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| West Coast's popular ice cream shop to open in two Seattle locations | Co-founder Tyler Malek is originally from Snohomish and went to Western Washington University in Bellingham. He said he sees similarities to Portland's agriculture and ingredients. "I think Seattle is open to adventure and friendly to innovation," Malek said in the press… |
2018-02-05 | |
| Creepy thriller a squirm-inducing read | Northern California author Jody Gehrman spent some of her young adulthood in Bellingham earning a masters degree in English from Western Washington University before returning down coast to establish her writing career. She’s created short movies, developed plays and written… |
2018-02-02 | |
| Invincible Ones: Skating toward a solution | Although Samantha Cooper didn’t appreciate the cruel remarks the long-bearded heckler who accosted her on a corner of New York City’s East Village was flinging her way, the writer looks back on that moment as being part of the inspiration for her play, Invincible Ones. “… |
2018-01-31 | |
| Botanist enlists citizen scientists | While earning his master’s at Western Washington University, Bloom and his research assistant, Matt Kniepp, studied 76 alpine sites in the Rocky Mountain chain, looking at how climate change and wildfires are affecting one high-elevation wildflower species, the spotted… |
2018-01-10 | |
| For the love of racing: McFadden pushes, pedals through pain |
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2017-12-14 | |
| WWU's Willis Ball achieved much on football field, more off it | I thought I had a good handle on all the good athletes who have come through this region, but then I came across an individual I had never heard of before. Willis Lee Ball. That probably does not ring a bell for you either. Ball, a 1946 graduate of Bremerton High School, is in… |
2017-11-30 | |
| AbiliTrek is building hotel database for travelers with disabilities, aims to fill information void in $17B market | San Diego is Wandke’s favorite travel spot. Sunshine and better-than-average accessibility. But he’s traveled across the country for work and pleasure, including rock climbing in Lake Tahoe, Calif., and navigating the subway systems in Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Boston. … |
2017-11-22 | |
| UBC's Coll Thrush to present 'Rethinking the Heart of Empire' Nov. 29 | 2017-11-16 | ||
| Mike Duncan Made Ancient Rome Into a Podcast Obsession | Is it true, I ask Mike Duncan, that his 189-part podcast chronicling the history of Ancient Rome has been downloaded 56 million times? “No, it’s more than that,” Duncan says with the erudite, cool-guy delivery that’s helped make his The History of Rome… |
2017-11-13 | |
| Born to lead | Courtney Rambo has always been a leader. “Thinking back to elementary school, middle school and high school, always being involved in (Associated Student Body),” she said. “I just think I have a lot of energy.” Rambo grew up in North Bend, where,… |
2017-11-06 |
Ironically, McFadden came to cycling because of her hip pain. She entered college as a runner but…