The Bellingham Herald

• Sehome's Westlin signs with Vikings
  Western Washington University track and cross country coach Pee Wee Halsell announced the signing of three high school athletes on Tuesday, June 23, including two that won state championships last spring.
  

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• Local students graduate from WWU
  These Whatcom County students have graduated from Western Washington University:
  Bellingham: Kory Abercrombie, chemistry; Midori Agnello, communication; Andrew Allison, English; Blair Argust, politics; Troy Baggerman, geology; Sarah Bennett, biology; Christopher Betz, communication; Angela Boucher, business administration; Scott Bray, biology; Brian Burns, general studies; Rebecca Burroughs, psychology; Aimee Carpenter, business administration; Sara Cendejas-Zarell, environmental science; and Wing-Ka Chiang, art. (more)

Seattle Times

• Bill gives in-state tuition to foreign professionals
  A little-noticed measure passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the governor will extend in-state tuition rates at Washington state colleges and universities to foreign professionals at companies such as Microsoft and Amazon, as well as to their children and spouses.

Everett Herald

• At 90, Everett nurse stays in the swim
  No one can live 90 years without knowing sorrow. In 1994, Kurt Schmierer, one of Teresa and Cliff Schmierer's four children, was killed while climbing Mount Dorje Lakpa, a 22,987-foot peak in Nepal. Tears came to her eyes Monday when she talked about her lost son, a geologist who'd earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Western Washington University.