Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.

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Susan Todd, Senior Warden, and Jenny Wildermuth, Outreach Coordinator from St. John’s Church need your help for their Love in a Backpack program.

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Though backpack bans are rare, school leaders across the state face a similar imperative to protect students from violence by any means necessary, oftentimes with limited resources at their disposal.

A Holmes High School student was arrested Friday morning after an administrator found a weapon in the student's backpack, according to school officials. The weapon was not used in a "threatening ...

with the collaboration of Clemens High School administrators, and were able to locate the suspects. Authorities say officers found the firearm in a backpack being carried by one of the students ...

Murray McCory, who founded JanSport while a student at UW and whose lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students, died Oct. 7 in Seattle.