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Health Dept. stresses value of testing
County can process 2,400 COVID-19 tests per week By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — The Whatcom County Health Department again emphasized the importance of ...
Ferndale utilities fund established for families in need
Fund is donation-driven; application process begins May 15 By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Ferndale residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic should soon have ...
Lynden fair cancelled for 2020
Board decides the coronavirus threat ‘left us no alternative’ By Calvin Bratt [email protected] LYNDEN — The 2020 Northwest Washington Fair is cancelled. That ...
Business reopening to be ‘peer-led’
Health Dept. foresees nine testing sites taking 2,400 specimens weekly By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — To get businesses ready to reopen their doors, county ...
Inslee eases outdoor recreation
As of May 5, state parks, DNR, Fish & Wildlife spots open, golf twosomes OK By Brent Lindquist [email protected] OLYMPIA — People in Washington will soon be able ...
Public event cancellations keep coming
WHATCOM — Due to the COVID-19 threat, the 2020 International Plowing Match scheduled for May 16 at Berthusen Park has been cancelled. The sponsoring Northwest Washington ...
Stabbing on Mission Road leads to murder charges
57-year-old male dies Thursday; daughter charged WHATCOM — Shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, county sheriff’s deputies responded on a report of a male who had been ...
Referendum 90 effort begins locally
Drive-through signature days, locations set By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — A campaign to get Referendum 90 on the fall ballot has been started locally, ...
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Construction industry back to work
County deaths up just one in the past week By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — Meeting with construction representatives April 24, Gov. Jay Inslee said that industry ...