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Welcome to the Northwest's newest independent newspaper. Our website is live!
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Our test print has arrived! One step closer to bringing our readers a physical paper.
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TV personality Rick Steves was one of many who converged on Zuanich Point Park Saturday afternoon for the 2022 Bellingham Budfest.
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Tonight, we print! Papers will be available across Bellingham and Whatcom County tomorrow morning. (Elliott Almond/Cascadia Daily News)
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Whatcom County Weather, or
@RandySmall
, is well-known in the community for his photos and Whatcom specific weather reports.
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Celebrating our launch in the newsroom today. Visit to meet the people behind the masks. (Photo by Meri-Jo Borzilleri)
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Guest commentary: "I’m disappointed the majority party, which speaks often of elevating democracy, refuses to acknowledge the millions of signatures and voices behind initiatives."
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The Vikings are headed to their first national championship match following a 74-68 victory over top-seed North Georgia in the NCAA women's Division II Final Four.
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Dress like your boss day at CDN! Shoutout to executive editor
@roncjudd
for your flannel collection.
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One year ago today, Cascadia Daily News launched our website, .
Look out for Ron Judd’s column tomorrow online and in print to learn more about how we are growing.
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Welcome to the NW's newest independent news source, launching January 2022 from Bellingham, WA, the navel of the Salish Sea. Watch us grow at
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Meet Elizabeth Kayser, our assignment editor, who previously worked at KIRO 7 and KOMO 4 before returning to her hometown of Whatcom County to start a family. (
@haileyjhoffman
/CDN)
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Just call them kings and queens of the court.
Lynden proved once again why it is the prep basketball mecca of Washington state when first the boys and then the girls each came away with state championship victories Saturday
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Meet Hailey Palmer, our Sports Editor/Reporter. Originally from Puyallup, WA, she credits her love of sports to her father. Hailey, a WWU graduate, previously covered news and sports at the Lynden Tribune. (
@haileyjhoffman
/Cascadia Daily News)
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Meet Julia Lerner, our environmental reporter, who previously worked as an investigative reporter for the Nome Nugget, Alaska's oldest continuously-publishing newspaper, where she covered climate change and indigenous affairs. (
@haileyjhoffman
/CDN)
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Thanks for your support! We can’t wait to see what year two holds.
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Western women’s basketball erased a 17-point deficit to beat Montana State University Billings 76-71 and capture the GNAC championship.
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Meet Hailey Hoffman, our Visual Journalist/Education Reporter. Originally from Las Vegas, Hailey previously worked at The Astorian as a staff photographer. Now, she is back in Bellingham and ready to capture the city through a lens — and, of course, a drone.
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Meet photographer Andy Bronson, who most recently worked at The Everett Herald and just started his 30th year in photojournalism. (
@haileyjhoffman
/CDN)
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In the newsroom watching Western women’s basketball in the national semifinals against North Georgia. With pizza. 🍕
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Meet our Winter 2022 news interns: Victoria Corkum, Rena Kingery, Jonathan Tall and Kai Uyehara, who share the singular passion for pursuing important stories in their backyard. (
@haileyjhoffman
/CDN)
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Seattle currently has the worst air quality in the world with a reading of 236 AQI out of a list of other major cities compiled by IQAir. Bellingham is clocking in at 288 AQI.
📸: Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News
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A historical saga that includes riots, rabble-rousers and romance,
@1JessWalter
's book is this year's Whatcom READS selection.
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Three Whatcom County teams won state titles at the basketball championship on Saturday.
Read the game stories below:
Lynden boys:
Lynden Christian boys:
Lynden Christian girls:
(Andy Bronson/CDN)
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Faces in the Crowd: Ryan Dykstra is a volunteer coach, basketball official and maintenance worker for the Lynden Parks and Recreation Department.
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Meet Executive Editor Ron Judd, a fourth-generation Washingtonian who worked at The Seattle Times for the last three decades. (
@haileyjhoffman
/CDN)
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Western is headed to its first-ever NCAA Division II National Championship series following a 7-1 win over the University of Indianapolis in the second game of the semifinals on Wednesday.
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A 58-55 win by the No. 5 Vikings over No. 4 Valdosta State in the quarterfinals gives Western its third Final Four appearance in program history and first since 2013.
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Desks are on order, computers arriving, blinds being installed. Just need to break out those reporter's notebooks. Wait; did anyone order reporter's notebooks? Oh, Snap! (Still building a newspaper):
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Check out the e-edition of the Cascadia Daily News at . Available on desktop, tablet and mobile.
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Meet Amy Kepferle, our arts and entertainment editor/reporter, who previously worked at Cascadia Weekly covering theater, art, music, food, books and more. A pro at calendar and events coverage, Amy has been writing A&E for over 20 years. (
@haileyjhoffman
/CDN)
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The Western Washington University women's soccer team defeated Columbus State in the NCAA Division II semifinals to advance to the national championship on Saturday, Dec. 3.
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Thousands of people marched in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Tuesday afternoon as part of the Women's Memorial March. This is the 32nd annual march held to honor the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
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Dozens of people gathered along the rocky stretch of beach on the Stommish Grounds May 27 to welcome canoers returning from Canoe Journey during the Lummi Nation’s Gathering of the Eagles.
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The family of David Babcock is speaking out for the first time after he died from being shot by police.
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Sehome boys basketball put a blemish on Lynden’s 10-game undefeated league record with a 72-50 win over the Lions on the road Friday night.
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About 100 fans and family greeted Western's women’s basketball team's charter bus Saturday following a day-long, cross-country trip from Birmingham, Alabama, where the Vikings lost to Glenville (West Virginia) State in the title game, 85-72.
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Less than six months after going public with their intent to unionize, the Academic Student Employees (ASEs) of Western Washington University formed a union June 12 with a 98% margin — 805 people voting yes and just 19 voting no.
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The fire around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29 as seen from a boat off the southeast shore of Lake Whatcom. The wildfire was estimated at about one-quarter acre Monday night. DNR said crews would start battling the blaze at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning.
(Video courtesy of Kami Irwin)
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Happy 1 month anniversary to the CDN website! It has been 31 days, or 744 hours, or 44,640 minutes since our Jan. 24 launch. Our first print edition is less than a week away!
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Senior Taylor Khorrami’s game-winning, two-out RBI single in the 12th inning kept Western Washington University’s season alive with a 2-1 marathon victory over the University of Indianapolis.
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Anderson is owner of Whatcom Preps, a stats and game recap website for prep sports in Whatcom County. His main focus is football, and he has painstakingly compiled every offensive stat for nearly every football game played by a county team since 1975.
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Rep. Rick Larsen secured an additional $450k in federal funding for
@WWU
to use for its planned Coast Salish-style Longhouse. University President Sabah Randhawa said they plan to use the funding to build a kitchen in the House of Healing.
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Part of our mission at Cascadia Daily News is to provide first-work opportunities for talented young journalists. In keeping with that, we’re proud to offer an ongoing internship program. Get more information and application details at .
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Meet Jaya Flanary, our digital editor, who enjoys telling human-interest stories through narrative journalism, photography, documentary filmmaking and design. (
@haileyjhoffman
/CDN)
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Three SPJ awards for CDN 🏆
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Western Washington University welcomed community members on Monday to its Bellingham campus and online to highlight local community advocacy alongside keynote speaker LaTosha Brown, political strategist and co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund.
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MEET THE STAFF: Charlotte Alden is a summer quarter News Intern at Cascadia Daily News who is majoring in political science at the University of British Columbia.
Contact Charlotte: charlottealden
@cascadiadaily
.com
To apply for an internship, go to
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Brooke Walling didn't always love basketball. In fact, she used to not like it at all.
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Happening Now:
@KyleATubbs
is on the scene as hundreds march through Mount Vernon for Marcha Campesina organized by Community to Community and Familias Unidas por la Justicia to honor farmworkers and to improve working conditions in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
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Whatcom County will receive $25 million in federal money to replace the aging Lummi Island Ferry, Washington Rep. Rick Larsen’s office announced Tuesday.
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CDN won seven awards in an array of categories in one of the nation’s largest, most highly competitive journalism contests, open to publications in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
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Three decades after a federal law required institutions to return “cultural items” and remains to their Indigenous nations, Western Washington University still possesses a vast majority of its collection.
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Whatcom County is blanketed in snow, with more on the way. Watch for our story soon with updates throughout the day. Reply below with your snow photos. ⬇️
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HAPPENING NOW: Cascadia Daily News intern Kyle Tubbs is on the scene as hundreds gather at the Skagit County Courthouse to rally for reproductive rights.
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Meet Connor J. Benintendi, our new sports editor, who enjoys sports, Star Wars and spending time with his dog, Zeffer. Read more about Connor at .
Email: connorbenintendi
@cascadiadaily
.com
Twitter:
@CJohnBenintendi
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Sen. Maria Cantwell visited Sumas Tuesday afternoon to discuss short-term and long-term aid after recent flooding caused more than $100 million in damages to public infrastructure and private property.
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To celebrate one week until launch, we want to introduce you to our remaining staff members this week. First, meet Pica, our drone, who enjoys flying on sunny days with their pilot, Hailey Hoffman. (
@haileyjhoffman
/CDN)
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Jenn Mason, the owner of Bellingham’s inclusive, all-ages sex shop WinkWink and Bellingham School Board member, has found herself at the center of a national controversy for the second time this summer.
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July marks the third anniversary of the first sparks of creation of Cascadia Daily News, an ongoing experiment in filling a vacuum for robust local news coverage.
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While Western Washington University professor Jackie Caplan-Auerbach doesn't love the email inbox exploding with interview requests, she's enjoying the opportunity to share the utility of seismic data and, in a way, her life's work.
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We’re on the lookout for Faces in the Crowd subjects: folks with interesting jobs, community roles or other matters of interest. Not officials or famous people; just regular folks who make a difference.
Send your ideas to our general inbox, newstips
@cascadiadaily
.com.
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Ron Judd (
@roncjudd
), Cascadia Daily News' Executive Editor, writes his first column as CDN launches its website.
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Lynden avenged its loss to Ferndale last season by delivering a 24-7, season-opening victory over the Golden Eagles in a non-league battle at Blaine High School on Friday.
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Meet Elliott Almond, our deputy editor, who returned to the Pacific Northwest after two decades at the San Jose Mercury News to join CDN. (
@haileyjhoffman
/CDN)
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Pick up a print copy of CDN today which includes a commemorative page celebrating the three Whatcom County basketball teams that won state titles.
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Meet Ralph Schwartz, our local government reporter, who has worked as a reporter for 14 years at various local newspapers including the Skagit Valley Herald and The Bellingham Herald. (
@haileyjhoffman
/CDN)
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Flood: One year later is a multipart series exploring how the devastating November 2021 flooding changed the lives of Whatcom County and Skagit County residents, as well as bodies of government, over the past year.
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It’s a new year... in a new newsroom! Staff reporter
@Ralph_Schwartz
is working hard at his desk (with a view).
#startupnewspaper
(
@haileyjhoffman
/CDN)
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More than 300 people gathered at the Whatcom Transportation Authority’s downtown bus station on Friday night, ready to march against the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion that could overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Cascadia Daily News took home 10 awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association 2022 Better Newspaper Contest, with only material published in March 2022 eligible for entry.
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Beyond Bars: The Future of Justice in Whatcom County is a special report that explores the county’s controversial effort to build a new jail. (1/6)
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Lynden snapped two-time defending champion Ellensburg’s historic 75-game win streak, 43-40, to win the 2A girls state championship on Saturday.
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A two-run, third-inning burst was all the offense the Vikings needed, and Western Washington University softball won its first-round game, 2-1, over Wilmington University in the NCAA Division II World Series on Sunday.
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Jason Call, a former Marysville schoolteacher and a progressive Democrat, announced today he will challenge Rick Larsen for his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Employees at Bellingham’s drive-through Starbucks on Iowa and King Street unanimously voted Friday to unionize, making it the first unionized Starbucks location in Whatcom County.
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The City of Bellingham’s $768,000, 1.43-acre land purchase preserving the Post Point colony closes Tuesday evening, guaranteeing new protection zones for the city’s last great blue heron nesting site.
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MEET THE STAFF: Charlotte Alden is a general assignment and enterprise reporter at Cascadia Daily News. Outside of work, she enjoys crocheting coasters, attempting to be a vegetarian and escaping to the mountains. Read more about Charlotte at .
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Primary election night in the CDN newsroom involves a lot of messy desks, pizza, Air Pods and intense focus. Check out our coverage online at .
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CDN staff here at Mount Baker Theatre to see editor
@roncjudd
moderate a discussion with
@realBobWoodward
!
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From Aug. 11–20, WTA is providing free rides on all bus trips within Whatcom County.
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In September 2021, Natalie Vinh saw a need for a local music publication. About a month later, she launched Breakout Magazine.
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CDN news interns Kyle Tubbs, left, and Noah Harper on assignment today!
We are still hiring for summer interns — apply at for a paid, 20 hr/week internship with Cascadia Daily News.
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Millions of dollars in funding are set to go to projects in Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan counties thanks to a federal omnibus spending package approved by Congress on Dec. 23.
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Reporter Nick Zeller-Singh has joined Cascadia Daily News as a sports reporter covering Western Washington University athletics, prep teams in Whatcom and Skagit counties, a wide variety of recreation and outdoors topics and the Bellingham Bells.
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Around two dozen Mt. Baker Roofing employees stopped work Monday, Feb. 13 and picketed Tuesday morning to call attention to the company’s past failures to provide bathrooms, breaks and water on job sites.
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Ferndale High School sold out its final production of "Les Misérables" March 4, which was performed and produced by a cast and crew of 66 high school and middle school students.
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The Vikings have a chance to carve out a new slice of history when they begin play at the NCAA Division II World Series in Florida on Sunday.
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MEET THE STAFF: Eric Trent, CDN's news producer, grew up in the small Chinook Indian Nation fishing village of Bay Center on the Southwest Washington coast. Read more about Eric at
Contact Eric:
Email: erictrent
@cascadiadaily
.com
Twitter:
@RealEricTrent
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The fire is still estimated at 45 acres and "in the same footprint it was on Tuesday afternoon," thanks to damp weather and the arrival of three 20-person hand crews to battle the blaze from the ground, DNR said.
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MEET THE STAFF: Frank Catalano is the business and work columnist for Cascadia Daily News, and is a veteran writer and broadcaster.
Read more about Frank at .
Contact Frank:
frankcatalano
@cascadiadaily
.com
Twitter:
@FrankCatalano
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Wondering how Whatcom County’s news landscape is changing? Join
@roncjudd
, executive editor of CDN, and
@AmyEdstrom
, publisher of
@CurrentSalish
, for an online presentation hosted by Bellingham City Club on Nov. 17 at 1:30 p.m. Register by Nov. 15 on
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Amtrak Cascades announced July 1 it will restart train service to all stops north of Seattle, including Bellingham and Vancouver, British Columbia, in September. The reopening date of the 18-stop, 467-mile route was previously slated for December.
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Digital editor
@jayaflanary
here. I would like to publicly apologize for this grave mistake. I can’t promise it won’t happen again!
Thanks for reading ☺️
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When he first pulled into a Capitol parking lot to begin his new role, Simon Sefzik had to convince a security guard he was a senator and not a college intern.
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More than 20,000 pounds of rocks passed from gloved hand to gloved hand in an assembly line down the beach near Kiket Island Monday afternoon, moving the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community another step closer to a modern clam garden on tribal territory.
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The Western Washington University women’s rowing team claimed its ninth national title last weekend on Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio, in an incredibly competitive six-team Division II regatta.
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Junior standout Brant Heppner isn’t just a leader for the Lions’ basketball team — he captained and quarterbacked the football team that made it to the state semifinals this fall.
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Faces in the Crowd: Butch Kamena is a political science instructor, volunteer prep soccer coach, Western basketball commentator, Sehome High School graduate and former sports information assistant/writer.
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