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| Feds Suspect Vast Fraud Network Is Targeting U.S. Unemployment Systems | Some workplaces have been hit particularly hard. At Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., more than 400 out of about 2,500 total employees have been targeted with fraudulent claims, Paul Cocke, the university鈥檚 spokesman, said. The state has been inundated with calls from鈥 |
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| Washington halts unemployment payments for 2 days after finding $1.6 million in fraudulent claims amid coronavirus pandemic | Washington state officials said Thursday they鈥檙e stopping unemployment payments for two days while they attempt to block a gush of fraudulent claims aimed at stealing some of the billions of dollars that Congress directed to workers left jobless amid the coronavirus pandemic. 叠别迟飞别别苍鈥 |
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| Mount Vernon choir outbreak was 鈥榮uperspreader event,鈥 says CDC report on how easily virus spreads | Disease trackers are calling a superspreader event that illustrates how easily the鈥 |
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| Canada wants to extend U.S. travel ban | Canada is not yet prepared to confront the challenges inherent in reopening the shared border with the United States, said Wednesday,鈥 |
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| When it comes to the economy, there鈥檚 no going back to normal after COVID-19 trauma | In his most candid moments, Ali Modarres doesn鈥檛 talk about the mounting economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis in terms of a recession, even if you put an adjective 鈥 like 鈥済reat鈥 or 鈥渟uper-duper鈥 鈥 in front of it. Rather, Modarres likens it to a collective trauma. 鈥淲e need to鈥 |
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| As the economy starts to reopen, COVID-19 testing of workers now available in Whatcom | In what is expected to be a crucial step to fully reopening Whatcom鈥檚 economy, a local lab is now offering COVID-19 testing services for workers.
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Officials at the agency managing local response to the new coronavirus pandemic have updated their projections for the rate that COVID-19 infections could spread in Whatcom County. A report from Whatcom Unified Command dated April 21, 2020, describes a likely rise and fall of COVID-19 鈥斺 |
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| New, mysterious ailment in child in Washington could be linked to coronavirus | A new and mysterious ailment with similarities to a rare inflammatory disease has been identified in at least one child in Washington and researchers suspect it could have links to the virus that causes COVID-19. The new illness is called 鈥 |
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| State's Lt. Governor's Office issues 'The Washington Mask Challenge' | ||||
| Small classes. Masks. Limits on visitors as Western plans for students鈥 return in fall | Western Washington University plans to bring students back to Bellingham for the fall quarter but classes and campus life will look different because of safety measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. If current plans continue, classes will be held in person 鈥 for the first time in鈥 |