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Longtime Bellingham retailers ready to retire

Two people who have had a huge impact on downtown retail have decided to retire and are selling their 44-year-old store.

Chris Foss and Foster Rose have started looking for a new owner to take over Greenhouse, their home furnishings store at 1235 Cornwall Ave. They hope to find a buyer…

2016-04-25
Demand for computer science forces Washington colleges to ramp up

Four years after graduating from the University of Washington, Audra Linsenmayer began to realize that the job opportunities were few for someone who had majored in English and psychology, as she had.

She was working as a contractor at Amazon.com, editing children’s books and comic books…

2016-04-25
A dozen faculty to hold free concert Friday 2016-04-21
Attend session to learn more about BTC new clean energy degree

Bellingham Technical College will answer questions about its upcoming clean energy degree program with two information sessions scheduled for this month and next.

The sessions are 1 p.m. Thursday, April 21, and 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, in BTC’s Campus Center building, room 233. The…

2016-04-20
Spring at Western 2016-04-20
TEDx creates community at Western

On Saturday, April 16, the third annual TEDx event came to campus, where the audience heard 12 speakers, including Western students, alumni and professors, selected by Western’s TEDx Club.

TEDx is a program that “supports independent organizers who want to create a TED-like event in their…

2016-04-19
Piano students win recital competition

Student pianists Tate Cohan and Alex Amick earned top honors when the Skagit Valley Chapter of the Washington State Music Teachers Association held its annual Conference Recital Competition on March 19 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mount Vernon.

Eleven students performed at the event,…

2016-04-18
Local Poetry event April 20 a must for those new to the scene 2016-04-18
Inner Child Studio’s Rachel Andrews Brings the Value of Play to All

Most of us had a favorite game as a kid and we might have regularly spent an entire weekend or summer doing nothing but playing and exploring the world. Eventually, we were encouraged to “grow up” or “be more mature” and play time morphed into work time and responsibility. Local non-profit Inner…

2016-04-18
Lynden Christian hires familiar faces as new football coach, AD

Lynden Christian announced a pair of new hires on Thursday, April 14, in an email from outgoing athletic director Curt DeHaan, and both should be familiar with their surroundings.

Dan Kaemingk will return as the Lyncs’ football coach, while former Mount Baker athletic director Brenda…

2016-04-15
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