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

From the back seat of the school bus, I saw it settling atop the ... I made a break for it anyway. My periwinkle JanSport banged against my lower back, key chains snagging the black tights I ...

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

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

After the death of Murray McCory, a founder of the outdoors equipment company JanSport, readers recalled how their backpacks served them on life’s journeys.

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.

But JanSport became better known for its school backpacks than its alpine gear. The company was widely credited with helping ...

Properly executed that visit to the sickroom could be dragged out to cover two periods. Then there was the ‘bag search’. Unless they were School Prefects, girls were not considered particularly ...

Just two weeks ago, a 14-year-old boy was arrested for bringing a gun to Armwood High School. He was charged with possession ...