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| Financial aid from the stimulus bill is on the way for college students hit by coronavirus, but some are getting left out | Washington public and private colleges, universities and trade schools will receive $223.5 million from the federal CARES stimulus act. They’ve already started distributing half of it to needy students whose educations were scrambled by the coronavirus. But less than half the… |
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| Grants available for ²ÝÁñÉçÇø students impacted by COVID-19 | Some good news for Western Washington University students affected by the pandemic. ²ÝÁñÉçÇø says they received $5.8-million from the federal CARES Act they can expend over the next year as grants for Western students who have incurred expenses from disruption of campus operations due to… |
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| New Report Details Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Whatcom County Businesses | The Regional Economic Partnership (REP) at the Port of Bellingham has released a detailing the… |
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| Nearly 75% of Whatcom’s coronavirus-related deaths are from nursing homes, data shows | Roughly 74% of people who tested positive for COVID-19 and died in Whatcom County were associated with long-term care or skilled nursing facilities, according to Whatcom Unified Command and the Whatcom County Health Department. Not all facilities have disclosed total deaths but at least… |
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| Inslee announces extended stay-home order, outlines plan to reopen Washington in phases | Gov. Jay Inslee announced Friday he would extend Washington’s stay-home order through May 31, but is seeking ways for some businesses to open before then, as he and state officials try to keep the new coronavirus from roaring back. Inslee said Washington’s businesses would reopen in four… |
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| Free college: Can Washington keep that promise during a recession? | Last spring, Washington lawmakers made national headlines when they passed an to pay some or all… |
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| One in five Washington workers has filed unemployment claims as federal coronavirus relief kicks in | Newly available federal benefits helped draw nearly 138,000 new unemployment claims in Washington last week, pushing the number of individuals seeking jobless assistance to more than three-quarters of a million, or roughly one in five workers, as coronavirus continues to hammer the economy. |
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| Possible extension of Washington’s coronavirus stay-home order could come later this week; officials discussing reopening by region | Gov. Jay Inslee could announce an extension of his statewide coronavirus stay-at-home order later this week, according to his chief of staff. The order — which shut thousands of businesses to help slow the outbreak of COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus — … |
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| People with mild COVID-19 symptoms can get tested in Skagit without a doctor’s order | Whatcom County residents with mild symptoms can get tested for COVID-19 without a doctor’s order, if they’re willing to travel to Skagit County. Testing capacity in Whatcom County has increased, the health department said Monday, April 27, allowing people who have mild symptoms to be… |
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| Gilead reports positive data in trial of possible virus drug | Gilead Sciences said Wednesday that preliminary results of a coronavirus drug trial showed at least 50% of patients treated with a 5-day dosage of antiviral drug remdesivir improved and more than half were discharged from the hospital within two weeks. |