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No sign of agreement as districting committee enters final phase 2016-04-07
Discord over Whatcom County Council districts could lead to court

When voters approved splitting Whatcom County into five districts for county council elections, did they also approve a strict interpretation of the districts described in the voters’ pamphlet?

The answer to that question has largely divided the partisan members of the Districting…

2016-03-14
WWU students use math to pick top college coaches

Who is the best coach in Division-I college sports? If you polled the population of the United States, you'd no doubt hear names like Pat Summit, Bear Bryant and Mike Krzyzewski a few times, but there would be a wide variety of answers.

Two teams from Western Washington University…

2014-05-27
Names of faculty attending commencement announced 2012-11-28
Students recognized at international math modeling contest 2012-04-20
County redistricting affects Bellingham, Lynden precincts

New district boundaries for the Whatcom County Council and Port of Bellingham Commission have been released.
They were developed by a bipartisan districting committee of five people. The district boundaries are the same for County Council and the port districts.
While there are no…

2011-10-03
Whatcom County Districting Committee selects chairman, districting master

A former Whatcom County Superior Court judge, Dave Nichols, has been appointed chairman of the Whatcom County Districting Committee.

Western Washington University mathematics professor Tjalling Ypma was appointed districting master to work for the committee.

2011-04-25
Districting Committee Announces Appointments

A group tasked with adjusting the districts used to elect Whatcom County Council Members has chosen a leader.

2011-04-22
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