Superintendents react to full closure
Local effort is teaching in a ‘virtual format’ By Brent Lindquist [email protected] WHATCOM — Gov. Jay Inslee and Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal announced ...
Shewmake leads making meals for front-line workers
WHATCOM — An effort to raise $600 to buy lunch for frontline workers at St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham ended up raising over $4,700 in an unexpected outpouring of donations ...
Teaching through a crisis
Jon Mutchler keeps teaching piano — now remotely By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — For many people waiting out the COVID-19 crisis, work doesn’t have ...
Schools closed for rest of year
Announcement Monday ends the wondering; home learning must continue By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — The in-person school year is over, a casualty of the coronavirus ...
City council discusses COVID-19 remotely
Most city employees now working from home By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — The Ferndale City Council held its first-ever completely remote meeting Monday ...
Lynden Manor has new cases, but also some fully recovered
Wearing a mask in public is now recommended by state, CDC By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — New cases of COVID-19 were detected in testing at Lynden Manor ...
Superfeet joins COVID-19 fight
It is building, with partners, respirator hoods for health workers By Brent Lindquist [email protected] FERNDALE — Personal protective equipment is in short supply nationwide ...
PeaceHealth responds to Dr. Lin firing, cites its COVID-19 preparations
WHATCOM — PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center has put out a public statement on its positive actions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, and also addressing media coverage ...
Lynden Manor death ‘with’ COVID-19 confirmed
It’s a distinction that end-of-life conditions were already present By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — The administrator of Lynden Manor, Russell Chittock, ...
Everson is base for cot-making, with volunteers doing their part
Whatcom coronavirus deaths at nine By Calvin Bratt [email protected] WHATCOM — One after another on Wednesday, April 1, vehicles rolled up in front of the Criterion ...