Western Washington University News

Paul Pearson, the son of former long-time Minot chiropractor Scot Pearson, has returned to the city he grew up in to open up his own clinic with his wife, Devanni Pearson.

Prolonged exposure to the substance found inside the rocks has been shown to cause lung cancer, and investigators recommended in a draft report that signs be posted "alerting people to the dangers of asbestos exposure."

Fisherman Nick Meyer lifts a Dungeness crab pot onto a stack at Squalicum Harbor on Dec. 4, 2012 in Bellingham.

Scenes from the grand opening of the of the Permacation Cable Park Sunday, June 29, 2014 on Bow Lake in Alger.

A new site called blast-zone.org released an interactive map that allows you to see if your house, school, workplace, favorite store, etc.

Volcanoes have fascinated Northwest Coast artist Ryan Molenkamp since Mount St. Helens erupted when he was a small boy in 1980, frightening and amazing him.

Katie Barry, 10, shares her drawing of a jellyfish and a sea horse with grandmother Vickie Cordell on Thursday at the Poulsbo Marine Science Center.

Western Washington University recently named its Outstanding 2014 Graduates, and three graduate d from Edmonds-area high schools .

When Lake Washington School District schools open Sept. 2, there will be a number of new faces, including five new principals, two transfers and six new associate principals.

Tribal governance and climate change will be among the topics discussed during Northwest Indian College's ninth-annual Vine Deloria Jr. Indigenous Studies Symposium Thursday, July 10, to Saturday, July 12. Registration costs $150, which includes continental breakfasts and lunches for every day of the symposium as well as a salmon dinner Friday ... (more)

Commencement services for graduating Western Washington University students in Carver Gymnasium at Western Washington University on Saturday morning June 14, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash.

Carly Roberts, a 2010 graduate from Black Hills High School in Tumwater, has been appointed student trustee at Western Washington University.

City of Bellingham parks department enterprise coordinator Marcia Wazny, holds a photo of Northwest poet and writer Ella Higginson at the Higginson family plot at Bayview Cemetery in Bellingham March 9, 2010.

Cuban American operatic soprano Lisette Oropesa will appear in Mozart's 1782 opera, "The Abduction from the Seraglio" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 12, 2014 at the Performing Arts Center Main Stage at Western Washington University.

Rebecca Walker is the newspaper's new office manager, replacing Marilyn Bardin, who retired.

Western Washington University theater students enrolled in the summer advanced acting topics course taught by Rich Brown will perform "commedia" at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, July 3-5, at Maritime Heritage Park, 514 W. Holly St. Commedia are masked comic and highly physical performances that originate from the Italian Renaissance and ... (more)

Seattle electronic duo ODESZA started as a Western Washington University mash-up, but has topped the charts and toured internationally with a little help from the internet.

Guitarist Pablo Villegas is among the performers scheduled to appear during The Bellingham Festival of Music, which runs Saturday, July 5, through July 20, 2014 with most concerts at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center.

Stephanie McCleary, right, a Chimacum School District employee, and 15-year-old son Carter, who will be a sophomore at Chimacum High School this fall, are plaintiffs in an ongoing lawsuit against the state.

Jordan Richardson, a Mariner High alumna, was honored as a Presidential Scholar at Western Washington University's recent graduation.