The Canadian Globe and Mail newspaper reported that Mr Long later spent the night in a jail cell at the Whatcom County prison, just south of the US-Canada border.

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To get around Whatcom County regulations requiring a permit to build their 160-square-foot home with plumbing, the Dehners built their home on a trailer bed, subject to different regulations as a recreational vehicle.

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The study looked at networks in a broad range of communities throughout the country from Miami, FL to Whatcom County, WA. The sites were rich and poor, urban and rural, and those with relatively high hospital usage and those with lower utilization.

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