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Initiative 522 draws millions in out-of-state funding, but what do locals think?

Genetic engineering is a complex enough subject on its own, but when the topic is combined with the food we eat and feed our families, everyone seems to have an opinion.

Throw in millions of dollars of out-of-state money meant to persuade voters one way or the other, and the task of…

2013-10-31
Living her passion, a young woman dies

While her friends were obsessed with dolls or ponies, for as long as anyone can remember Dianna Hanson talked incessantly of her love of lions and tigers.

“She’s always had a fascination with big cats,” Paul Hanson, her father, recalled Thursday morning. “She never…

2013-03-08
2011 WWU grad killed in lion attack at Calif. animal sanctuary

A 24-year-old Western Washington University graduate who volunteered at Project Survival's Cat Haven in the foothills east of Fresno, Calif., was killed Wednesday when she was attacked by a 4-year-old male African lion in its enclosure.

A co-worker tried in vain to draw the lion away…

2013-03-07
Biology’s Marion Brodhagen to Discuss “Tainted Food: The Story of Aflatoxin” Tonight at City Hall 2013-02-19
Returning animals to nature is the goal of Northwest Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

When it comes to animals, Stacy Gaber has come a long way since her youth on her parent's spread in Missouri with cattle, turkeys and other critters.

"I was scared to death of birds," she says. "I was attacked by a chicken as a child."

2013-01-24
Bellingham family with two pugs learns that mushrooms can be fatal to pets

On Nov. 2, Renee Bliss of Bellingham was in Seattle helping a friend find flowers for a wedding and her husband, Bill, was out of town on business when she learned the terrible news.

Their son Dustin had gone to their house on Lake Whatcom and found Milo, the family's 8-year-old pug…

2012-12-03
Panel to discuss Western Reads book Oct. 25 2012-10-08
Record dry weather in September for Bellingham expected to continue in October

This September was the driest on record in Bellingham, and the dry spell is expected to stretch into the first part of October here and in other parts of Western Washington, according to the National Weather Service.

No measurable rain fell last month, according to official totals at…

2012-10-02
Otto named to national group studying undergraduate life sciences education 2012-09-24
Former resident named to change biology education

Joann Otto, a former East County resident and daughter of the late Sen. Glenn Otto and Helen Otto, has become one of 40 scientists tasked with changing how life sciences are taught.

Otto is a professor and chairwoman of the biology department at Western Washington University in Bellingham…

2012-09-17
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