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Continued budget cuts to the state higher education system will be detrimental to the quality of colleges and to the state and local economy.
That was the main message from a panel of people involved with Whatcom County higher education at the "Community Conversation on Higher…

Have fun; will travel. Will travel far, if necessary.

Whatcom County cross-country skiers know the mantra. Some winters, such as last year's spring like meltdown, push them toward other parts of the state or southern British Columbia to find snow.
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"Staging" a home for sale can be a big job, what with repairs to be made and rooms to be spiffed up.
Now imagine staging a massive, 101-year-old fortress that has been accumulating mold, dry rot and mountains of campus what-not for decades. That's the challenge Western…

Fewer Washington state students would be admitted to the state's universities, and more high-paying out-of-state students would be accepted. Hundreds of faculty and staff jobs would be cut, and the time it takes to get a four-year degree would grow by several semesters or more, in effect…

It's not your imagination. More people are coming down with the flu.
"We've seen a significant increase this week, with phone calls and clinic visits (about influenza-like illness) averaging over 50 students each day," said Dr. Emily Gibson, director of the Student…