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Western Washington University officials hope to get power back to north campus buildings by Tuesday morning, Sept. 14.
Kemp first saw the issue of not enough high-tech jobs in this area while attending Western Washington University in the late 1990s. After graduation, he couldn't find work in this area and eventually moved to Seattle, working for Microsoft. His role at Microsoft included helping launch products, including Xbox. He wanted new challenges, though, so he began to look for a desirable community to live with his family and returned to Whatcom County in 2006.
At its meeting held on September 9, 2010, West Marine's board of directors appointed a new independent director, Dennis Madsen, to its board effective as of the next regularly scheduled board and committee meetings to be held in November 2010. Mr. Madsen also was appointed to West Marine's governance and compensation committee.
Progressive Insurance, the country's fourth largest auto insurance group, and The X PRIZE Foundation, an educational nonprofit prize organization, will announce the winners of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE at a special awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
William Dietrich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and assistant professor of Environmental Studies at Western Washington University, will discuss major environmental issues confronting the Pacific Northwest 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
A main switch that feeds electricity to part of Western Washington University apparently failed about 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, cutting power to buildings in the north campus area.
"This is a love story from the region," said Wise, an English professor at Western Washington University. "It has to succeed as a story."
Wise has appeared in previous Northwest Ballet productions, and his 15-year-old daughter is studying ballet under Bishop's tutelage.
Carol Rae is a multi-disciplinary artist who has worked in every realm from bookbinding and costume design to voodoo doll-making -- so spawning a fishy project to draw attention to the environment was no problem.
With great glee, she has created a school of papier-mâché creatures that are part-animal, part-fish and covered them in opalescent scales.
"I call them Farmed Fish," says the Lake Cowichan artist, who had made little chicken fish with colourful combs and wattles, piggy-fish with snouts and cow versions, complete with fetching pink udders.
Whatcom County law enforcement agencies arrested 63 people for allegedly driving drunk during the latest enforcement campaign, which started Aug. 12 and ended Sept. 6.
Statewide, officers from 176 agencies arrested 2,672 drivers in the "Drive Hammered, Get Nailed" campaign, according to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.
One of the first things you should do is analyze your finances.
“A critical aspect to recession-proofing is to first do an internal audit of your existing business — from a financial standpoint you need to know where money is coming from and where it is going,” says Tom Dorr, director of the Western Washington University Small Business Development Center in Bellingham, Wash.