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| Inslee ‘cautiously pleased’ as confirmed COVID-19 cases dip in Washington state | After a summer in which Washington health officials often announced as many as 800 or |
They're not alone in their concerns. Western Washington University students working to become teachers also are asking for the requirement to be waived. They have gathered at least 86 signatures toward that end, most of them from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø teacher candidates and their professors as… |
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| When and how will the U.S.-Canadian border open? These experts have some ideas | Laurie Trautman, one of the panelists and the director for the at Western Washington University, estimated that Whatcom County lost $60 million in cross-border retail… |
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| Smattering of COVID cases pop up on campuses as Washington colleges prepare for fall term | COVID-19 flare-ups on college campuses across the nation are disrupting the start of fall term, but in Washington — where most colleges are on the quarter system and don’t start classes until late September — the quads are largely empty, and cases have been few and far between. Four of… |
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| Which Whatcom age groups are being impacted by COVID the most this summer? | Nearly two in five of Whatcom County’s new COVID-19 cases identified during the fifth month of the pandemic were diagnosed in residents between the ages of 20 and 39, The Bellingham Herald learned by analyzing data released by Whatcom Unified Command. Residents in the 0-19 and 40-59… |
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| COVID-19 might have spread ‘unseen’ through Puget Sound as early as Christmas, study shows | In a study published Aug. 12 on The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine journal, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin tested samples from patients with COVID-like symptoms in Wuhan, China, and the Seattle metropolitan area, including King and Snohomish counties. Their conclusion: “… |
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| Mobile COVID-19 testing is still in trials but here’s when it could go Whatcom-wide | Whatcom County could take COVID-19 testing on the road as early as Monday, Aug. 24, although details are still being finalized and the exact start date is still being determined. Field testing has been occurring since Monday, Aug. 10, as part of the effort to bring mobile testing to… |
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| Border travel restrictions extended as B.C. now dealing with rise in COVID-19 cases | The travel restriction continues to hurt Whatcom County retailers, which see peak cross-border travel numbers in the summer. In 2018 Canadians spent an |
More federal money is headed to Whatcom County from the pandemic-relief bill known as the CARES Act, with these funds aimed at housing agencies across Washington state. A grant of $390,000 announced Tuesday, Aug. 11, is the second of two awards totaling about $500,000 for the Bellingham… |
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| Thousands of students, staff sent home nationwide as COVID snarls school reopenings | The U.S. attempt to return children to the classroom this fall has turned into a slow-motion train wreck, with at least 2,400 students and staff either infected with or self-isolating because of exposure,… |