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Three officers were injured during the initial shootout. All are in stable condition, and one officer was released from the hospital Thursday.
Rodger Funk has been offered the position after 28 years at the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office.
The suspect was booked into the Whatcom County Jail on Tuesday where he remains without bail.
Whatcom County, Bellingham, Ferndale and Lynden will get a sizable share of $55 million to combat the opioid crisis.
The Washington man and an accomplice allegedly killed approximately 3,600 birds on a reservation and elsewhere. They intended to sell the birds’ tail feathers on the black market.
The man was a previously registered sex offender in 2005.
Both drivers sustained minor injuries.
44-year-old Justin Spaeth was reported missing in Marblemount on Feb. 28.
The suspect in the overdose death was in the jail for narcotics possession and a police chase.
The executive order is from February and it’s geared towards tackling the fentanyl crisis.