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01/30/10 Lydia V. Batterson, 63, a longtime resident of Norwalk, died Dec. 7 at Norwalk Hospital . Born Aug. 11, 1946 in the Bronx, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Albert and Ethel V. Whitehurst Carlson . She is the wife of Robert A. Batterson.

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WHL Hockey Live On Shaw: Friday, January 29 - Moose Jaw Warriors @ Regina Pats

01/29/10 Calgary, AB - Jordan Eberle and the Regina Pats (22-24-3-1) host Quinton Howden and the Moose Jaw Warriors (25-17-4-3) to kick off the Trans-Canada Clash on Friday night.

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UW Provost Defends Joining Nike Board

01/29/10 University of Washington Provost Phyllis Wise appeared before the university's faculty senate Thursday. She defended joining the board of directors at the Nike sportswear company.

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Surfer Blood Adds Tour Dates and Drops New Video

01/29/10 The West Palm Beach-based quintet Surfer Blood has just announced more dates ...

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Gregory Schaffer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to Keynote Black Hat DC 2010

01/22/10 Black Hat, produced by TechWeb, today announced that Gregory Schaffer will keynote at Black Hat DC 2010, the world's leading information security event. Black Hat DC 2010 will host over 500 digital security experts, bringing together public and private sector security professionals and underground hackers from around the world to dissect the latest security trends.

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Digest: Sasha Cohen brings down house

01/22/10 Sasha Cohen can still put on a show like nobody else. And bring the house down.

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Former Central Washington coach Dean Nicholson inducted in to Hall of Fame

01/22/10 His name is synonymous with Central Washington University. From Dean Nicholson Boulevard to the Dean Nicholson Athletic Scholarship to Nicholson Pavilion (named for his father, Leo), former CWU basketball coach Dean Nicholson certainly left his mark.

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Symetra a vote of confidence for local economy, but watch capital flows this year

01/22/10 Top of the News: Good-news seekers, take comfort. Symetra Financial's IPO is off to a good start. The Seattle region must build new and growing companies in order to keep the market's creative destruction from just being destruction. This is one of the moves that has allowed Seattle to continue reinventing itself while so many American metros have sagged as branch-office towns.

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Premier garden show keeps its bloom under new owner

01/22/10 By this time last year, Duane Kelley, owner and producer of the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, had already announced that the 2009 show would be the last one.

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SPORTS BRIEFS: Calhoun taking break at UConn

01/20/10 Connecticut men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun took a medical leave for an undisclosed condition, the latest health concern for the 67-year-old Hall of Famer.

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EXTENDED Community Notes

01/20/10 At 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21, at the Linderman Library, there will be a social time to wish Steve York, principal of Linderman School, farewell and good luck with his new position at the Office of Public Instruction in Helena.

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SmartSource Computer & Audio Visual Rentals Opens New Orleans Branch

01/15/10 SmartSource opens New Orleans office, raising total number of U.S. branches to 23 locations. Natural fit for company's national client base in a leading conference & trade show destination.

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High Places Announce Second Album

01/15/10 Blippy duo High Places are ready to release the full-length follow-up to their self-titled 2008 debut LP : High Places vs. Mankind is out April 6 on Thrill Jockey . That's the burnt-plastic-stuck-to-a-tree-looking cover up there. According to a press release, Mary Pearson and Rob Barber are "tackling the complex, gigantic subject of being human and what it's like to interact with other human ...

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Echo Chamber: Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig

01/15/10 Photo by Kirstie Shanley "To even throw your name among the Susan Boyles of the world is an honor and a privilege." -- Vampire Weekend 's Ezra Koenig takes the deferential route when considering the likelihood of Contra topping the charts in the U.S. and UK next week. ( via the BBC )

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Weezer Return to the Stage

01/15/10 When Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was injured in an a tour bus accident last month, the band had to cancel the remainder of its tour to allow Cuomo time to recover from lung and spleen injuries. But in a new blog post on Weezer's website, the band has announced that Cuomo has received "a clean bill of health" from his doctors, and Weezer's now ready to get back to the business of playing shows ...

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HIM Tap We Are the Fallen, Dommin, and Drive A For Spring Tour

01/15/10 HIM have announced that they will tour North America this spring in support of their upcoming new album

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Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons and Dawes Team Up For Tour

01/15/10 Black Seal and ATO Records are thrilled to announce the Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons and Dawes coheadlining winter tour.

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Bad new for Real Estate In Everett

01/14/10 This is a triple dose of bad news for real estate in Everett. These three separate bits of informati...
 

Hoosier basketball exhibit at Coliseum

01/08/10 The traveling exhibit "100 Years in 100 Days, Celebrating 100 Years of Hoosier Hysteria," will be at Memorial Coliseum on Thursday.

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U.S. Auto Fleet Shrinks as Youth Lose Interest in Cars

01/08/10 WASHINGTON, DC , January 7, 2009 (ENS) - "America's century-old love affair with the automobile may be coming to an end," says Lester Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit environmental research organization.

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Regina Hackett takes her Art to Go

12/02/09 Remember personal info? This blog continues Art To Go , which I wrote as the art critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, beginning at the end of 2007 and continuing through March 15, 2009. ABB is an exploration of art in Seattle that extends outward, both geographically and by topic, touching on art, politics, literature, dance and whatever it is that the cat drags in.

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