In the Media
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.
The University of Washington is expected to name a new president on Monday.
The university's regents will meet Monday morning, go into an executive session "to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment," according to an agenda.
The Legislature got on board Thursday with the plan to provide Washington State University a permanent presence in Everett.
On a 38-10 vote, the state Senate gave final approval to a bill enabling WSU to move onto the Everett Community College campus in order to run the University Center of North Puget Sound. Today, that collaborative is managed by EvCC.
With the regular session scheduled to end this week, Washington state legislators are locked in a tussle over the state's construction budget and fast-growing debt service payments.
Both chambers recently rolled out their $3 billion capital budget proposals with broad bipartisan support, but now any advancement of the budget is contingent on the passage in the House of a constitutional amendment to reduce debt limit, put forth by the Senate.
Jennifer Shelton was named the 2011 Washington State Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Star Performer Thursday at the Small Business Administration gala at the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Seattle.
A group tasked with adjusting the districts used to elect Whatcom County Council Members has chosen a leader.
The music of Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Thelonius Monk is coming to the Rose Gellert Hall courtesy of much in demand players. The Mike Allen Quartet performs April 29 as the finale concert of the 2010/11 season.
Back when I was a young journalism student at Western Washington University, my first assignment for the campus newspaper was to cover a lacrosse match. The first thing I did was look up how to spell it.
Then I tried to figure out how the sport worked. Basically, I figured, it was like hockey on grass. Or soccer with sticks.
Seattle City Council president Richard Conlin will speak on issues of sustainability and community Friday as part of Western Washington University’s Huxley College of the Environment speaker series.
The event is scheduled for 3 p.m., Friday, April 22 at WWU’s Communications Facility Room 125 and is free to the public.
Bill Deitrich, WWU assistant professor of environmental studies, will also speak about his new book, “The History of Huxley College,” before Conlin presents.