In the Media
Senior forward Michael Duty received the team's Most Valuable Player award at the annual Western Washington University men's basketball banquet held Saturday morning at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club.
Holocaust survivor Noémi Ban will hear how her story has touched others at a living tribute Wednesday, April 27.
The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center.
For a woman who loves life and has been sharing hers with the community for years, it's time to let her know the impact she's had on people, said organizer Ray Wolpow, who runs WWU's Northwest Center for Holocaust, Genocide and Ethnocide Education.
Amy Suiter didn't hesitate for a single second when asked if Western Washington University's doubleheader loss to rival Central Washington in a matchup for the GNAC softball lead would hurt her team's confidence.
The Western Washington University men's golf team will be making a 13th consecutive NCAA Division II post-season appearance.
The stadium at North Mason High School will henceforth be known as Phil Pugh Stadium.
The North Mason School District approved the change at its meeting on Thursday night.
"I was on the team who couldn't win a game in 1978," said Bud McKay, who spearheaded the effort. "We got this one for him."
A Ferndale man has announced his bid for mayor, making him the third candidate running for the position.
Norbert Rojsza, 24, will run against incumbent Mayor Gary Jensen and City Councilman Brent Goodrich.
Bainbridge Island High School graduate Leandre Fischer, 22, was arrested April 14 by the Western Washington University Police on a Kitsap County warrant for the alleged rape of a child in the first and third degrees.
A former Whatcom County Superior Court judge, Dave Nichols, has been appointed chairman of the Whatcom County Districting Committee.
Western Washington University mathematics professor Tjalling Ypma was appointed districting master to work for the committee.
Michael Christopher Brown, a photojournalist and Western alumnus, was injured by fire from a rocket-propelled grenade today in Libya, where he was working as a freelance photographer.
Lawmakers are set to end their regular session Friday, two days short of the 105 days allowed – but with hope to finally bridge a $5.3 billion budget gap during a special session.
“I believe it can be done in two weeks,” Senate Ways and Means chairman Ed Murray, D-Seattle, said Thursday.