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More students are applying to Western Washington University than ever before, according to the university.

Western received 9,802 freshman applications by the Jan. 31 deadline for fall 2015 enrollment, exceeding last year’s applications by more than 500. There are…

Denise Ellis hasn’t held her daughter for nearly 19 months, and she’s still searching for her, in a way.

In the fall of 2012, Denise began writing letters to complete strangers, touting her teenage daughter. The letters included a snippet of what Denise told her daughter on her 18th…

Sarah Karamoko is the 2012 Daffodil Festival queen, and she will preside on Saturday as the Grand Floral Parades take their familiar routes through Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner and Orting.

In 2011, nearly 29% of college applicants applied to seven or more schools, up from 10.8% in 1997, according to the Higher Education Research Institute at University of California, Los Angeles. Nearly 5% of last year's college freshmen applied to 12 or more colleges, up from 1% in 1997. The…