In The News

Thank you for your interest in Family Care Network! Below are links to news and articles featuring our organization and team.

Cascades Best
https://www.cascadesbest.com/2024-magazine.html

Construction on Blaine medical clinic could start as early as late summer.
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/construction-on-blaine-medical-clinic-to-start-as-early-as-late-summer,32013

Family Care Network to submint building permits for Blaine medical facility, CEO says 
www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-to-submit-building-permits-for-blaine-medical-facility-ceo-says,30551

Best of Lynden  issuu.com/lyndentribune/docs/best_of_lynden_2023?fr=sMGE0OTYyODgwOTE

Two providers join Birch Bay Family Medicine www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/two-providers-join-birch-bay-family-medicine,27161

Best of the Northwest
https://bellinghamalive.com/lifestyle/best-of-the-northwest-2022/

Family Care Network adds Fairhaven Clinic
https://whatcom-news.com/whatcom-county-business-announcements-8_206647/

Chuckanut Family Medicine officially opens 
https://www.cascadiadaily.com/news/2022/aug/03/places-things-aug-2022/

Family Care Network remains committed to Blaine facility, CEO says
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-remains-committed-to-blaine-facility-ceo-says,20823?

New doctor in Birch Bay
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/new-doctor-in-birch-bay,17502? 

Blaine facility moving foward
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-to-move-for…

First child in the 12- to 15-year-old age group receives the COVID-19 vaccine
https://youtu.be/VrVkg5IGZPs

Teens and COVID Vaccines
https://www.whatcomtalk.com/2021/05/27/teens-and-covid-vaccines-perspect…

Parkscriptions featured in Earth Day article:
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/outdoors/things-you-can-do-in-the-seat…

Family Care Network welcomes new physician assistant
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-welcomes-ne…

Whatcom County Community Vaccination Center opens to public March 13
https://www.whatcomtalk.com/2021/03/09/whatcom-county-community-vaccination-center…

Vaccine supply remains limited.
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249778403.html

Up to 5,000 people a week could get COVID-19 vaccine at this Bellingham site starting in March
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249347445.html

Whatcom receives no first doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week as state shifts focus
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249280730.html

County sends letter to Inslee on reopening plan
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/county-sends-letter-to-inslee-on-reopening…

Where to find the COVID-19 vaccine and who can get it in Whatcom County
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article248817100.html

Whatcom County officials question COVID vaccine shortage
https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/whatcom-county-officials-question-covid-vaccine…

Vaccine supply still not meeting demand
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/vaccine-supply-still-not-meeting-demand…

Vaccine availability updates
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/article248963309.html

To make an appointment for vaccination with Family Care Network
https://www.lyndentribune.com/news/county-covid-rate-is-easing/article_a7ec584c…

Anxious Whatcom residents jam phone lines seeking appointments for COVID-19 vaccine
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavirus/article248652385.html

Flood of calls to healthcare providers — please do not phone in!
https://www.lyndentribune.com/news/flood-of-calls-to-healthcare-providers-please…

KGMI
https://kgmi.com/news/007700-local-health-providers-expand-vaccine…

Family Care Network project delayed five months
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/family-care-network-project…

Greg Anderson, MD and his use of Parkscriptions.

• https://wawild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WW_Fall2020_Newsletter_Final.pdf
• https://montanafreepress.org/2020/06/11/outside-of-the-boxes/
• https://www.boulderweekly.com/adventure/outside-the-boxes/ (repost of Montana Free Press article)

Blaine property purchase delayed.
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/city-family-care-network-delay-sale-of-gateway-property-until-2021,11093

Urgent Care expands to Lynden, extends hours in Mount Vernon. All locations open to FCN and non-FCN patients.
https://www.familycarenetwork.com/news/urgent-care-expands-lynden-extends-hours-mount-vernon

Two Family Care Network physicians were voted Best Family Practitioner in Bellingham Alive’s Best of the Northwest 2019 poll:

• GOLD: Karen O’Keefe, MD – Bellignham Bay Family Medicine
• SILVER: John Hiemstra, DO – Lynden Family Medicine

https://issuu.com/klmedia/docs/1910_ba_web?fr=sMjg0NjMzNjMz&mc_cid=98c103723b&mc_eid=8a7ffce52c

North Cascade Family Physicians was selected as a top 3 finalist for Best Medical Facility in goskagit.com’s Skagit’s Best 2019.
https://www.goskagit.com/contests/skagitsbest/#//