Good morning, Bellingham.

The SBA announced it will offer low-interest federal disaster loans (up to $2 million) to small businesses, nonprofits and agricultural cooperatives in Whatcom and Skagit counties affected by the drought since May 12.

Applicants must submit their applications by April 13.

Following the clearing of the King Mountain encampment earlier this month, police received seven reports of new homeless camps emerging nearby — officials remain uncertain if displaced residents have moved from the cleared site, and property owners are urged to monitor their spaces.

Whatcom County Health and Community Services has issued a health advisory for Toad Lake after tests detected unsafe levels of microcystins that can cause liver issues in both humans and pets (avoid any contact with the algae).