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Federal COVID farmer help begins
Applications for $19 billion in aid being taken OLYMPIA — Applications opened May 26 for a new federal program offering substantial relief for Washington farmers and ranchers ...
CHCC begins readmitting, but with pre-screening and quarantining
WHATCOM — In early May the Christian Health Care Center of Lynden announced that it will cautiously begin reopening admissions after about a seven-week pause. In that ...
Sidhu speaks out on ignited racial tension
Washington cities in unrest By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — County Executive Satpal Sidhu put out a statement Monday in regard to the ongoing protest and ...
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County just misses Monday Phase 2 application deadline
Changing state requirements led to one-day application delay By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — Whatcom County just missed the deadline to apply for Phase 2 of Washington’s ...
Custer walker finds dead Asian hornet
It’s the first specimen found in Washington this year OLYMPIA — The Washington State Department of Agriculture last week reported the first confirmed sighting of an Asian ...
Trump pushes for churches to reopen
But Inslee says he’s not ready for that yet By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — Calling houses of worship “essential services” in the pandemic, President ...
Peoples helps 1,600 businesses get PPP loans
Local bank is a SBA Preferred Lender BELLINGHAM — Responding to the urgent demand for emergency funding to support small businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, Peoples ...
Federal help available for Feb. 1-2 flood
There is an SBA separate track for this from COVID relief WHATCOM — While another problem called the coronavirus immediately became a much bigger issue, there is still public ...
April statistics tell COVID’s awful toll on state economy
Jobless rate triples; 527,000 jobs are lost OLYMPIA — Washington’s economy lost 527,000 jobs in April and the state’s preliminary seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment ...
