The coroner’s office says the cause and manner of the man’s death are currently under investigation and aren’t being released at this time.
Governor Bob Ferguson applauded the decision on social media, saying the department worked through a weekend to clear its backlog of more than 500 pending requests.
The skier had fallen head-first into deep snow before their partners uncovered them and gave them CPR in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Scholten will be honored prior to the Western women’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 15 at Carver Gym.
District tournament action is heating up tonight with a doubleheader on KPUG.
Police did not pursue the driver for fear of public safety since he was traveling at a high rate of speed without headlights on, but their ensuing investigation identified him as a 17-year-old from Bellingham.
The 18-year-old from California will spend four years in prison for making interstate threats to injure people across the U.S.
Remember KPUG’s own Mark Scholten at Carver Gym this Saturday when the WWU women host Alaska Fairbanks.
Monday’s suit comes as a third federal judge blocked President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, following similar rulings in Seattle and Maryland last week.
Temperatures on Monday night into Tuesday morning are forecast to break Bellingham’s overnight low record of 17 degrees.