<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blogs/news-links/2026/march/2026-03-10.aspx" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>03/10/2026</pubDate><title>News Links | March 10, 2026</title><description>Partnership between Clark College, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center aims to create local job pipeline for surgical technologists | TRIO donates 145 books to little free libraries | Potential cuts to Washington's Running Start program could cost students thousands | Broadening for impact | Walla Walla Community College to consider possibly closing its Clarkston branch | Skagit Valley College takes part in panel on bachelor's programs | Flooded coal mine under Bellingham could become heat source for college </description><author>SBCTC Communications</author><category>Clark College, Grays Harbor College, Edmonds College, Everett Community College, Walla Walla Community College, Skagit Valley College, Bellingham Technical College</category><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><image-caption/></item>