<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blogs/news-links/2026/january/2026-01-29.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>01/29/2026</pubDate><title>News Links | Jan. 29, 2026</title><description>Tacoma Community College gets a $400K grant from KeyBank Foundation | Edmonds College Art Gallery presents “Someone Was, Someone Wasn’t” by Gina Grey | McDonnell sits in on first BBCC Board of Trustees meeting | Lower Columbia College board votes to end president contract without cause | Columbia Basin College hosts event to raise awareness on human trafficking | Winter enrollment up at BBCC | Tacoma Community College, Edmonds College, Big Bend Community College, Lower Columbia College, Columbia Basin College</description><author>SBCTC Communications</author><category>Tacoma Community College, Edmonds College, Big Bend Community College, Lower Columbia College, Columbia Basin College</category><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><image-caption/></item>