Western Washington University News

Western Washington University national champion javelin thrower Bethany Drake was named the 2014 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division II Outdoor Field Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Survey finds sharp jump in teen use of growth hormone : The percentage of U.S. high school students who report using synthetic HGH at least once has more than doubled to 11 percent in the latest survey released by the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.

WWU reports more grads finding jobs : A survey compiled by Western Washington University finds 82 percent of graduates who earned degrees in 2012-13 found employment within six months, up from a low of 68.7 percent during the recession.

Fifteen home games and a trip to Puerto Rico highlight the 2014-15 men's basketball schedule for Western Washington University.

Bellingham's Louisiana-style Cajun band, The Happy Valley Sluggers, will kick up the fiddle and accordion to help Western Washington University feel a bit more like "The Big Easy" in a free outdoor concert from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, at Western Performing Arts Center Plaza .

Janet Oakley of Bellingham wrote the first chaper of "Echoes of War: Mystery of the missing Confederate treasure in Whatcom County."

Cornerstone Church of Covington celebrated the arrival of their new senior pastor Rev.

The Bellingham Festival of Music hosts a classical guitar recital by Spanish native Pablo Sáinz Villegas at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 18, 2014 at Bellingham Cruise Terminal, 355 Harris Ave. The Bellingham Festival of Music hosts a classical guitar recital by Spanish native Pablo Sáinz Villegas at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 18, at Bellingham ... (more)

The president of Western Washington University is trying to increase diversity on campus.

Western Washington University's Intensive English Program invites people to break Ramadan fast from 9 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16. The free event is open to both Western students and members of the community who want to learn about and participate in the Muslim Ramadan tradition.

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)