‘We were disappointed it wasn’t today’ — Whatcom does not file for Phase 2 on Monday

Whatcom County was not able to file to move to Phase 2 of Washington state’s re-opening plan on Monday, June 1, after new benchmarks were announced Friday, the Whatcom County Health Department announced.

Though the county planned to file, health department director Erika Lautenbach said during a briefing Monday that the county did not make a 10 a.m. deadline to file before a special health board county council meeting convened. Lautenbach said the county health department hoped to have the forms completed this afternoon so that the county’s application could be sent to the state on Tuesday.