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The money starts flowing

Just 1st District will receive $972 million   KIRKLAND — Congresswoman Suzan DelBene last week announced that local governments and school districts in Washington’s 1st Congressional ...

$3.2 billion in Rescue Plan to WA education, child care

Stipulations say how money is to be allocated   WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, on March ...

Jackets for the trees

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COVID rate keeps dropping

Vaccinations slowly rising By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— For the whole county the COVID-19 epidemiological curve continues to drop, as the number of vaccinations ...

WCLS online book sales now open

Friends of Ferndale, Lynden, Everson libraries operate online bookstore By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — The COVID-19 pandemic forced Whatcom County’s libraries ...

Asian giant hornet fight restarts

In 2021 it will be an effort involving both U.S. and Canada   OLYMPIA — The Asian giant hornet, an invasive pest that threatens pollinators and ignores international borders, ...

Everyone to Phase 3 … for now

At this point Whatcom is not meeting the metric to stay in Phase 3 in April By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM — Gov. Jay Inslee last week announced that the entire ...

Giving pies for Pi Day

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9% of county residents fully vaccinated

About 19% had received one dose of vaccine as of March 6 By Calvin Bratt [email protected]   WHATCOM ­— As of March 6 a total of 41,569 doses of COVID19 vaccine had been ...

Summer parks events returning to Ferndale

Events include Food Truck Fridays, Music in the Park, stargazing event By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — After a summer on hiatus, Ferndale’s annual parks events ...