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| Should I still go to college? Families, students in Washington reevaluate plans amid coronavirus | Friday, May 1, was National College Decision Day 鈥 the date when high school seniors typically commit to a school. But many colleges have extended the deadline to June 1, and some have also given students the option to defer admission. Even in a normal year, some kids put down a deposit in鈥 |
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| Think antibody tests are key to opening the economy? Not so, health officials say | Antibody tests could be helpful in pinpointing the number of Washington residents who previously have had COVID-19, but they are not a 鈥減assport鈥 for demonstrating that someone is immune, state and local government officials say. The Food and Drug Administration earlier this week said鈥 |
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| Whatcom asked for $1.3 million for a coronavirus isolation site. How many have used it? | The Bellingham motel that was turned into a temporary quarantine and isolation facility for people during the COVID-19 pandemic has had one resident since it opened April 23. That鈥檚 what the Whatcom County Council learned during a briefing on Tuesday, May 5. |
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| Some in-person classes resume at Everett Community College | Some in-person classes at Everett Community College. School officials said the state approved a limited鈥 |
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| With some coronavirus restrictions lifted, Whatcom construction industry resumes slowly | Construction is slowly ramping back up in Whatcom County. The relaxing of some of the 鈥淪tay Home, Stay Healthy鈥 rules by Gov. Jay Inslee last week has meant a return to work for some of the construction workers idled last month. Some of Whatcom鈥檚 biggest projects are getting back on鈥 |
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| UW model predicts thousands more COVID-19 deaths nationwide as restrictions ease | An influential model predicting outcomes of COVID-19 cases in terms of peaks and deaths updated its numbers Monday to reflect an upwardly moving death toll for the nation. , the鈥 |
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| People in small gatherings partly to blame for Whatcom鈥檚 recent coronavirus surge | New COVID-19 cases more than doubled last week in Whatcom County, a bump that鈥檚 being attributed in part to people getting together instead of staying apart to slow the spread of the respiratory illness. 罢丑补迟鈥 |
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| Restaurants? Libraries? Sports? Here鈥檚 when things in Washington might reopen according to Inslee鈥檚 4-phase plan | No one is getting a before May 25, nor will you be able to sit in a restaurant before then. Missing public libraries or your鈥 |
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| 草榴社区 opens respiratory clinic for students in case of 鈥榝uture spikes鈥 of COVID-19 | Western Washington University has opened a temporary respiratory clinic for students as part of its COVID-19 response. The clinic鈥檚 opening reveals part of the university鈥檚 plan as it transitions back to more normal operations, when its roughly 16,100 students will once again gather for鈥 |
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| The next victim of the coronavirus? American exceptionalism | The rise of Donald Trump, and the embarrassing failure of the American state to respond effectively to the coronavirus, has proved to the world that the United States is nor, in鈥 |