In the Media
Carver Gym was billed as "The Pink Zone" to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer, but junior Kristin Schramm and sophomore Corinn Waltrip were just grateful to have the green light to shoot at the time the four starting seniors at Western Washington University needed them most.
For the first time in her role as the "instant energy" provider, Schramm hit four consecutive 3-point shots in the first few minutes of a game. Waltrip made three in a row, including a pair of 3s, during a vital second-half surge just when it seemed the Vikings might be in a bit of trouble.
The Small Business Development Center at Western Washington University invites husband and wife business owner teams to participate in "National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day" on Tuesday, March 29.
Maps featuring all husband and wife owned, "mom-and-pop," businesses of Whatcom County will be distributed by the Small Business Development Center, Sustainable Connections and the Downtown Bellingham Partnership to thank local business owners for their contribution to the community and economy.
State Fish & Game Commissioner Cora Campbell today announced the appointment of Jeff Regnart as director of the Division of Commercial Fisheries. Regnart started yesterday. He had been regional supervisor with the Division of Commercial Fisheries, Central Region.
Here are some numbers that help explain why jaws drop at the first sight of the model-train set that tech entrepreneur Peter Hambling is having built in the basement of his Medina family home:
• The train set uses 4,000 feet of track, 20 miles of wiring, 150 sheets of plywood, more than 50 pounds of wood screws, 15 gallons of Elmer's glue, 2,000 pounds of plaster, 120 train passenger cars, 350 freight cars, 80 locomotives and 40,000 miniature trees ranging from 1 to 20 inches tall.
• To accommodate the project, Hambling had a contractor dig out and build a 3,200-square-foot basement where there used to be a crawl space.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers said Wednesday that they have reached an agreement on a package that patches more than half of an estimated $550 million deficit in this year's state budget.
The agreement trims several state programs, including the state's health care program for the poor and aid for the disabled, as well as transfer funds from other programs. In total, the plan cuts the deficit by about $370 million, with $242 million in cuts and $125 million in transfers.
"Many of the decisions found in this budget agreement are extremely painful ones. They aren't necessarily the decisions we'd embrace if we had a wider set of options before us, but that's a luxury we don't have," said Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, chairman of the Senate's Ways and Means committee. "Our obligation is to bring the current budget into balance, and we intend to meet our obligation."
The Western Washington University softball team is ranked No. 23 in the first regular season National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Top 25 Poll released today. It is the first time that the Vikings have been nationally rated since 2001.
Western, under first-year coach Amy Suiter, is off to a 5-0 start, the first in school history. Last weekend, the Vikings swept through all five games at the Desert Stinger Tournament held in Las Vegas, Nevada, posting wins over Notre Dame de Namur CA, 15-3; Academy of Art CA, 6-2; Hawaii Hilo, 3-2; Chadron State NE, 9-4, and Dixie State UT, 8-1.
Home is heaven for the Vikings this season.
And while the Western Washington University student body doesn't pack Sam Carver Gym for every men's basketball game, when they do great things seem possible.
John Allen scored 18 points and Mike Duty added 17 as Western overcame a rough night handling the ball to knock off rival and Great Northwest Athletic Conference leaders Central Washington University 66-62 on Wednesday, Feb. 16, to the delight of a sea of fans who packed the bleachers clad in Vikings blue.
The state's prepaid college-tuition program, known as the Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program, would be a little less generous for people who buy credits after March 31 of this year under a bill that has been introduced in the state Senate.
The changes are being proposed because tuition is rising rapidly at the state's public colleges and universities, and GET is not keeping up. The program is solvent today, but if every family enrolled in the program tried to cash in at the same time, it would only be able to pay out 86 percent of benefits, leaving a $255 million shortfall, according to one state study.
Western Washington University has again suspended a professor who has been accused in the past of berating and demeaning students and colleagues.
Perry Mills, 69, an associate professor in the theater department, was suspended with pay, pending an investigation, after two students lodged complaints about him this quarter.
A night of flamenco featuring singer Vicente Griego; "El Cartucho" guitarist Juan Antonio Gomez; as well as dancers Adriana Maresma-Fois and Savannah Fuentes, begins at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at Western Washington University Old Main Theater.