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From electric cars to solar-powered heating systems, Shoreline Community College was awash Saturday with gadgets and techniques to help pave a way for a more sustainable future.

The event, the Northwest SolarFest, is the biggest grassroots festival of its kind in…

College students from low-income families have long relied on federal Pell grants to help pay for tuition. Earlier this year, $4 billion was slashed from the Pell budget. Republicans in the House, under a budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), but rejected by the Senate, would have slashed…

University of California regents voted Thursday to raise tuition by 9.6 percent - on top of an 8 percent increase already approved for this fall - over the objections of students who said they'll drown in debt.

At the same meeting in San Francisco, the regents also gave large pay…

California State University trustees voted Tuesday to raise tuition by 12 percent this fall over the objections of protesters who said middle-class and undocumented students will be priced out of a college education.

It is the second increase in less than a year, making this year's…

The Western Washington University men's basketball team will make its second appearance in three seasons at the fifth annual Disney Division II West Coast Tip-Off Classic on Nov. 4-6 at Anaheim, Calif.
The tournament will be held at the 7,500-seat Anaheim Convention Center.
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I've been attending some of the bi-monthly Café Cubana events at the Blue Horse Gallery to learn the basics of salsa dancing and other Latin dance steps with instruction by Antonio Diaz of Rumba Northwest.
Antonio and his wife, Heather Haugland, moved from Juneau last summer, and…