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Parking rates in downtown Bellingham and Fairhaven will be $1 per hour starting May 1. Fines for expired parking meters will increase to $30.
Transportation

Parking changes May 1 for downtown Bellingham, Fairhaven business district

New paid spots, increased rates, different hours
April 13, 2022 4:59 p.m.
The State-Ellis Street bridge is set to open Friday
Transportation

State-Ellis Bridge will open Friday, April 22

Contractors may be fined for delays, work still to be completed
April 13, 2022 12:43 p.m.
One of two Whatcom Transportation Authority all-electric buses sits at a charging station at the agency's Bakerview Spur headquarters. Software problems have repeatedly taken the electric buses off the road.
Transportation

Glitches plague WTA’s all-electric buses

Software troubles spark debate about future of electrics at agency
April 7, 2022 5:05 a.m.
Ed Hunt stands outside his RV on Cornwall Avenue on March 16. Hunt has lived along the road for more than a year.
Transportation

Resumption of 72-hour parking rule hits home to homeless

Some could lose vehicles to 'safety, environmental' concerns
March 23, 2022 4:55 a.m.
Floodwaters cover a road in Lynden as a yellow sign is placed in the grass warning the drivers of water over roadway.
Government

Big state budget surplus comes to Whatcom, Skagit

Lawmakers bring home transportation, construction projects
March 16, 2022 7:30 a.m.
A Whatcom Transportation Authority bus heads up Magnolia Street on March 10. Thanks to federal relief dollars
Transportation

Federal pandemic aid rescues WTA budget — and then some

Agency to get another windfall in state transportation package
March 16, 2022 6:00 a.m.
A Charge Point electric vehicle charging station in downtown.
Transportation

Funding arrives for more electric vehicle charging stations in Bellingham

City Council approves Electrification of Transportation grant
March 15, 2022 12:12 p.m.
RVs line both sides of Cornwall Avenue on the waterfront.
Transportation

Enforcement of city’s 72-hour parking rule will continue

Parked RVs deemed environmental threat
March 15, 2022 12:05 p.m.
Traffic was reduced to one lane on Truck Road on the North Fork Nooksack River after November floods eroded the riverbank. Most of the $1.4 million needed to stabilize the bank will be covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Transportation

Emergency flood repair saves road on North Fork

FEMA to cover most of the $1.4 million cost
March 9, 2022 2:50 p.m.
Gas sells for $4.74 a gallon at the 76 in Fairhaven on March 8.
Transportation

Bellingham sees record high gas prices

Biden announces ban on Russian oil imports
March 8, 2022 1:46 p.m.
WTA closed the bathrooms at its downtown Bellingham station Friday because people were taking advantage of these secluded spaces to use drugs. The bathrooms will be cleaned to remove methamphetamine residue.
Transportation

WTA closes station restrooms due to drug use

Downtown bathrooms to be decontaminated
March 4, 2022 5:48 p.m.
Lakeway closed to traffic east of Yew Street after a driver struck a pedestrian on Lakeway near the intersection.
Transportation

Man struck by vehicle near busy Lakeway intersection

Pedestrian being treated for critical injuries
Feb. 22, 2022 10:00 p.m.

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