Worry in border towns 1 year into B.C. residents avoiding trips to Washington state

Laurie Trautman, director of the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University in Bellingham, said she initially thought the sharp drop in B.C.-Wash. border crossings last year was a blip.

"In some ways it starts to feel like a new normal, which is sort of a sad thing to say because I think many of us hoped this would not be a long-term situation," she said.