Government

The money will go towards running the shelter and comes from the city’s Affordable Housing sales tax.

The city will continue to work on a final design plan for the bike lane, with the possibility of future projects extending the path towards Broadway.

Over 3,500 acres have been purchased by the City of Bellingham since 2001 to protect the watershed as well as the wildlife and ecosystem around it.

The State Superintendent said in a statement that Washington’s Constitution does not identify citizenship as a qualification to receive an education.

The announcement comes after Blaine Border Patrol reported that its agents helped arrest six illegal immigrants on Sunday. 

Whatcom County currently solely operates the shelter and the interlocal agreement would not give the City of Bellingham control over its operations.

The city council is considering two ordinances that aim to curtail excessive fees, colloquially referred to as “junk fees.” 

Sheriff Donnell “Tank” Tanksley said in an open letter that he has received questions regarding potential changes to how the sheriff’s office handles federal immigration enforcement.

The case is one of five lawsuits being brought by 22 states and a number of immigrants’ rights groups across the country. 

The rates will return to what they were in May 2024 following a court ruling that decided the recent fare increase was miscalculated.