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Inslee issues 'stay home' order for state
Stay home unless absolutely necessary or your job is essential, Gov. Jay Inslee told Washington residents Monday night.
Fairgrounds, Spokane Public Library eyed for shelter in coronavirus response
Anticipating COVID-19’s continued impact on Spokane, regional leaders are eying the county fairgrounds as a potential site for shelter and an alternate health care facility.
Long list of jobs deemed essential in 'stay home' order
Gov. Jay Inslee’s emergency order closes many businesses but allows those deemed essential to fighting the COVID-19 outbreak and supporting communities around the state to remain open.
North Idaho Athletic Hall of Fame banquet canceled; 2019-20 nominations announced
The 58th annual North Idaho Hall of Fame banquet, scheduled for April 25 at the Coeur d’Alene Resort, was canceled by organizers over the weekend due to safety recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and…
More than 2,000 COVID-19 cases reported statewide, 3 Spokane County residents hospitalized
The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Spokane County nearly doubled in two days to 29, including three residents who are hospitalized. No one in the county has died of the viral infection.
Special education during shutdown on tap at special Spokane Schools meeting
Spokane Public Schools will hold a virtual question-and-answer session Wednesday to address the issue of special education during the coronavirus-related closure.
'We know what our job is': Spokane Valley firefighters adjust to widespread COVID-19 precautions
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 dange…
Inslee to address state tonight
Gov. Jay Inslee will address state residents in a live television broadcast this evening.
Eastern Idaho Public Health asks anyone who visited Blaine County between March 8 and 22 to shelter in place
We were made aware of some positive cases of COVID-19 in other areas of the state that are related to recent travel to Blaine County, Idaho between March 8-22.
Recently confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ada County indicate likely connection to Blaine County
Central District Health (CDH) is asking anyone with recent travel to Blaine County, Idaho in the past two weeks (March 8 through March 22) to shelter in place. This, after three Ada County residents and one Valley …
Guest opinion: Are newspapers an 'essential' service? Yes - especially now
San Francisco and six Bay Area counties, with a combined population of nearly 7 million, are under “shelter-in-place” orders directing everyone to basically stay inside their homes for the next three weeks in hopes…
Virus rebels from France to Florida flout lockdown practices
PARIS (AP) — Young German adults hold “corona parties" and cough toward older people. A Spanish man leashes a goat to go for a walk to skirt confinement orders…
3 Ada County COVID-19 cases linked to Blaine County travel
Central District Health is asking anyone who recently traveled to Blaine County in the past two weeks — March 8-22 — to "shelter in place."
More coronavirus cases reported in North Idaho
The Panhandle Health District (PHD) and Kootenai Health have confirmed three additional confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kootenai County, bringing the total number of cases to six in the panhandle…
First case of COVID-19 confirmed in Whitman County
The Whitman County Health Department has received a positive test result for COVID-19 in a Whitman County resident, according to a press release this morning from the Whitman County Emergency Operations Center.