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More Mount Vernon students try walking to school
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) - More students at Centennial and Little Mountain elementary schools will be walking or biking to school starting Monday as part of a pilot project to test several safe walking zones around the schools.The project will eliminate five bus stops in a designated one-mile zone around Centennial and five near Little Mountain. It will continue through the end of the school ...
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Amazon.com boosts sales tax revenue in Whatcom County
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) - Whatcom County is getting a boost in sales tax revenue thanks to Canadians shopping online at Amazon.com.The Washington Department of Revenue recently reported that retail trade jumped 41 percent last year in Sumas and 22 percent in Blaine, both border towns.Blaine City Manager Gary ...
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Voices of the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra Viola cello and bass players
"I started playing viola when I was 10 because my parents wouldn't buy me a harp!" jokes Morgan Schwab, principal violist with the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra. Called "Schwabie" by her adoring students, Morgan teaches band, orchestra, guitar and drama at Fairhaven Middle School. She also conducts a youth orchestra, working with North Sound Music Director Grant Donnellan, ...
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Roadwork to cause delays north of Bellingham this week
Drivers are advised to take alternate routes Tuesday, May 21, through Friday, May 24, when crews will lay asphalt on some Whatcom County roads in preparation for chip sealing. Crews will work from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. those days on West Wiser Lake Road, Northwest Drive, King Tut Road, West Hemmi Road and West Laurel Road. Long delays are expected around work areas. The schedule could change due to ...
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Bellingham Public Schools names Promise Award winners
Bellingham Public Schools leaders and community partners recently honored 19 individuals as 2013 Districtwide Promise Award recipients, according to a press release. "We want to thank all of the staff members and volunteers being recognized for the valuable work they do every day to support our students," said Superintendent Greg Baker. "These awards represent the collective ...
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Collegium Musicum performance stunning but audience scant
Sadly, I have to tell you what you missed: an absolutely stunning one-and-a-half-hour musical event, "The Birthday Cantata for Swedish King Gustav III," performed on May 11 at WWU's Performing Arts Center Concert Hall by Western's superb Collegium Musicum. To use the word again, the event was stunning in its direction, stunning in its presentation - and stunning ...
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$1.2 billion development planned for Bellevue
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Developer Kemper Freeman plans a $1.2 billion expansion in Bellevue. Kemper Development Co. announced plans Monday to add 2 million square feet of retail, office, hotel and entertainment space. Construction is scheduled to start in 2014 and be completed in 2016. Kemper says he's encouraged by 48 straight months of sales increases at properties that include Bellevue ...
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Seattles Best Coffee opens 10 DFW area drive-throughs
Seattle's Best Coffee is opening 10 new drive-throughs today, including one off of Skillman St. Seattle's Best Coffee LLC is launching its new drive-through concept with Monday's opening of 10 locations across the Dallas area. The locations are the first Seattles Best Coffee shops in North Texas. The company, which is a featured brand of Starbucks Corp., has 65 caf-style locations ...
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Longtime Whatcom Family YMCA director to retire
Dave Harding, 60, in the YMCA in Bellingham, Friday, May 10, 2013. Harding is retiring after 25 years as the Whatcom Family YMCA executive ...
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Downtown Bellingham parking spot transformed into parklet for summer
Ryan Wynne, of Bellingham, enjoys his lunch outside at a parklet Wednesday afternoon, May 15, 2013, outside of Dashi Noodle Bar in Bellingham. Wynne said it was a great place to enjoy a meal on a nice spring day. Dashi Noodle Bar maintains the parklet and covers parking fees for the parking spots ...
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Future of rural Whatcom development at stake in public hearing
Whatcom County's hired staff and appointed planning commissioners disagree over how to comply with state law by doing more to protect the character of rural areas. It's up to the County Council to resolve the separate proposals from the planning commission and from Planning and Development Services. Before that happens, the council will hold a public hearing to take comments on the ...
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Rules of the Road Do Canadian drivers have to follow U.S. laws
Question: Why don't Canadian drivers have to follow U.S. driving laws? Answer: They do. Q: Who has the right away when turning onto a one-way street? For example: I was heading east on Indian Street (two-way traffic) and was stopped at the intersection with East Holly Street (one way) ready to make a left turn toward downtown. There was another car across the intersection making a right ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 20
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Cleveland Indians: 1. ...
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Woman injured in Sunday night shootout across MLK Jr. Way
SEATTLE - Officers have one suspect in custody and continue to look for others after a woman was wounded in a shootout across Martin Luther King Jr. Way in South Seattle, police said.Officers responded to the scene, in the 2800 block of South Norman Street, at about 11:55 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports of multiple shots fired, said Detective Jeff Kappel of the Seattle police.A witness ...
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United Airlines restarting 787 Dreamliner flights
SEATTLE - United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air.The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines. The incidents included an emergency landing of one plane, and a fire on another.The incidents never caused any serious injuries. But the January grounding embarrassed Boeing, which ...
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Dont blame the breed mother of girl attacked by pit bull says
HAZEL DELL, Wash. - A 3-year-old girl is recovering at a hospital following a pit bull attack and while her mother wants the dog put down, she said she doesn't blame the breed. "Honestly, I don't think it matters what kind of a dog or what breed, or the timing, it just can happen," said Jenna Robbins. "I would never say it's because of a pit bull or because of ...
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Seattle Opera stages Wagner singalong on May 22
Seattle Opera invites the public to celebrate composer Richard Wagner’s birthday (and get ready for the "Ring" cycle) with a singalong, a costume contest, cake and other fun on May 22, ...
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Tacomas Richlite A low-profile company with an amazingly durable history
Tacoma-born and Tacoma-based Richlite Co. celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. You might have never heard of Richlite. You're not alone. "We're one of the best-kept secrets in Tacoma, " said marketing director Don ...
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Father says bones found in Oregon search for Susan Powell are likely animal remains police to hold news conference Monday
Chuck Cox says that investigators found bones in rural Oregon while searching for the remains of his missing daughter, Susan Powell, but that they arent likely to turn out to be hers, or even ...
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Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1 billion deal for Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.The deal announced Monday represents Mayer's boldest move yet since she left Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo's latest comeback attempt. It marks Yahoo's most expensive acquisition since the Sunnyvale, Calif., ...
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Eric Idle gives commencement to Whitman graduates
English entertainer and former Monty Python member Eric Idle delivered the commencement speech Sunday at Whitman College in Walla Walla where his daughter Lily was among the 375 ...
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Cooler wetter week ahead in Washington
SEATTLE — Forecasters say Washington is in for a change in weather to a cool, wet spell that is expected to last the rest of the week. The National Weather Service says high temperatures will be in the 50s to lower 60s with nighttime lows in the 40s in Western Washington where rain and showers are forecast for the lowlands. The snow level in the mountains is dropping to 3,500 feet ...
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13-year-old on dirt bike crashes near Wilbur
The Washington State Patrol says a 13-year-old boy riding a dirt bike ran a stop sign and collided with a pickup truck and trailer on Highway 174 Sunday afternoon about a mile west of Wilbur in Lincoln ...
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Woman wounded in south Seattle shootout
SEATTLE — Police say two groups exchanged shots across a south Seattle street Sunday night just before midnight, wounding a woman in the leg. Officers have arrested one suspect and seized a handgun. Police received multiple reports of shots fired across Martin Luther King Jr. Way South. Officers found the woman hiding and medics took her to a hospital. She isn't cooperating with ...
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UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
There will be no Triple Crown winner again this year, but Orb's defeat in the Preakness Stakes does tee up an interesting summer of racing. Meanwhile, some other potential stars, including Last Gunfighter and Fiftyshadesofhay, emerged from the weekend of racing at Pimlico. Hong Kong horses ran off with both of Singapore's International Group 1 races, Farhh provided a bright spot for ...
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Seattle fixing Mercer Mess
Seattle’s Department of Transport has plans to improve the Mercer Corridor or Mercer Mess as it is known to many residents of the city, Seattle news media have been reporting on the plans for some time, but a groundbreaking ceremony now marks the beginning of the major project.
The Mercer Corridor was built over forty years ago when the city’s transportation needs and traffic volumes were entirely different to present day. Mercer Street is a primary artery for the city of Seattle and over 80,000 people drive along it every day, but because of increased traffic and inefficient infrastructure, major bottlenecks occur at peak rush hour and limit access to the South Lake Union area, the Seattle Waterfront, the port, major highways and the Seattle Center. Read more
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