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A car came within inches of plowing into a Bellingham duplex Monday evening, Jan. 12, when a 19-year-old driver crashed off a steep embankment along Interstate 5.

Spencer Strickland, 19, of Bellingham, said his ’98 Volvo was going about 70 mph north on the freeway around 5:10 p.m. when…

Graduate students in Western Washington University’s psychology department are offering free individual counseling sessions starting Tuesday, Jan. 20.

Western’s Counseling Training Clinic will offer appointments for adults and children, with openings from 8 a.m. to…

Ricardo Maxwell scored a team-high 17 points, including a game-winning layup at the buzzer, lifting Western Washington University to a 68-66 triumph over Seattle Pacific University on Saturday, Jan. 10, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball contest at Sam Carver…

Taylor Peacocke scored a game-high 21 points on 8-of-10 field goal shooting as Western Washington University defeated Northwest Nazarene University, 85-66, on Saturday, Jan. 10, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s basketball contest at Johnson Sports Center on the NNU campus.&#…

Free college? That’s crazy talk.

That’s how President Obama’s idea to make community college free was greeted by many last week. It’s too costly, some Republicans said. It’s an undeserved handout. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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The number of home-schooled children continues to rise in the country - now up to an estimated 2.2 million, including thousands in the Kansas City area.

Public oversight of home schooling? Not so much, The Kansas City Star reports.