Erika Lautenbach likes to joke that she has the worst job in Whatcom County. As director of the Whatcom County Health Department, she is the face of the county’s coronavirus response, ...

Erika Lautenbach, who guided Whatcom County through the COVID-19 pandemic and pivoted to address the fentanyl crisis, rising homelessness and direct funds for new child-care programs, ...

Erika Lautenbach, director of the Whatcom County Health Department in Washington state, says protests against police violence aren't among the catalysts for the spread of COVID-19.

Whatcom County is expecting 3,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses this week from the Washington State Department of Health, Health Director Erika Lautenbach said..

Erika Lautenbach, who guided Whatcom County through the COVID-19 pandemic and pivoted to address the fentanyl crisis, rising homelessness and direct funds for new child-care programs, ...

To that end, all summer events in the county, including parades, fireworks displays and community festivals, should be canceled, Whatcom County Health Department Director Erika Lautenbach wrote in ...

Erika Lautenbach, director of the Whatcom County Health Department in Washington state, says anti-police violence protests aren't among the catalysts for the spread of COVID-19.

According to Lautenbach, no agencies have stepped up to open a shelter this winter, forcing the county to do so on its own. It's the cold economic reality of helping homeless people survive during ...

Whatcom County officials are holding their breath as both overdoses and overdose deaths are continuing to drop from the record highs of last year, and the health director outlined several recent ...

"To make sure that in the harshest conditions people aren't dying on the streets," said Erika Lautenbach, director of Whatcom County Health and Community Services.