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Oval Office restaurant reopens in Post Falls
American cuisine with a foreign flair is offered at the new Oval Office restaurant at 620 N. Spokane St. in Post F…
`Accept it': 3 states lock down 70 million against the virus
Illinois and New York state joined California on Friday in ordering all residents to stay in their homes unless they have vital reasons to go out, restricting …
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As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions
NEW YORK (AP) — On the day after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Joe Ferguson was given a batch of court-ordered evictions to carry ou…
Quick flip as 'Onward' goes from movie theaters to homes
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to canceling events, here’s a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reacting to t…
Senators sold stock before steep market losses from virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., sold as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dropped in Februar…
40 million Californians ordered to stay home to halt virus
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's 40 million residents should stay home indefinitely and venture outside only for essential jobs, errands and some exercis…
The Latest: Sri Lankan government imposes 2 1/2 day curfew
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 244,000 people and killed more than 10,000. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate s…
California governor issues statewide stay-at-home order
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —
Coronavirus extends across West, Californians must stay home
ROME (AP) — Italy's deaths from the coronavirus pandemic eclipsed China’s on Thursday as the scourge extended its march across the West, where the United State…
Business Fallout: Airlines lobby for funds, Domino's hiring
It was less than 11 weeks ago that the first cases of pneumonia were detected in Wuhan, China. The speed at which what would soon be named COVID-19, the diseas…
National parks are free, but some oppose that amid the virus
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Most national parks are open as a refuge for Americans tired of being stuck at home during a pandemic, but despite now being free to visi…
McConnell plan: $1,200 payments; $1T rescue takes shape
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed direct payments of $1,200 per person and $2,400 for couples as part of an initial Republican …
Vital but vulnerable, cleaners hold the line against a virus
NEW YORK (AP) — When hospitals need to prep a room for the next coronavirus test, when jetliners discharge their passengers at the gate, when suburbanites star…
Movers and Shakers
CdA Casino announces new director of marketing
Layoffs, shut downs; leaders face scope of virus fallout
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Tens of thousands of workers laid off, losing income as rent or mortgage payments are due. Small businesses shut down because of the coronav…