In the media
05 24 13
The Bellingham Herald
A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder on the major interstate between Seattle and Canada, sending a section of the span into a river below as the driver watched the structure collapse in his rearview mirror.
Two other vehicles plunged into the Skagit River, but all three occupants escaped with only minor injuries.
05 24 13
The Bellingham Herald
Western Washington University's provost and vice president of academic affairs has announced that she is resigning from the university in July.
Catherine Riordan has held the position since August 2009 but said she's going to move on to other academic pursuits, according to a statement from the university.
05 24 13
The Bellingham Herald
Overall home values in Whatcom County continue to appreciate, following a trend taking place throughout much of the country, according to a new federal report.
Local home values rose 1.9 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared to a year earlier, according to data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency. It's the second straight quarter of year-over-year increases after more than four years of declines.
05 24 13
The Seattle Times
It got a little harder to get into the University of Washington as a flood of high-school hopefuls submitted applications last winter to become Huskies in fall 2013.
05 24 13
The Bellingham Herald
Posting the highest team and individual finishes in its 15 years as a NCAA member, the Western Washington University men's golf team had its season end with a 4-1-0 loss to Lynn (Fla.) in the semifinals of match play Thursday, May 23, at the Division II National Championships.
05 23 13
Financial Post
Almost every government in the world reserves the right to turn down foreign investment. But there is considerable debate about whether Canada’s net benefit test is the most effective screening approach.
05 23 13
The Bellingham Herald
The school suspiciously labeled as "Western" finds itself swimming among a sea of giants.
Every other school in the National Club Baseball Association World Series bracket is recognizable. Florida, Penn State and Texas A&M among others need no introduction.
But Western? As if forgetting the other two-thirds of the school name wasn't important, it had to be done to the lone Division-II school in the bracket?
But then again, nothing has ever been more fitting.
05 23 13
The Bellingham Herald
Western Washington University's art department presents "Launchpad," an exhibition that highlights culminating work by graduating undergraduate studio art students, showing Tuesday, May 28, to June 8 at Western Gallery in the Fine Arts Building.
05 23 13
Bellingham Business Journal
Western Washington University will begin offering a new minor this fall that will cover the conceptualization and design of user interfaces for digital products.
The minor, titled User Experience Design, or UXD, is intended for industrial design, psychology, design and Computer Science majors.
05 23 13
The Northern Light
Western Washington University’s Small Business Development Center and Blaine Chamber of Commerce will host a workshop to help small business owners grow their companies at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4 in the Blaine school district boardroom at 765 H Street.
