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Sudden tragedy: 75 years ago, a massive avalanche on Mount Baker killed six ²ÝÁñÉçÇø climbers

The weather on Mount Baker was warm and clear 75 years ago, much like the recent glorious sunshine that has bathed Whatcom County.

It was July 22, 1939, a Saturday.

Early that morning, before dawn, 25 members of a climbing party…

Colleges deploy complex alert systems in emergencies

It’s a grim fact of life today that colleges across the country are under a constant state of vigilance, prepared to go into emergency mode if a shooter begins firing bullets on campus, as happened at Seattle Pacific University Thursday.

But although it may seem…

New suicide prevention program searching for name
After injury, a reminder about sign placement on campus
Photos: Harrington Field nears completion
Flags lowered in memory of mudslide victims
²ÝÁñÉçÇø to conduct Western Alert test April 10
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Photos: Spring quarter, day one
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…

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