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| Whatcom Unified Command change will help coronavirus 鈥榙ecision-making, communication鈥 | Whatcom Unified Command, the multi-government agency that鈥檚 directing local response to the new coronavirus pandemic, is getting a single leader and settling in for long-term operations. Scott McCreery, who is emergency management and security officer for the Port of Bellingham, was鈥 |
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| As opponents get louder, Inslee stands his ground on stay-at-home order | With resistance becoming more vocal to his stay-at-home order and partial closure of businesses, Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday said the decisions he has made are 鈥渄esigned to protect the health of Washingtonians鈥 from the new coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the state. 鈥淪o our office鈥 |
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| Inslee says elective surgeries, outdoor recreation and some construction could restart as Washington begins to recover from coronavirus | Gov. Jay Inslee Tuesday evening announced a road map for reopening Washington鈥檚 economy that could soon allow the return of some elective surgeries, outdoor recreation and certain construction projects. In a 5 p.m. televised public address, Inslee didn鈥檛 say when the stay-at-home order鈥 |
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| 草榴社区 resumes construction of residence hall after coronavirus pandemic forced stop | Western Washington University is getting back in construction mode after fine-tuning its social distancing procedures during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu announced preliminary budget-tightening measures Tuesday in the face of expected lost tax revenue from the economic downturn caused by business closings and other measures aimed at fighting the new coronavirus pandemic. First cost-saving steps鈥 |
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| Task force to begin working through how to reopen Whatcom from coronavirus shutdown | A task force will meet as early as next week to begin working through how and when to reopen businesses that have been closed since last month in efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Whatcom County Health Department said in a briefing on Monday, April 20. Erika Lautenbach,鈥 |
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| Lost traditions: How Yakima County's class of 2020 is processing the pandemic | It was early March when Gov. Jay Inslee ordered all schools statewide to slow the鈥 |
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| Seattle will give high-school students A鈥檚 or incompletes; colleges urged to adopt generous grading | The Seattle School Board on Monday adopted a policy giving all high-school students either A鈥檚 or incomplete grades for the spring 2020 semester to reflect the hardships of remote learning. The change was recommended by Seattle schools superintendent Denise Juneau. Meanwhile, Washington鈥 |
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| Here鈥檚 why the coronavirus is hitting Hispanics in Washington state particularly hard | COVID-19 is sickening Hispanics in disproportionate numbers in Washington, according to data from the state Department of Health. While Hispanics make up 13% of the state鈥檚 population, they make up 25% of confirmed cases of the respiratory illness and 7% of those who have died after鈥 |
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| Northwest Laboratory to start offering coronavirus tests to Whatcom pre-op patients | In a sign that testing for COVID-19 is increasing in Whatcom County, Northwest Laboratory said it will open drive-through testing for those receiving a medical procedure. The pre-op screening must be ordered by patients鈥 doctors, Jenny Bull, chief operating officer for Northwest鈥 |