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Senate passes a compromise bill on farm overtime pay
Dairy farms must pay overtime, but now not retroactively By 2024 more than 40 hours of work on any farm would be time-and-a-half By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM ...
News briefs — March 17, 2021
Webinar can help employees buy businesses WHATCOM — The Western Washington University Small Business Development Center is sponsoring a timely free webinar about the benefits ...
Legislators negotiating ag overtime issue
Two bills in play, Shewmake suggests maybe state owes back pay to workers By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — Negotiation was continuing Monday and Tuesday ...
BTC mass vaccination clinic starting
Appointments needed; first shots in arms this Saturday BELLINGHAM — After conducting a successful pilot effort on Saturday, March 6, the Community Vaccination Center at Bellingham ...
Whatcom READS: 2022 featured book will be Christie’s ‘Greenwood’
WHATCOM — The novel “Greenwood” by Canadian author Michael Christie has been named the Whatcom READS 2022 book selection. The announcement was made at the close of a March ...
Whatcom jury trials resuming March 15
Just one at a time, they will use two large courtrooms WHATCOM — County Superior Court will resume 12-person jury trials beginning March 15, 2021, after suspending them in April ...
Gasoline price up average of a penny a day
SEATTLE — Washington gas prices rose 7.3 cents per gallon in the week ending March 7, to an average of $3.10, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 2,666 stations across ...
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FSD to be included in crash civil suit
Documents cite ‘special relationship’ where district may be liable in certain situations By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Washington State Supreme Court ...
Quinn retiring this summer
School board meeting Tuesday to discuss next steps FERNDALE — Ferndale School District Superintendent Linda Quinn is retiring this summer, and the Ferndale School Board is starting ...
