Gov. Jay Inslee said Saturday that COVID-19 social distancing orders similar to his “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” initiative will likely extend beyond the beginning of April.
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Kevin Snider left Spokane on March 9 as scheduled to fill his 73-foot tractor trailer with frozen french fries and beef in Richland before beginning his regular delivery route destined first for New Orleans.
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed an executive order Friday to use $39.3 million from the state’s Disaster Emergency Account for its COVID-19 response, as Kootenai County confirmed one new case of the disease.
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Spokane police could soon know more about what happened to a missing Spokane woman feared dead. A local lawyer has taken on the case of her adoptive mother and brother, who fled to Texas during a criminal investigation last fall.
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Idaho Gov. Brad Little ordered residents statewide to stay in their homes unless they have an essential reason to leave for at least three weeks Wednesday afternoon, shortly after Kootenai County confirmed one new case of COVID-19 for a total of nine local cases.
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Spokane County’s community drive-thru screening site had its lowest turnout all week on Wednesday, but local public health officials confirmed 21 new COVID-19 cases after labs returned results for people tested days ago.
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Spokane Valley firefighters are growing used to the unprecedented, widespread precautions they’re taking to protect themselves and the public from the spread of the novel coronavirus, while grappling with the danger of the uncertain situations they find themselves in.
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The Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls city governments declared emergency health orders to close bars and dine-in restaurants at midnight Monday in order to slow the spread of COVID-19 during special meetings Saturday.
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Starting Friday, medical personnel wearing protective equipment will be ready to screen hundreds of people referred by doctors for COVID-19 testing as they drive through a four-car-wide white tent set up in the Spokane County Fair & Expo Center parking lot.
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Washington state officials are urging child care providers and after-school programs to stay open amid statewide school closures prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Coeur d’Alene Public Schools have announced all schools will close Monday, March 16 through April 6 following the announcement of Spokane County’s first novel coronavirus cases.
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Public health officials confirmed Spokane County’s first cases of novel coronavirus in three residents Saturday morning as officials continue to investigate how they may have contracted the disease and with whom they have come in contact since.
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More than 100 people protested a statewide comprehensive sex education bill outside the Spokane Public Schools administration building Wednesday afternoon in conjunction with a planned state Capitol protest.
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Public health officials in Clark, Pierce and Kittitas counties announced their first confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday night and Saturday morning, while state officials reported five new deaths in King County, indicating the virus continues to spread in Western Washington.
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The Spokane Valley Fire Department is canceling all March events due to concerns about the spread of COVID-19, and the city of Spokane Fire Department will evaluate public activities on a case-by-case basis.
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