The heavy snow that dropped on Bellingham on Wednesday, Jan. 17 meant a first in 30 years for the Whatcom Transportation Authority: a service shutdown.
Just before noon Wednesday, WTA announced that all buses would cease operation. The full shutdown was needed as road conditions worsened, and buses continued to get stuck in the snow or ended up getting stacked up behind other stuck vehicles, said Maureen McCarthy, WTA director of community and government relations. Fifteen buses got stu
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