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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...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 illustration‘Virus is widespread in our area’
Health Dept., WWU: 'Assume all public areas have had exposure' On Tuesday, the Whatcom County Health Department...City adds ‘Hearing loop’ to council chambers
The new, $35K technology will make meetings accessible to the hearing impaired Renovations to the City Council...
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As COVID creeps in, delivery services bustle
From groceries to restaurant food, drivers are experiencing a boom in business In this October 2019 file...‘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 By Emma Bjornsrud We fill our time binge-watching Netflix, scrolling...Battling it out until the end
Local band Hockey Teeth takes home a victorious win in battle of the bands contest
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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
Concerned students ask university to be more transparent about testing and data By Izzie LundTravel decisions in the time of COVID-19
Travelers are struggling to make smart choices. Here's some help. Few travelers lingered at Bellingham International Airport...
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‘Virus is widespread in our area’
Health Dept., WWU: 'Assume all public areas have had exposure' On Tuesday, the Whatcom County Health Department...As COVID creeps in, delivery services bustle
From groceries to restaurant food, drivers are experiencing a boom in business In this October 2019 file...City adds ‘Hearing loop’ to council chambers
The new, $35K technology will make meetings accessible to the hearing impaired Renovations to the City Council...
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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
Club figure skating and hockey teams fundraise through fun night of competition Victoria Dinh performs the...Women’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
Leif Anderson converts clutch four-point play to give Vikings first championship since 2017 Freshman guard D'Angelo Minnis...
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‘Virus is widespread in our area’
Health Dept., WWU: 'Assume all public areas have had exposure' On Tuesday, the Whatcom County Health Department...Western ice teams warm fans’ hearts
Club figure skating and hockey teams fundraise through fun night of competition Victoria Dinh performs the...“Wash your hands. Someone else’s life may depend on it”
My fellow WWU students, “At least one student is going to come back with Coronavirus,” my...Seattle LGBTQ+ teacher resignations spark backlash
By Nate Sanford Paul Danforth, a former Western student, was reportedly forced to resign from his job at Kennedy...
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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 and you can zoom by...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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Western professor working to break new ground in NASA’s 2020 mission
By Chris Johansen
With howling winds, brutally cold temperatures, a barren desert with vast mountain ranges and ravines where the laws of physics prohibit liquid water from ever existing, planet Mars holds mysteries of potential previous life and maybe even habitable landscapes.
Assistant professor Melissa Rice researches planetary science at Western and was a NASA team member, has been mapping out...