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First COVID-19 case reported in Fremont Couty
The Eastern Idaho Public Health Department reports that Fremont County has its first case of COVID-19.
Old TF clinic building has new owners with big plans
TWIN FALLS — The old clinic and hospital on Shoshone Street has a new owner who plans on gutting the building and turning it into a charter school. The project will also include two apartment complexes, built next …
Newport cannabis business using extra ethanol to make needed hand sanitizer to combat COVID-19
Even though marijuana retailers are still open across the state of Washington, cannabis business owner Joe Rammell looked at his supply of ethanol for extracts and thought it could be put to better use.
State may excuse high school seniors from some graduation requirements due to pandemic
Washington high school seniors who are out of school because of the COVID-19 pandemic may get excused from fully meeting some graduation requirements, the State Board of Education indicated Thursday.
Spokane County confirms a dozen more COVID-19 cases; Washington case count grows
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased statewide and in Spokane County on Thursday, bringing the state case count to 3,207 and the local number to 67.
Spokane Public Schools adds new child care site for children of first responders, medical personnel
Spokane Public Schools is expanding its child care offerings during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has no immediate plans to extend the service beyond children of first responders and essential medical personnel.
Longfellow elementary to have additional meal available Friday, courtesy of caterer
Red Rock Catering of Spokane will deliver food Friday morning to Longfellow Elementary School for families to take home for the weekend.
Washington, Idaho senators praise compromise, tout fixes in $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill
Federal lawmakers representing the Inland Northwest touted individual legislative victories to assist the nation in a $2 trillion relief package that passed the Senate unanimously Thursday night.
Coronavirus wave puts 133,000 out of work last week in Washington
OLYMPIA – A tidal wave of unemployment from the COVID-19 outbreak washed across the state last week, adding more than 133,000 people to the state’s jobless rolls, Washington officials said Thursday.
On hiatus: Spokane musicians adapt to their lives in artistic limbo
Just like everyone else, Myles Kennedy is going a bit stir crazy. The Alter Bridge singer-songwriter and his family have been sequestered in their South Hill home but are coming up with plans for socialization.
Spokane-area entertainment and arts community lives in uncertainty
Jewelisa Darrera doesn’t know what she’s going to do. She’d been working at Movie and Dinner – first as a food runner, then as a server – since October. Then she received a text message March 15 from a coworker who…
What happened: A three-part series on the abrupt end to Washington State's basketball season
This is the first in a three-part series about the abrupt end to Washington State’s basketball season, what the Cougars are doing to stay occupied during the COVID-19 pandemic and what’s next for Kyle Smith’s progr…
Food banks need younger volunteers, more donations as unemployment skyrockets
Local food banks are in a bind: They are serving far more people and are doing it with fewer resources, as more people are out of work and the larger, older volunteer base stays home to protect itself from the COVI…
An extended solo: Spokane musicians adapt to their lives in artistic limbo
Just like everyone else, Myles Kennedy is going a bit stir crazy. The Alter Bridge singer-songwriter and his family have been sequestered in their South Hill home but are coming up with plans for socialization.
Lawyer: Relatives of Spokane woman feared dead want to return home after Texas arrests, clear up 'sinister' accusations
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 investiga…