in memoriam

A Bellingham climber and skier is one of two people who died in an avalanche Tuesday, Feb. 11, on Wallowa Mountain in northeast Oregon, according to the Baker County Sheriff's Office.

On Thursday the local sheriff's office identified 23-year-old Jake…

Nancy Holt, a pioneering artist who could create monumental Land Art masterpieces and 6-minute videos with equal aplomb, died on Feb. 8 in New York at the age of 75. 

“She was the nicest, kindest, warmest person imaginable,” said critic and curator Phyllis Tuchman…

Artist Nancy Holt, who in the past four years had begun to receive a renewed wave of institutional recognition, died on February 8 due to unknown causes. She was 75. Primarily known for her Land Art works, the most famous of which are her “Sun Tunnels,” Holt was a prolific artist who also worked…

University of Washington Tacoma Chancellor Debra Friedman died Sunday following treatment for lung cancer.

Friedman, 58, had announced in early January that she would cut back on her duties while she underwent radiation treatment and chemotherapy. She later decided on full medical leave…

I first enrolled at what was then called Western Washington State College in 1969, well into the nation's protest years. Western had its share of marches and rallies but remained free of the major rampages that trashed other universities and resulted in injuries and even deaths, notably at…