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Congress passes $2.2 trillion relief bill; jobless claims soar across nation
Whatcom cases now at 92; deaths still at 4 By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — Congress on Friday morning, March 27, passed a massive $2.2 trillion stimulus bill ...
School district shares state learning guidance
FERNDALE — The Ferndale School District received state-level guidance on Tuesday regarding student learning plans moving forward during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state directives ...
Only two new COVID-19 cases in a day
PeaceHealth taking gifts of personal protective equipment WHATCOM — In two days the county’s number of coronavirus cases has risen by 16, to 66, although from Tuesday to Wednesday ...
2020 Ski to Sea Race cancelled
WHATCOM — While the nation’s head physician, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams, warned that “this week, it’s going to get bad,” the focus of COVID-19 attention Monday ...
County restricts on-site jail visits
WHATCOM — In support of the “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order issued Monday by Gov. Jay Inslee, the Whatcom County Jail and Work Center will temporarily stop all on-site visiting ...
Ferndale holds up its school levy rerun
It won’t happen until August or November; layoffs are now necessary By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Ferndale School Board has decided to postpone ...
Ferndale chess coach creates an online club
Launch of The Kraken with coronavirus is coincidental, but very timely By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Call it fortuitous or call it dumb luck. Ferndale ...
Distillery now producing hand sanitizer
Idea started as a joke, became reality when schools closed By Brent Lindquist [email protected] EVERSON — Despite the name, the folks at Probably Shouldn’t Distillery ...
Debbie Carl and her mom turn fabric into masks
‘We’re just trying to be God’s hands and feet’ By Elizabeth Kayser [email protected] LYNDEN — Last Friday Debbie Carl was at the JoAnn fabric store in Bellingham ...
Cases reach Lynden, Ferndale
One a Lynden Manor resident, Ferndale’s an LIBC employee By Calvin Bratt and Brent Lindquist WHATCOM — The global coronavirus pandemic struck home with the Sunday news of ...