Every single shade of the backpack — from work-appropriate blacks and navies to slightly more fun metallics and pastels — is ...

Schools officials in Harrison County found in unloaded gun on school premises Friday, according to Superintendent Harry Burchett. The gun was found inside a student’s backpack, Burchett said. There ...

Murray McCory, JanSport co-founder and modern day backpack creator, has died at 80. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his then-future wife and later developed a way to make smaller, softer ...

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

Staff at a Kenosha, Wisconsin, school are being hailed as heroes Thursday for stopping a “suspicious” 13-year-old boy from ...

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

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

AlwaysWithYou #JanSport "RIP Murray McCory" I still own a bunch of JanSport backpacks and they were the inspiration for ...

Whether you are looking for a new backpack that fits everything you need for work or school, or you want a versatile pack for ...

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.

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