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Whatcom County news reported by Western Washington University journalism students.

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  • BELLINGHAM MATTERS
  • BELLINGHAM NEWS
    • From remote learning back to classrooms, what has it been like for K-12 students?
    • HomesNow! builds community
    • Tattoo artists cope creatively during Covid-19
    • Watershed residents warned of higher risk of wildfires
  • CITY NEWS
    • Bellingham bans single-use plastics
    • Bellingham businesses soon must forgo single-use plastics
    • Bellingham businesses take step toward sustainability
    • Bellingham City Council members defend extra compensation for some frontline workers
    • Bellingham jumps past statewide efforts to reduce plastic waste
    • City adopts new American with Disabilities Act plan
    • City Council endorses hazard pay for grocery workers
    • City, County expand support for behavioral health aid through emergency services
    • Grocery workers welcome pay raise during COVID
    • More money for more risk: Grocery workers get extra pay
    • Plastic restrictions will phase in over two years
    • Residents share concerns on hazard pay proposal
  • COUNTY NEWS
    • Citizen scientists help state battle invasive hornets
    • Pandemic border closure clobbers Point Roberts
  • Election 2020
    • ELECTION NIGHT
      • Democrats underwhelm in election night returns
      • Gov. Jay Inslee wins rare third term in washington
      • High volume of votes brings delays, doubts, accusations
      • In Whatcom, the battleground county, Dems take both legislative seats
      • Mail-in ballots keep swing states busy in 2020 Presidential Election
      • Whatcom voters nervous but hopeful
      • Young, first-time voters join record throngs
    • GUBERNATORIAL DEBATE
      • Students and political leaders chatter on gubernatorial debate
      • Whatcom County prepares to declare racism a public health crisis
    • PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
      • Do debates influence elections? Not really.
      • What the frack?
      • Whatcom County grapples with opposing federal climate plans
    • VP Debate
      • ‘Normal’ debate tackles the pandemic, tax codes, climate change
      • Fly, interruptions create buzz during veep debate
      • Vice-presidential debate: refreshing change of pace after tumultuous presidential debate
      • Voters with unanswered questions look forward to final debate
      • Washingtonians in flux over federal stimulus package delay
      • With two debates done, have voters learned anything new?
    • WHAT’S NEXT
      • Black women tackle the state legislature, make history
      • Is Biden’s Plan to Combat COVID-19 Enough to Unite the Country?
      • Renewable energy fights for politicians’ attention
  • OPINION / EDITORIAL
    • It’s time to ditch the Electoral College
    • Trump’s falsity-filled speeches deserved to be cut off way before now
    • Would Proportional Representation give more representation to smaller parties?
  • WWU NEWS
    • Environmental college examines the legacy of a name
    • Students seek new start after pandemic isolation

BELLINGHAM MATTERS

News of Whatcom County, Washington

Coverage by journalism students at Western Washington University


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