http://blogs.kxly.com/western Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:56:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en BELLINGHAM — For a third time, police searched the home of an Alger couple who were the last people to see a slain local track coach. http://blogs.kxly.com/western/2008/05/15/police-search-alger-home-in-scully-case/ LYNDEN — Fourteen Lynden kids will represent not only their elementary schools next week at the global Destination Imagination competition in Tennessee. They will represent Washington state. http://blogs.kxly.com/western/2008/05/15/lynden-school-teams-excel-in-imagination/ DEMING — Mount Baker School District is the latest to fall victim to the budget crunch that is plaguing school districts statewide. http://blogs.kxly.com/western/2008/05/15/mt-baker-schools-prepare-for-cutbacks/ BELLINGHAM — Contract negotiations between Western Washington University and the faculty union may finally end next week after about a year and a half of discussion. http://blogs.kxly.com/western/2008/05/15/wwu-faculty-make-progress-toward-union-contract/ The discovery of a body believed to be that of a missing Skagit County woman, and news that a Lynden man allegedly admitted to her killing, confirms the fears of Gina Good and Christy Dills, who have spent the last 15 months leading the search for their friend. http://blogs.kxly.com/western/2008/05/15/murder-victims-friends-feared-the-worst/ Don’t forget to swap your car for your bike on Friday for the 11th annual Bike to Work and School Day in Whatcom County. http://blogs.kxly.com/western/2008/05/15/friday-is-bike-to-work-and-school-day/ The first person ever to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity will speak in Bellingham Saturday. http://blogs.kxly.com/western/2008/05/15/habitats-first-volunteer-comes-to-bellingham/ BELLINGHAM — Police have identified a man they suspect stabbed a Mount Vernon man to death in the York neighborhood Sunday. http://blogs.kxly.com/western/2008/05/15/police-name-whatcom-county-man-as-suspect-in-fatal-stabbing/ A 28-year-old Lynden man walked into the Bellingham Police Department Monday afternoon and reportedly confessed to murdering a Skagit County woman and dumping her body near Sumas. http://blogs.kxly.com/western/2008/05/15/womans-body-found-near-sumas/ The price of regular gasoline broke $4 in Whatcom County, and prices at stations around Bellingham were pushing closer to that amount Tuesday. http://blogs.kxly.com/western/2008/05/15/county-gas-price-tops-4-per-gallon/