Section: Local

Mayor Kelli Linville says the permit for the encampment will expire Monday at noon.

Alternate routes are suggested until Sunday morning at 7 a.m.

The Skagit Valley Herald reports that Jose Pablo Cruz’s entered the plea on Thursday as part of a deal with prosecutors.

The governor announced the proposal Thursday during the unveiling of his supplemental budget proposal, which makes some tweaks to the current $43.7 billion, two-year state budget that was adopted earlier this year.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson said that within days he will challenge the Federal Communications Commission’s vote to repeal Obama-era rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet.

The Ferndale School Distract said the closure is due to low enrollment.

The Northwest Clean Air Agency said it is still illegal to emit excess smoke from chimneys and to burn trash.

Wallethub.com ranked 400 college towns both medium and large, and Bellingham came in at 101.

At this time, the camp must pack up and move by noon on Monday, unless the city decides to extend a permit that has allowed them to stay this long.

The man investigators say raped and murdered 18-year-old Mandy Stavik in 1989 has been formally charged.