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Bellingham mayor Seth Fleetwood announced Monday
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Mayor lifts Bellingham’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Order takes effect 11:59 p.m. Monday
Feb. 13, 2023 8:36 p.m.
A station for COVID-19 testing operates in Bellingham in January 2022. The Whatcom County Health Board got into a heated dispute Jan. 31 over vaccine skeptics who sought positions on the county's Public Health Advisory Board. Council member Todd Donovan stormed out of the meeting in frustration.
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Tempers flare at Whatcom Health Board meeting

Council members spar over appointing vaccine skeptics to board
Feb. 1, 2023 5:18 p.m.
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Study: Juneau’s COVID-19 response a role model for success

Passengers arriving to airport were temperature checked
Jan. 12, 2023 4:50 a.m.
Black Drop employees brew drinks for customers on Feb. 3. The Whatcom County Health Department is again encouraging people to wear masks indoors to reduce the risk of spreading a triple threat of respiratory illnesses.
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Whatcom Health Department recommends wearing masks indoors

Flu, RSV, COVID-19 all prevalent this fall
Dec. 9, 2022 12:00 p.m.
COVID-19 pandemic hazard pay for grocery workers ended on Oct. 31.
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Hazard pay for grocery workers ended Monday

COVID-19 emergency proclamation also ended Oct. 31
Nov. 1, 2022 5:27 p.m.
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PeaceHealth relaxes visitation policy

Change follows week-plus of 'moderate' transmission risk
Oct. 26, 2022 2:56 p.m.
Residents of the exclave Point Roberts hope that a change in Canadian border restrictions will ease their labor shortage and help them recover from more than two years of isolation due to the pandemic.
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Point Roberts hopes for workers, visitors after border restrictions lifted

Current labor shortage dampened busy summer
Oct. 5, 2022 5:55 a.m.
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Canada won’t require masks on planes, drops vaccine mandate

Border COVID restrictions dropping Oct. 1
Sept. 26, 2022 1:50 p.m.
A pedestrian takes a picture next to heavy traffic leading all the way to Peace Arch border crossing.
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‘No decisions made’ on expiring border vaccine requirement

For now, proof of vaccines is still required to enter Canada
Sept. 21, 2022 3:00 p.m.
A student receives a vaccine booster shot at Western Washington University in January.
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Washington to receive 191,100 omicron-specific booster shots

Vaccine will act as a booster-only option, available after Labor Day
Sept. 5, 2022 3:07 p.m.
David Powers has his nose swabbed to test for COVID-19 at the Northwest Laboratory at the Bellingham International Airport test site in January.
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Pop-up vaccine clinics coming soon; testing hours reduced

Vaccinations now available for most children under 5
Aug. 2, 2022 4:19 p.m.
Maia Emery receives a COVID-19 vaccine booster at a clinic in January. Former Whatcom County Council member Rud Browne criticized the county's response to the COVID-19 pandemic on June 21. The council was excluded from key policy decisions
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Ex-council member questions Whatcom’s COVID-19 response

Rud Browne critical of independent pandemic review
June 29, 2022 4:35 a.m.

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