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The city will spend just over $1 million to purchase both plots, with some funding coming from the city’s Greenways levy.
The move comes about a month after a rent protection measure was introduced in the Washington state Legislature.
Washington will receive $96 million less per month in federal food assistance starting Wednesday, March 1st, as emergency SNAP benefits expire.
A person earning the median wage in Bellingham has to work 108 hours a week to afford a median-priced home.
He faces two charges of 2nd degree rape and one charge of disclosing intimate images.
Deputies later arrested the suspect, who also had a warrant for illegally owning a firearm.
The National Weather Service says the heaviest snow will come down through 10 a.m.
The discovery is the latest setback Boeing’s Dreamliner.
The exact opening date has not yet been determined.
A person of interest in the robbery was last seen leaving the area in a black and white sweatshirt and a blue bandana over their face.