…

2012-10-24

Alumni Association to hand out free coffee Wednesday

2012-10-22

A mutually beneficial partnership

When Western Washington University students visited Washington Elementary School on a recent October day, the new partnership between the schools had some teachers so excited they put up their hands, preparing to arm wrestle each other over the future teachers, all students with the Woodring…

2012-10-22

Home Grown Teachers - Part 3

In this series on Home Grown Teachers you will meet all of the teachers in Lake Stevens schools who graduated from Lake Stevens High School and have returned to teach in their home town.

This feature story will spread over the course of the next few months, and, by school, will highlight…

2012-10-17

The Q&A - What surprising fact do few know about Brian Bergman?

Who is your hero?
Probably my hero is my also inspiration — it’s my junior high band director. His name was Elvin Haley and he was like a veteran teacher when I was in seventh grade; he retired after that year. He had us working really well together, but he also looked like he had so much…

2012-10-17

Microsoft VP to speak at �� business forum

Microsoft Vice President Julie Larson-Green will be the keynote speaker at the 12th Annual Western Washington University Bellingham Business Forum on Wednesday, Nov. 14.

Doors open at 11:30 a.m. at the Hotel Bellwether ballroom, with lunch service beginning at noon; the keynote address…

2012-10-15

Microsoft VP, �� alumna to speak at Western's Bellingham Business Forum Nov. 14

2012-10-12

Fairhaven bakery wins $10,000 on 'Cupcake Wars'

Even though they knew the end result, watching the Food Network's "Cupcake Wars" on Sunday, Oct. 7, was still an anxious experience for Neal and Katie Swanson.

"With the music and the way they cut the scenes, it was nerve-wracking to watch," said Neal Swanson with…

2012-10-09

Ask the experts: Alternative energy

We heard both candidates discuss alternative energy at this week’s presidential debate in Denver.

President Obama said, “we’ve got to look at the energy sources of the future, like wind and solar and biofuels, and make those investments.” The support for alternative energy sources,…

2012-10-08

Washington Hispanics blaze trail as winemakers

Hispanics long have been the backbone of the Washington wine industry, but Victor Cruz blazed a trail when he opened award-winning Caon de Sol Winery in 1999 in Badger Canyon.

"At that time, mine was the only Hispanic-owned winery in the Northwest, which brought us a lot of attention…

2012-10-08

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