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The Latest: Texas reports nearly 700 additional virus deaths

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has reported an increase of nearly 700 additional deaths from the COVID-19 virus due to a change in how the state collects fatality data, representing a grim surge in the state’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

The Latest: Texas reports nearly 700 additional virus deaths

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas has reported an increase of nearly 700 additional deaths from the COVID-19 virus due to a change in how the state collects fatality data, representing a grim surge in the state’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

The Latest: Some Polish hospitals suspend vaccination

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — WARSAW, Poland – Some hospitals in Poland have suspended vaccination against COVID-19 after they did not get the expected deliveries of their Pfizer vaccine doses.

Mike Prater: Lack of sports will give us a strong lesson in humanity

The television is eerily weird on this Saturday ... Sunday ... for how long?

The Latest: Coronavirus greatly affects 2 convents near Rome

The Latest on the

Spokane Public Schools ramps up learning-at-home program, makes teachers available

Spokane Public Schools is ramping up its learning-at-home program, with teachers available via phone, email and other platforms, the district has announced.

Decades after killing, man with dementia faces deportation

ATLANTA (AP) — As he approaches a flock of pigeons on a downtown Atlanta sidewalk, John Lokos flaps his arms slowly to let them know he's a friend. He pours peanuts and rice on the ground and puts his finger to his lips.

'Falling through cracks': Vaccine bypasses some older adults

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Jean Andrade, an 88-year-old who lives alone, has been waiting

Legals for October, 3 2022

AP News Digest 7 a.m.

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I oppose tax credits for private schools. Owning property in a county means paying property tax to support the county infrastructure. This includes funding public schools so all young people have a good education to help them become law-abiding citizens, employable and able to participate in elections. If we grant tax credits to people who don’t want to use public services such as schools, there will be no end to it. Suppose I decide to live in the woods and not own a car. Should I receive a tax credit for not using our roads and streets? Of course not. Schools are no different.

AP News Digest 6:30 p.m.

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Affordable housing development planned

POST FALLS - A 108-acre, mixed-use project planned for the Rathdrum Prairie is being touted as an effort to put the construction industry back to work by offering affordable homes.

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Best Buy offers free training

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Idaho National Guard on the hunt for old bombs

Whitefish Marine to move into expanded space

Whitefish Marine is constructing a new, 9,000-foot space that includes boat maintenance bays and an indoor showroom near the intersection of U.S. 93 and MT 40 south of Whitefish.

Open gate OK for workers on job

The

Billings coal plant shutting down

BILLINGS — The J.E. Corette coal-fired power plant in Billings will shut down in August, its owner said Tuesday, making it the latest casualty in a wave of closures across the country that have left the coal industry reeling.

Grant County TB case requires long-term care

MOSES LAKE - The Grant County Board of Health heard recently that, at the end of December, a resident of King County but predominantly of Grant County was diagnosed with TB and was hospitalized in Seattle.