Section: Local

From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., SR 542 will be completely closed from milepost 47 to 57, cutting off access to Artist Point for most of next week.

The majority of this grant will go to the Nooksack Indian Tribe and their efforts to restore parts of the South Fork Nooksack River north of Acme.

The State Department of Health says one in about 106 Washingtonians has an active case of COVID-19, the highest rate of the entire pandemic, but the rate is slowing to just over one new infection by each person with the virus.

The State Patrol said in a statement that 38-year-old Trooper Detective Eric Gunderson passed away yesterday after contracting COVID 19.

A Lummi Nation woman who had been reported missing in Las Vegas has been found. Her aunt says Reatha May Finkbonner was unaware that people were looking for her and was emotional when they talked.

Murray explained to senators that the Whatcom County exclave is currently the most isolated community in the entire U.S. and its businesses are dying off without Canadian visitors.

Travis Hamilton is charged with 2nd degree murder in the shooting death of 26-year-old Scott Dobson earlier this month.

The event will take place from 3-6 pm at the Deming, Everson, North Fork and South Whatcom libraries.

Thousand Acre Cider House specialized in providing cider drinks from around the globe and opened on Grand Avenue in downtown Bellingham in 2019.

This queen had a different coloration so they’ll do DNA tests to find out if they’re related to the first nest. The department asks citizen scientists to keep reporting sightings of the invasive species.