In the Media
Job seekers looking for ways to connect directly with employers are invited to attend Western Washington University's Business Career Fair, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 in the Mac Gym of the Wade King Student Recreation Center. Admission is free.
The fair allows students and the general public to meet with hiring managers from a wide range of employers, including private companies, nonprofit organizations and government agencies.
Only a species as clever as ours would need to designate a “Food Day” to celebrate and promote the prospect of “eating real food.” Seriously.
But the problems with our food system are, as we know, very serious indeed. I stopped by the Bioneers annual conference (Bioneers is a non-profit organization that functions as a hub for education about living and working in the context of natural principles) on October 15, and heard Anim Steel’s lively plenary.
Shawn Kemp Jr., a freshman on the University of Washington men's basketball team, doesn't mind talking about the relative who used to patrol the paint in this part of the country and later helped shape his career on the hardwood.
"That's the one person that's helped me out a lot," the 6-foot-9 freshman who grew up outside of Atlanta said with pride last week.
The Western Washington University men's soccer team squandered a 1-0 halftime lead, as the Vikings fell 2-1 in overtime against Northwest Nazarene University Saturday, Oct. 22, at Orca Field on the campus of Whatcom Community College.
The Western Washington University women's soccer team has struggled to produce goals of late, but Western coach Travis Connell knew a scoring barrage was coming soon.
And Connell's premonition came true Saturday, Oct. 22, as the Vikings' offense showcased its true capability in a 4-0 Great Northwest Athletic Conference victory over Northwest Nazarene University, at Orca Field on the campus of Whatcom Community College.
Costco has dumped a startling $22.5 million into the ballot proposal that would open liquor sales in Washington to big retailers, and the new record for donations to a single ballot campaign is getting some attention.
Foes of Initiative 1183 are using the big donations to say Costco is trying to buy the election. But the I-1183 opposition also has raised a whopping $11.7 million, most of it from national and state alcohol wholesalers.
The decline of marine birds in Whatcom County and across Puget Sound is the topic of a free lecture Thursday evening, Oct. 27.
Had it not been a month early and on a different continent, the final sequence of golf Friday at Lake Oswego (Ore.) Country Club could have been mistaken for a sneak peek at the Presidents Cup.
Whatcom County will be crawling with Halloween events for the next two weeks.
Here's a sampler of what's happening:
For decades, hometown newspapers with staff photographers have documented day-to-day life in their communities.
But those records of days gone by - especially images captured in prints and negatives, before the advent of digital cameras - haven't always been preserved or made accessible to the public.