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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bellingham City Council approved an ordinance to help the city respond to emergencies.Western lays off all RAs and apartment advisers
This article was amended on April 1, 2020, to reflect a change of language. Washington’s Employment Security Department (along with several of...Who, exactly, is ‘essential?’
In this April 2019 file photo, Emily Gish, 20, torches a creme bruleé to caramelize the top layer at a local...How local businesses are adjusting to closures caused by COVID-19
A microscopic view of the virus SARS-COV-2, which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19. // Photo courtesy the Centers for Disease Control...
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As COVID creeps in, delivery services bustle
In this October 2019 file photo, Georgeos Karadimas cooks for customers at his food truck GREEKTOWN at the Goods Second Annual...‘Speak’ author offers ‘Shout’
Laurie Halse Anderson's book tour has been canceled, but her autobiographical poems are a new entry in 'resilience literature' for young...Suddenly you have time to read?
Books illustration by Shannon DeLurio Column by Emma Bjornsrud We fill our time binge-watching Netflix,...Battling it out until the end
Bandmates Riley Adair, Owen Rollison, Joey Boone and Austin Colwell, playing a show on Feb. 21. // Photo courtesy of Liz...
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Western lays off all RAs and apartment advisers
This article was amended on April 1, 2020, to reflect a change of language. Washington’s Employment Security Department (along with several of...Do you know this person?
By Melanie Bell In a campus advisory, Western students were alerted that University Police...Western suspends in-person classes for duration of spring quarter 
SARS-CoV-2: The virus behind the behind the COVID-19 disease. // Illustration by Katie Linton, adapted from CDC public domain illustrationFirst WWU Student tests positive
A microscopic view of the virus SARS-COV-2, which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19. // Photo courtesy the Centers for Disease Control...
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Who, exactly, is ‘essential?’
In this April 2019 file photo, Emily Gish, 20, torches a creme bruleé to caramelize the top layer at a local...Do you know this person?
By Melanie Bell In a campus advisory, Western students were alerted that University Police...How local businesses are adjusting to closures caused by COVID-19
A microscopic view of the virus SARS-COV-2, which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19. // Photo courtesy the Centers for Disease Control...‘Virus is widespread in our area’
On Tuesday, the Whatcom County Health Department announced that it would stop publicly tracking the paths of people who test positive...
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No basketball regionals. Thanks, COVID-19
Redshirt sophomore Erwin Weary, Jr. puts shots up in an empty Carver Gymnasium. Western’s men’s and women’s basketball teams will end...Western ice teams warm fans’ hearts
Victoria Dinh performs the Biellmann spin during the skate-off on Friday, March 6. // Photo by Claire OttWomen’s b-ball fail to clinch GNAC title
Sophomore forward Katrin Gimmaka shields the ball from two University of Alaska Anchorage defenders on Saturday, March 7. // Photo courtesy...Men’s basketball GNAC champs
Freshman guard D'Angelo Minnis (foreground) celebrates with his team on Saturday, March 7. // Photo courtesy Western Athletics
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Western lays off all RAs and apartment advisers
This article was amended on April 1, 2020, to reflect a change of language. Washington’s Employment Security Department (along with several of...Who, exactly, is ‘essential?’
In this April 2019 file photo, Emily Gish, 20, torches a creme bruleé to caramelize the top layer at a local...Pandemic waste production
Ariel Maldonado, owner of Instagram account @gogreensavegreen, spending time in nature. // Photo courtesy of Ariel Maldonado. Column...How local businesses are adjusting to closures caused by COVID-19
A microscopic view of the virus SARS-COV-2, which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19. // Photo courtesy the Centers for Disease Control...
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Pandemic waste production
Ariel Maldonado, owner of Instagram account @gogreensavegreen, spending time in nature. // Photo courtesy of Ariel Maldonado. Column...Solitude is an antiviral
A rider tops a jump at the Port of Bellingham Waterfront Bike Park on Tuesday, March 17. As the city self-quarantines...Suddenly you have time to read?
Books illustration by Shannon DeLurio Column by Emma Bjornsrud We fill our time binge-watching Netflix,...Earth’s animals
Column by Emma Bjornsrud Humans aren’t the only ones living on this planet — we aren’t even the only...
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Listen to the art of guzheng, performed by Haiqiong Deng
By Thomas Hughes The distinct resonance of 21 plucked nylon strings will fill Western’s Concert Hall...Veni Vidi Ascendi 2020 gets off the ground Feb. 1 at Western
Update: Check out our coverage of the event here. By Thomas Hughes You can drag the map and you...Music Events in Bellingham Jan. 18-19
By Thomas Hughes You can drag the map around and you can zoom...Western Student Builds Ceramic Career at Local Businesses
Gabe Virgen sits in the studio and inspects mugs that didn't make the final cut in a recent batch on Sept. 8. // Photo...
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This week in black history: Shirley Chisholm
The life of the first African American woman to win a seat in Congress and her daring run for president
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Shirley Chisholm was an African American woman from Brooklyn, N.Y. She was born in 1924 and raised during the Great Depression. She was the oldest daughter of four to her parents, who worked as a factory worker...
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