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Resilience Institute at WWU conducts survey of disaster preparedness campaign in Snohomish County 2010-09-28
Peninsula College expands 4-year programs

Peninsula College also offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in human services and planning and environmental policy, as well as a Bachelor of Science in environmental studies, all in partnership with Western Washington University. This spring it will add yet another baccalaureate program through…

2010-09-23
Three Huxley geographers contribute entries to five-volume encyclopedia 2010-09-22
State studies animals near North Bend to reduce collisions

The ribbons of highway that crisscross Washington help move freight, commuters and vacationers. They also put humans and wild animals on a collision course.

Each year, 10,000 deer are hit on state highways, according to rough estimates by the Washington State…

2010-09-16
Pulitzer winner to discuss environmental issues

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.

2010-09-13
Nevada researchers find receding permafrost in Siberian Arctic

Attacked by hungry mosquitoes the size of small birds, stranded in reindeer hunters shacks, and slogging around boot-swallowing muddy bogs of the Siberian arctic – it was all in a day’s work for University of Nevada, Reno researchers and students in the Polaris Project, an international team of…

2010-09-10
Peninsula College receives accreditation to offer four-year degrees

Peninsula College is now fully accredited to offer its own four-year degrees, said Tom Keegan, college president.

The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities of Redmond evaluated the community college over the course of the spring quarter and granted the status to the school…

2010-09-08
Melious best choice for County Council seat

Being a Whatcom County council person is a difficult and time-consuming job. The countless number of issues faced by the council include union contracts, land-use laws, financial deficits, planning for the long-term health and prosperity of our community and even dealing with constituents'…

2010-07-29
Whatcom County Council candidates quizzed at Bill Mize Forum

Tony Larson wants to join the Whatcom County Council to focus on job creation.
Jean Melious wants to join to work on responsible growth planning and budgets that have the lowest possible effect on taxpayers.
Theresa Sygitowicz wants to bring her "wealth of experience" in…

2010-07-29
WWU alumna's book added to state's summer reading list

Whatcom Country resident Susan Colleen Browne reports that her memoir, "Little Farm in the Foothills: A Boomer Couple's Search for the Slow Life," has been selected for the Washington State Library's Summer 2010 Reads booklist.

A graduate of Huxley College of the…

2010-07-19
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