NATION & WORLD

Hospitals say union is using proposal as leverage
BY MOLLY CASTLE WORK, KFF HEALTH NEWS | August 16, 2023 at 4:55 a.m.

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FIRE

Help Maui fire victims: Here are ways you can donate

Organizations are mobilizing to help fire victims in Lahaina.

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FIRE

As death toll from Maui wildfire reaches 93, effort to find and identify the dead is just beginning

Crews, cadaver dogs have covered 3% of search area

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BUSINESS

Patty Murray tours Bellingham businesses, future Whatcom child care site

Owners tell senator relief funds helped retain workers and 'saved us'

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EDUCATION

Federal affirmative action ruling has 'little impact' at WWU

Western struggles to diversity student population

TRANSPORTATION

Blaine gets $9.5M grant for railroad crossing improvements

Drivers can face long delays on Bell Road

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TRANSPORTATION

WTA wins grant for hybrid buses

New buses to replace agency's original hybrids from 2012

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BREAKING NEWS

5 OceanGate submersible passengers believed to be dead

Coast Guard: Debris discovered near Titanic wreck indicates vessel imploded

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BUSINESS

Sanders launches Senate probe into Amazon's safety practices

Injuries at Amazon typically higher compared to industry peers

BREAKING NEWS

5-person Titan crew identified; search continues

Coast Guard estimates Titan has approx. 40 hours of air left

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BREAKING NEWS

Coast Guard: Search is on for missing submersible and 5-person crew

Everett-based company operated several Titanic voyages

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HEALTH

Fentanyl deaths in Whatcom County still climbing

Youths especially hard-hit by drug epidemic

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INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

Lummi Nation: Canada failed to fulfill duties in B.C. terminal project

Tribe files legal challenge against environmental minister, port authority

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GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

PUD to build broadband in Point Roberts

$3.15M COVID-19 relief grant to pay for project

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INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS

Lummi Nation opposes new British Columbia port terminal

Port expansion 'will have devastating impacts on our ability to revitalize our fisheries'