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Western Washington University freshman Brittany Grandy placed 14th in the women's high jump at the NCAA Division II National Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Mankato, Minn.
Grandy cleared 5-4 1/2 on her second attempt.
Western Washington University's Rory Blanche said coach Brad Jackson always tells him he plays better when he's angry, and after scoring just two points in the first half, Blanche came out with something to prove in second half of Western's NCAA Division II West Regional Saturday night against Chico State.
"Well, my main thing was to stay strong," Blanche said. "I needed to get into the right mindset, and coach always says I play better when I'm mad."
One woman is a professional activist who works to protect children. Another is a single mother of three boys, who overcame a life of addiction and abuse to head for school and success. A third is a teenager who volunteers her time to help the homeless in myriad ways -- from collecting food to reading to children at the shelter.
Center Britt Harris scored a career-high 24 points, but it wasn't enough as Western Washington University could not overcome a big first-half deficit and was defeated by UC San Diego, 81-66, in a West Regional semifinal of the NCAA Division II National Tournament at RIMAC Arena on the UCSD campus.
The Vikings, the No. 4 seed in the region, conclude their season 22-8.
A group of Native American students from tiny Neah Bay, on the Olympic Peninsula, are finalists for a national $100,000 technology and software prize.
The “Solve for Tomorrow” competition, sponsored by Samsung, aims to honor students who best show how science or math is helping the environment in their community.
A disappointed Gov. Chris Gregoire is calling the Washington Legislature back into session at noon Monday to take another whack at closing the remaining $1 billion hole in the state checkbook.
“I certainly hope they will be able to finish it next week,” the Democrat said shortly before midnight in a short meeting with Capitol reporters. Lawmakers adjourned their 60-day session at 12:07 a.m., marking the second time since Thanksgiving that they tried to close the state’s budget deficit and fell short.
The state Legislature sputtered to a finish Thursday night without agreement on how to close a $1 billion budget shortfall. Lawmakers did pass a landmark bill legalizing gay marriage this session and approved other legislation, including a measure adding improvement in student test scores to the list of factors used to evaluate teachers.
But budget negotiations stalled Thursday night with no sign of a deal happening anytime soon.
As soon as this summer, watercraft ranging from float planes and motorboats to canoes and kayaks could face mandatory inspections as they launch in Lake Whatcom, as local governments ramp up their efforts to prevent nasty invasive mussels from finding their way into the city's water supply.
Two species of Eurasian mussel are the main concern. They are known as zebra and quagga mussels and are native to the Black and Caspian seas. They are believed to have been introduced to North America by Russian freighters emptying ballast water in the Great Lakes in the 1980s.
John Allen isn't necessarily looking at this weekend's NCAA Division II West Regional as a chance at redemption.
It's more like a reward.
Fresh off their upset loss in the opening game of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference tournament, Allen and his teammates on the 15th-ranked Western Washington University men's basketball team are hoping this week has a much different ending.