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Ferndale plant has record of air-pollution notices

ConocoPhillips’ refinery near Ferndale has been repeatedly fined by regional air-pollution inspectors and last year drew two citations from state workplace-safety regulators who said a fire there was caused by faulty maintenance.

Refinery workers’ failure to lubricate a motor sparked…

2011-03-01
Memorial service for Shearlean Duke set for March 6 2011-02-22
Three WWU faculty members to be part of Innovative Teaching Showcase 2011-02-04
In memoriam: Shearlean Duke, 1946 - 2011 2011-02-04
WWU's Webb to present lecture today on Life Magazine's portrayal of technology in the '30s and '40s 2011-01-19
If You’re Not Networking, You’re Not Social

Social media isn't isolating us as we tap on our laptops, smartphones and tablets; rather, we're becoming "hypersocial" in our virtual, avatar-populated environment, suggests researcher and author S. Craig Watkins. Rather than gathering in, say, the bowling alleys that were…

2011-01-19
Talk on political discourse draws crowd in Bellingham

Media's role in democracy and the nature of people and politics were the topics of the League of Women Voters of Whatcom County's meeting Saturday, Jan. 15.
The discussion drew more than 50 people to the Bellingham Public Library's lecture room to hear about the importance…

2011-01-18
Bellingham lecture Jan. 19 on photojournalism impact on science learning

Western Washington University's Sheila Webb, an assistant professor of journalism, will discuss how photojournalism helped increase understanding of science and technology advances in the early 1900s in a lecture Wed., Jan. 19.
Webb's lecture, "Prowess Unlimited: The…

2011-01-14
League of Women Voters event to address political discourse at Bellingham event

The spread of political information and democracy will be the topic of discussion at the League of Women Voters of Bellingham/Whatcom County's event Saturday, Jan. 15.
The talk, called "Why Deliberation Matters: Politics past and present in our democracy," will run from 9:30…

2011-01-13
Parker named magazine's managing editor

Hilary Parker is the new managing editor of Bellingham Alive magazine, a lifestyle publication distributed from Everett to Blaine.

2011-01-03
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