In the Media
Guard John Allen scored 18 of his team-high 24 points in the second half as Western Washington University defeated Saint Martin's University, 80-74, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference men's basketball game Thursday, Jan. 6, at Marcus Pavilion in Lacey.
Forward Rory Blanche added 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Vikings, who improved to 8-3 overall and are tied for first in the GNAC at 3-0.
Guard Megan Pinske had a game-high 22 points as nationally ranked Western Washington University defeated Saint Martin's University, 63-54 in overtime, in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference women's basketball game Thursday, Jan. 6, at Sam Carver Gymnasium.
The Vikings, ranked No. 13 in the latest Women's Basketball Coaches Association/USA Today/ESPN/NCAA Division II Top 25, improved to 11-1 overall and are tied with Western Oregon atop the GNAC standings at 4-0 after their sixth consecutive victory.
As House Republicans ready a repeal of last year's health care reform legislation, Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., is daring its new GOP rulers to allow members to vote on retaining a popular provision.
Larsen, who survived a tough 2010 reelection race, is offering an amendment to ensure that the Republicans' repeal legislation will not eliminate health insurance coverage for young adults under 26.
Under last year's reform plan, young adults continue receiving coverage from their parents' health care plans.
When twin sisters Ramey and Anna Bishoff were growing up in Gig Harbor, they worked diligently to make sure their lives intersected as little as possible.
They didn’t have common interests — Anna was more artistic while Ramey was attracted to sciences. They didn’t even have the same classes. So they didn’t amaze anybody when, following their 1997 graduation from Gig Harbor High School, the two took off for different colleges.
More officers will be out in neighborhoods and in downtown Bellingham in the coming weeks to crack down on loud parties and drunken driving.
The Bellingham and Western Washington University police departments have scheduled extra officers to be out patrolling and responding to those complaints for the next several weekends, according to Mark Young, a spokesman for the Bellingham Police Department.
I've just received a copy of "Critical Messages: Contemporary Northwest Artists on the Environment," a collection of essays by Sarah Clark-Langager, director of Western Gallery at Western Washington University; and by William Dietrich, assistant professor of environment studies at WWU's Huxley College of the Environment.
Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposal to create a single education department covering preschool through college, if approved by the Legislature, would make Washington one of the only states to put all those areas under a single umbrella.
Gregoire announced Wednesday that she wants to create a new Department of Education, headed by a secretary she would appoint, subject to confirmation by the state Senate.
In her view, that one department could succeed where an alphabet soup of agencies has failed to give Washington students the education they deserve — and probably save money, too.
Restaurant chains might be smart to expand into Bellingham, according to a recent survey that ranked the city among the top 40 emerging restaurant markets.
The survey by QSR Magazine and Pitney Bowes Business Insight ranked the top small, medium and large cities for quick-service restaurant expansion in 2011. Bellingham was No. 7 in the small market category.
So many statements we accept as true, plausible or beyond question; but are they? Let's look at a couple of important ones: global warming and U.S. manufacturing decline.
In 2000, Dr. David Viner of University of East Anglia's disgraced Climatic Research Unit advised, “Within a few years winter snowfall will become a very rare and exciting event.” “Children just aren't going to know what snow is.” Britain's Meteorological Office said this December was “almost certain” to become the coldest since records began in 1910. Paul Michaelwaite, forecaster for NetWeather.tv, said, “It is looking like this winter could be in the top 20 cold winters in the last 100 years.”
Gov. Chris Gregoire is proposing a new state Department of Education that would take over duties handled by the voter-elected state school superintendent.
Gregoire announced her plan Wednesday, part of her efforts to streamline government during the economic downturn.