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| The state wants to increase COVID-19 testing to reopen. What that could mean in Whatcom | Washington state wants to have conducted a day as part of Gov. Jay Inslee鈥檚 phased reopening of the economy and daily life.鈥 |
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| When can you get a haircut, go to the gym or eat at restaurants, etc., in Washington? | On May 1, Gov. Jay Inslee &苍产蝉辫;补&苍产蝉辫;鈥 |
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| Shannon Point Marine Center receives grant, remains mostly closed | The Shannon Point Marine Center has been awarded a grant in the amount of $182,413 from the National Science Foundation to upgrade its culturing facility for small marine organisms. The money will be used to invest in new equipment for the lab, including a laminar flow hood, autoclave,鈥 |
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| School 鈥榓s usual鈥 is unlikely as Washington officials weigh options for next fall amid coronavirus pandemic | Washington education officials are weighing at least seven scenarios for reopening schools next fall and say the status quo 鈥 a patchwork of distance learning models crafted by individual school districts 鈥 is 鈥渘ot a viable approach.鈥 The examples of how school could return鈥 |
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| Why you might now get a phone call to tell you you鈥檝e been exposed to the coronavirus | In a cubicle farm on the fourth floor of a state office building lie the seeds of Washington鈥檚 next effort to slow and eventually halt the spread of the novel coronavirus. This is Task Force Kokanee, named for the landlocked salmon, part of the state鈥檚 effort to expand tracking and鈥 |
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| Have we flattened the curve? TNT asks University of Washington epidemiologist for answers | Did we flatten the curve on the coronavirus? It鈥檚 too soon to declare victory, but it鈥檚 looking that way, says , professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington鈥 |
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| U.S., Canada agree to extend border closing to non-essential travel for another month | Canada and the United States have extended their agreement to keep the border closed to non-essential travel until June 21 during the coronavirus pandemic 鈥 the second time the closure has been extended. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the border is a source of vulnerability鈥 |
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| Whatcom residents strongly urged to wear masks when out in public, starting Friday | Whatcom County is strongly urging people who go out in public or work together in a shared space to wear a cloth mask starting Friday, May 22, to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Dr. Greg Stern, Whatcom Health officer, issued the directive about the use of cloth face coverings, joining鈥 |
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| Here鈥檚 how to continue homeschooling your children during the coronavirus pandemic | On March 13, parents suddenly became teachers as students were sent home due to the new coronavirus pandemic. With at least three more weeks to go in the school year, The Bellingham Herald spoke with two professors from the Woodring College of Education at Western Washington University鈥 |
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| Washington state鈥檚 once-bustling border towns and islands fall silent, due to coronavirus pandemic | Sharp-eyed dwellers of Washington鈥檚 northwest corner could look skyward in recent weeks and see thousands of snow geese 鈥 winter residents of the nearby Skagit Valley 鈥 gracefully winging their way north in a migration old as time. It was a welcome glimpse of seasonal business-鈥 |