The Nooksack adjudication process will look to quantify and prioritize water use within local watersheds, with highest priority given to the oldest, continuous water use.
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 last confirmed sighting of a grizzly bear in the North Cascades was in 1996.
Any businesses that are primarily farming or ranching-based are not eligible to apply for the loans.
The facility will offer primary care, cardiology, orthopedics, behavioral health and OB/GYN/midwifery.
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 total award is more than double the amount initially promised last year.