School district names 12 Wall of Honor inductees

Twelve Northshore School District (NSD) alumni, former staff or board members will be inducted to the Wall of Honor for 2012 and recognized at a special ceremony at 6 p.m. Aug. 16 at Pop Keeney Stadium. The public is welcome to attend.

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12:14 PM May 17, 2012 0

U.S. Climate Versus Weather Computers: Climate Wins

Why is the U.S. government provide hugely more computer resources for climate prediction than weather prediction?  And why is far more emphasis given to climate prediction research than weather prediction research and development?In some past blogs I talked about the unfortunate lack of computer resources available to the National Weather Service (NWS), resulting in the...

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Blogs 11:16 PM May 15, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Tuggle snags Greater Bothell Chamber of Commerce $1,000 scholarship

Secondary Academy for Success (SAS) senior Alex Tuggle received a Greater Bothell Chamber of Commerce $1,000 scholarship on May 9. Pictured from left are: SAS counselor Laurie Broulette, SAS Principal Vicki Puckett, Tuggle and Northshore School District Superintendent Larry Francois. Tuggle will be continuing his education at Cascadia Community College with the help of this scholarship.

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11:56 AM May 15, 2012 0

Kenmore City Council proclaims May 19 as National Kids to Parks Day

The Kenmore City Council officially proclaimed May 19 as National Kids to Parks Day. Citizens are encouraged to take the children in their lives to a neighborhood, state or national park as part of National Park Trust’s second annual National Kids to Park Day.

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11:11 AM May 15, 2012 0

Cold Records with Warm Temperatures

On Saturday it became toasty here in Northwest, with many locations gets into the 70s and lower 80s.  Yet a number of locations exprienced daily minimum temperature records in the morning--here is the proof from the National Climatic Data Center records website.  The blue dot indicate a tie for the record and stations with an...

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Blogs 8:28 AM May 13, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

Summer in May

It is a climatological oddity of Northwest meteorology that we often get a period of very warm, dry weather sometime in the second or third week of May, followed by a retreat into the dismal June Gloom.  Well folks, we are about to have the heat wave--one that will bring near 80F temps to Seattle,...

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Blogs 10:44 PM May 10, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

The Windiest Place along the West Coast

As the U.S. West Coast enters the warm season, one area is getting very windy, particularly during  the afternoon and evenings.   Day after day this region will be hit by 20-30 mph winds, often with higher gusts.   A region, where the afternoon is often too windy to be on the beach, with wind-driven sandy stinging...

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Blogs 3:57 PM May 9, 2012 Cliff Mass Weather Blog, a Community Blog

'Community Safety — Keeping Kids With Disabilities Safe' is topic of upcoming meeting

SEPAC (Special Education Parent/Professional Advisory Council) will present "Community Safety — Keeping Kids With Disabilities Safe" from 7-9 p.m. May 30 at the Northshore School District Administrative Center, 3330 Monte Villa Parkway, Bothell. The event is free.

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1:51 PM May 8, 2012 0

Friends of North Creek Forest work day set for May 26

Friends of North Creek Forest have changed its original May 12 work day to 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 26.

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1:12 PM May 8, 2012 0

Banquet permits now online

The Washington State Liquor Control Board on May 4 posted a new online application system for citizens to apply for banquet permits. Previously, banquet permits were available only in state and contract liquor stores.

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updated 1:01 PM May 8, 2012 0

Northshore students win State History Day awards

Twenty-one Northshore students won awards for their history projects at the Washington State History Day Competition May 5 in Bellevue, and seven Northshore projects are eligible to compete at the national level.

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12:57 PM May 8, 2012 0

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