In the Media
Having earned the right to play host to NCAA Division II National Tournament games for the third time in four seasons, the Western Washington University men's basketball team faces No. 8 seed Grand Canyon University in an opening-round game of the West Regional on at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 9, at Sam Carver Gymnasium.
The Vikings, ranked No. 11 in last week's NCAA II National Poll, earned the No. 1 seed and the right to host the regional by posting a 25-5 record. They held onto the top spot in the West despite falling to Montana State Billings, 82-78, on Friday in the semifinals of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Tournament.
The Western Washington University women's basketball team has reached the NCAA Division II Championship for the 13th time in 14 years as a member of that organization and faces Cal State Monterey Bay in an opening-round contest at 5:30 p.m., Friday, March 9, at La Jolla, Calif.
The future of higher education and what it means for business in Whatcom County will be the focus of a Friday, March 16, luncheon at Northwood Hall, 3240 Northwest Ave. Organized by the Technology Alliance Group for Northwest Washington, the luncheon is 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
Monroe voters like their members of Congress to be Republican. But for a dozen years, they've gone without.
That streak could end this fall.
As a result of redistricting, Monroe finds itself in a physically reshaped and politically reoriented 1st Congressional District with an open seat up for grabs in the November election.
Those responsible for the once-a-decade redrawing of boundaries converted the 1st District from an urban safe haven for a liberal Democrat to a mix of farmland and suburbia from the Canadian border to Medina, where partisans are equally divided -- and where Republicans can win.
Seattle novelist Amy Hatvany pays close attention to the way society ticks and how people interact with one another. That's probably why she pursued a degree in sociology at Western Washington University back in the 1990s, and it is certainly reflected in the subjects she has chosen to write about since then.
A little journalism lesson learned: Sometimes, the best way to find out about something is to stop talking to spokespeople — and start listening to their stomachs.
With spiking local gas prices being partially blamed on the Feb. 17 fire that swept through the BP Cherry Point refinery, reporters have been hounding company officials about how long the plant will limp along at partial production.
Western Washington University center Britt Harris had game-highs of 21 points and 12 rebounds, but it wasn't enough as the Vikings fell to University of Alaska Anchorage, 67-52, in the championship game of the second annual Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament on Saturday, March 3, at Marcus Pavilion on the Saint Martin's University campus in Lacey.
The Vikings, the No.2 seed in the tournament, had a six-game winning streak snapped in falling to 21-7, with three of the losses against UAA.
Western Washington University's Opera Studio presents "Don Giovanni" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 8-10, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at Western's Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre.
Students at Western Washington University are on edge after two violent attacks near campus. In one case, a man with a knife threw a woman to the ground.
Police have personal safety posters up across campus and encourage students to refer to it if they need contact information for safety escort services.
THE passage of a Republican budget out of the Washington State Senate with a majority of Democrats amounts to a political earthquake not seen in 25 years. Events like this do not happen without cause and cannot be talked into going away.
Democratic leaders in Olympia proclaim the budget illegitimate and say they won't accept it. Not surprising. Friday's insurrection was against them, and their egos are tender.