Mercer University president Penny Elkins speaks to students, faculty and community leaders in her inaugural address on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in the Spearman Godsey Science Center at Mercer University ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mercer Island High School’s marching band is ringing in the new year in a big way. The band represented the Pacific Northwest in ...

Penny Elkins, Mercer University’s 19th president and first female leader, made her first major public announcement Monday in Macon — unveiling her first key leadership appointment. Elkins announced ...

What if playing the piano, dancing, visiting art galleries or even lying in the mud listening to Wolf Alice at Glastonbury was good for the body, mind and longevity? Or what if it could help us ...

Penny Elkin's vision focuses on expanding the university’s academic reach, and authentically sharing Mercer’s story as it approaches its bicentennial. The mass media’s blind spot on Trump’s Venezuela ...

Toby Arquette, vice president for strategic growth, marketing and digital transformation at St. Ambrose University in Iowa, will become president of Columbia College, headquartered in Missouri, ...

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If journalism is the first draft of history, TV news is a rough, improbable sketch. As last year’s wildfires multiplied, still 0% contained, field reporters — tasked with articulating the ...

Hi there, Mercer Island! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️ In today's newsletter: How will Mercer Island’s new police chief reshape community policing here? Mercer ...

Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist against his former team, rookie Brandon Bussi stopped 28 shots and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on Sunday night. Nikolaj Ehlers and Logan ...

A new study . . . depicted record lows for Americans who are reading for fun, showing a “significant” decline of 40 percent in the past two decades. . . .Women were also more likely to read for ...

The NAIC Statutory Accounting Principles (E) Working Group has adopted a revised version of Item 2025-13, amending Statement of Statutory Accounting Principles (“SSAP”) No. 37—Mortgage Loans to allow ...