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| Western’s small business center helps hundreds in 2015 | Western Washington University’s Small Business Development Center has announced its Whatcom County economic-impact figures for 2015. Among the highlights from last year’s efforts by SBDC staff: |
2016-03-10 | |
| Leadership students present community projects | 2016-03-10 | ||
| Professor helps Cambodian university establish climate change program | 2016-03-09 | ||
| Bellingham hemp advocate hopes to change the way we build | Pam Bosch of Bellingham is trying to build a future for industrial hemp in the United States. The 62-year-old artist acknowledges that hemp, which generally refers to the inside stalk and seeds of the cannabis plant, gets a bad rap because of its association with marijuana. But she says… |
2016-03-08 | |
| Albertsons to close its Bellingham store May 7 | A longtime grocery store in the Birchwood neighborhood will be closing in May. The Albertsons store at 1650 Birchwood Ave. is scheduled to close on Saturday, May 7, said Sara Osborne, a spokeswoman for the company. Albertsons has worked out an agreement with the union UFCW 21 to move the… |
2016-03-08 | |
| WWU pledges better response to victims after review of threats | Western Washington University police and officials responded appropriately after a threat against a student prompted cancellation of classes in November, according to a consultant’s report released March 2. However, consultant John N. Vinson, the chief of police at the University of… |
2016-03-07 | |
| Camps for youth in Whatcom County for summer 2016 | Thinking summer yet? If you’re thinking a day camp or overnight camp adventure might be good for your child this summer, here are some sneak peeks at summer camps in our area. A few spring camps are included in this list. |
2016-03-07 | |
| York Neighborhood to discuss town/gown relations March 9 | 2016-03-07 | ||
| 5 great rock-climbing routes in the Cascades | Climber Blake Herrington has scaled more than 100 peaks around the world, from Patagonia to all the gorges around Chulilla, Spain. These days, the Western Washington University alumnus is back in his home state, where he learned to climb 10 years ago. He’s written a guidebook, “Cascades… |
2016-03-03 | |
| WCC workshops point boys, girls toward nontraditional careers | A “Guys & Guts” workshop aims to steer middle-school boys toward the careers in the medical profession that are more frequently held by women with presentations and activities from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at Whatcom Community College. Participants will visit a biology lab… |
2016-03-03 |