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Latino immigrants changing the face of rural populations

Over the last two decades Latino immigrant populations in the United States have experienced significant growth in areas that had little previous experience with them.

Scholars refer to these places as ‘new immigrant destinations.’ Recent Penn State research indicates that rural growth in…

Western Today Q&A: As it rebuilds from the earthquake, how can Nepal construct safer schools?
‘Evening of Light’ to feature Mars exploration, genius of lasers

What is it like to explore Mars? What do the latest discoveries from the Red Planet tell us about our own past on Earth -- or our future?

Find out in person next month at Western Washington University, via a talk by professor Melissa Rice, one of 400 scientists worldwide to help pilot…

Bellingham woman wins world title after battling injuries

Bellingham’s Daphne Sluys, 55, earned the title of 2015 world champion in the women 55-59 400-meter run with a time of 67.32 seconds at the World Masters Association Outdoor Championships in Lyon, France.

At the championships, held Aug. 4-16, athletes representing 65 countries competed,…

Wildfire retardant flights under review; some ‘just painting stuff red’

Hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemical fire retardant were dumped from planes all over wildlands in Washington last fire season, more than almost anywhere in the West. And this summer’s even bigger fire season could see just as much of the crimson chemical slurry dumped on the landscape,…

Whatcom Economy: Job estimate studies can be useful

We at the Center for Economic and Business Research get asked frequently to prepare economic impact studies.

We inevitably ask ourselves whether the resulting job estimates are useful (should anyone care about the job estimates?) and whether they tend to be accurate. We think the answer…

Alfers publishes research on Holocaust poetry in French journal
Hudson has paper published in forthcoming book
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