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| Universities blast ICE rule that would make international students go home if classes go online | Xenophobic. Misguided. Cruel. Washington鈥檚 colleges and universities didn鈥檛 pull any punches this week when they blasted a new federal directive that would require international students to return to their home countries if the schools have to go to all-online classes this fall. 鈥 |
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| Long line moving through Whatcom鈥檚 now open low-barrier drive-thru testing site Friday | Whatcom County鈥檚 new drive-thru COVID-19 test site, which removes the barrier of first getting a doctor鈥檚 order to be tested, is now open, after a long line of cars had formed early Friday, July 10. Cars are now moving into the parking lot at Civic Athletic Complex, but a line of 22 cars鈥 |
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| Students resume in-person classes at BTC for first time since COVID-19 closure in March | For the first time since the campus closed in mid-March because of the threat of COVID-19, students have returned to Bellingham Technical College to take classes in person. Those classes resumed with a limited number of faculty and students starting Wednesday, July 8, the first day of鈥 |
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| Harvard, MIT sue to block ICE rule on international students | Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the to bar international students from staying in the U.S. if they take鈥 |
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| Washington state coronavirus hospitalizations on the rise, but still far below peak | Washington鈥檚 weekly COVID-19 hospital admissions rose in June but remain less than half the level of the pandemic鈥檚 spring peak, according to an analysis of Department of Health data. Washington health officials are keeping a close eye on hospitalization levels amid a surge in the number鈥 |
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| Whatcom County to increase COVID-19 testing Friday | Whatcom County is making plans to increase testing of residents for COVD-19 as the new coronavirus pandemic continues to spread locally. Testing will be 鈥渓ow-barrier鈥 so people will not need a doctor鈥檚 referral, the Whatcom County Health Department said in a statement Tuesday afternoon,鈥 |
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| International students can鈥檛 stay here if their college goes all-online, ICE says | International students going to college in the United States may have to leave the country or transfer to another college if their schools decide to teach all classes online, 鈥 |
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| It鈥檚 the law: No mask, no service begins today across Washington | Businesses across the state won鈥檛 be allowed to serve customers who aren鈥檛 wearing a facial covering starting Tuesday, July 7. Some say it will make it easier to enforce mask policies they already have in place. 鈥淭his is not an optional plan for businesses,鈥 鈥 |
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| Prospects dim in Olympia for special legislative session on coronavirus budget shortfall | Gov. Jay Inslee and a key Democratic legislative leader have thrown cold water on the idea of a special legislative session this summer to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, after elected officials in both political parties said for months that such a session would be likely. |
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| A COVID-19 outbreak on UW鈥檚 Greek Row hints at how hard it may be to open colleges this fall | This week鈥檚 outbreak at several University of Washington fraternities has hinted at just how hard it鈥檚 going to be to keep COVID-19 from spreading when college students return to campus this fall 鈥 especially since those students are eager to be around other young people after months of鈥 |