Whatcom County has a homeless population at an all-time high and will start providing social workers to connect them to resources and de-escalate problems.
Bellingham library workers are back, and here s when you can resume borrowing materials
The Bellingham Herald 2/1/2021 Robert Mittendorf, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Feb. 1 Bellingham Public Library staff has returned to the downtown location after it closed last week during a homeless encampment on the building s lawn, but it will be next week before curbside pickup of materials will resume. We ll have staff back in the building (Monday, Feb. 1), working through the backlog of returns and requests, Library Director Rebecca Judd told The Bellingham Herald in an email.
Pickup appointments canceled Jan. 22-30 will be rescheduled Feb. 8-10, Judd said.