In the Media
State Sen. Scott White was found dead Friday at a resort in Kittitas County where he was participating in a leadership conference.
Sen. White, 41, a Seattle Democrat, did not appear for events scheduled Friday morning. A cause of death was not yet established, but friends and colleagues said it did not appear to be suspicious.
About 50 people protested on Central Washington University's campus Friday over President James Gaudino's recently announced $500,000 incentive bonus.
Participants said about 40 of the protesters were students, with teachers or staff making up the rest. The protest ended with about 30 of them going into Gaudino's office for a half-hour discussion on why the bonus is being included in his contract.
A Whatcom County company has begun exporting some of its products to the United Kingdom.
Nature's Footprint recently opened a distribution center near London for its Worm Factory product. The Worm Factory bin turns kitchen and household waste into a nutrient-rich soil for gardeners through the work of worms and microorganisms.
Pamela Whalley, director of the Center for Economic and Financial Education at Western Washington University, will talk about financial illiteracy in her presentation, "Nice People Don't Talk About it," at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16 in Communications Facility 110.
The event is free, open to the public and is part of WWU's Turning Points Faculty Speaker Series.
We’ve seen a few bubbles in our day, and this looks like a bubble. College students and their families are borrowing ever-larger sums to finance post-secondary education, only to end up empty-handed. The rewards that come from a college degree, if there are rewards to be had, may not justify the expense and long burden of repaying a large loan. That’s the truth for many jobless graduates in these difficult times. When hoards of people go ever deeper in debt for something worth less and less, it has bubble written all over it. Someday, pop.
Whatcom County voters living outside of Bellingham will no longer have to choose between driving to the Whatcom County Courthouse and waiting until Election Day to return their ballots for free.
Guard Richard Woodworth and forward Rory Blanche each scored 20 points, helping the Blue team defeat the White team, 90-82, in the 19th annual Western Washington University Blue/White men's basketball intra-squad game Thursday, Oct. 20, at Sam Carver Gymnasium on the WWU campus.
Western Washington University was outhit .250 to .051 as it was swept by University of Alaska Anchorage 25-12, 25-23, 25-15 in a Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball match Thursday, Oct. 20, in Anchorage.
An open house will be held Saturday, Oct. 22, where the public can learn about the archival resources and services available at the Goltz-Murray Archives Building, 808 25th St., by the south end of Western Washington University.
Whatcom Transportation Authority has received a $2.82 million grant to buy five diesel-electric hybrid buses, which should hit streets in late 2012.
The Federal Transit Administration recently awarded WTA competitive grant funds to replace five 18-year-old diesel buses with the new hybrids.
"This is big news for us to be able to jump into the alternative fuels world," said Maureen McCarthy, WTA spokeswoman.