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Samantha O’Brochta, of Freeland, thought she was dreaming when the Seattle Opera called her back.

“A friend of mine posted the audition on Facebook,” O’Brochta said.

That’s how she found out the major company was holding auditions for…

Family members say Zack Fogle died doing what he loved most — living life to the fullest.

The 27-year-old quadriplegic from Kingston was skydiving Saturday afternoon in northwestern Montana when he failed to manually deploy his emergency parachute after jumping.…

Today is my first day at Ms., and I’m feeling blissfully overwhelmed by the wealth of feminist knowledge in this office—including information on hundreds of upcoming feminist or women-centered events. Below are my top six picks for this week. Here’s hoping you live near one of these cities:…

The controversial proposal for a major coal-export port to be built at Cherry Point near Bellingham hit two big setbacks this week: environmentalists broke off talks with the developer, SSA Marine, which was also caught building a road through forested wetlands without proper permits.
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Apple has pulled its iTunes store from the Christian Values Network due to what it sees as the network's contributions to controversial groups, as tech companies tread carefully in the midst of complicated social issues.

The Cupertino, Calif.-based company…

Orcas Power & Light Cooperative has four youth working in the Eastsound office as interns this summer and sent three youth to the Cooperative Youth Rally leadership camp at the College of Idaho in July.

Youth internships have been a long tradition at OPALCO…

For the second straight year, Western Washington University earned a Team Academic Award given by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

The award, which was initiated in 1992-93, honors collegiate volleyball teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the 2010-11 school…