PASCO, Wash. -- COVID-19 relief grants of up to $30,000 each are now available to eligible small businesses in Pasco. These grants are funded by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, as allocated to the U.S.…
SEATTLE – Rent for the month of July is due in less than one week and an article in Friday’s Seattle Times reveals as many as 1 in 5 renters across the Seattle region might not be able to afford…
SWEET HOME, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man who was scheduled to appear in court for a harassment charge and a traffic violation was briefly jailed for contempt after he refusal to wear a mask and walked out of the…
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A woman is accused of violating Gov. Jay Inslee’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order by reopening her pet grooming shop in Vancouver, Washington, in May. Kelly Carroll of Battle Ground faces one count of violating an emergency order…
CONNELL, Wash. - Community members are showing support for the owners of a local movie theatre, as they struggle amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic shutdown. Dirk Reinauer and Jeri Reinauer have owned and operated the Sunset Theatre in Connell for…
LONDON (AP) — A summit that included a star-studded virtual concert hosted by Dwayne Johnson has raised nearly $7 billion in cash and loan guarantees to assist the poor around the globe whose lives have been upended by the coronavirus…
Hourly Walmart employees in the U.S. received another coronavirus bonus on Thursday, the company announced. The bonuses were broken down to $300 for full-time hourly employees and $150 for part-time hourly and temporary employees who were employed as of June 5. This includes Walmart store and…
SEATTLE-- Gov. Jay Inslee and Secretary of Health John Wiesman announced Saturday that the Washington State Department of Health is halting all state counties from moving into the Safe Start Plan Phase 4. In a statement from the governor's office,…
YAKIMA, Wash. -- The Institute for Disease Modeling released a report on the COVID-19 cases in Yakima County, stating that the positive cases are declining and the efforts to stop the spread of the disease are having success. The report…
YAKIMA, Wash. — When the pandemic came to a head earlier this year, Heather Panian drove across the country with her dog in tow to be with her family in…
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Yakima County health officials announced 100 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, which brings the county's total to 7,040. Two more related deaths were reported in Yakima County. The death toll is now at 134. 53 residents are…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials reported 250 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday — its second-highest tally — and five additional deaths on the same day that authorities released new modeling that shows increased transmission of the coronavirus…
TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- Benton and Franklin County Emergency Management have received thousands of cloth, reusable masks to distribute to low-income Washingtonians. State officials launched a program earlier this month, distributing 3.6 million face coverings to counties around the state. The…
PULLMAN, Wash – Plans for the fall semester are starting to take shape at Washington State University, as Governor Inslee outlined guidelines this week for institutes of higher education. WSU will open the fall semester with a mix of in-person…
SPOKANE, Wash. — Fourth of July fireworks shows will look a bit different in Spokane this year due to the pandemic. The Spokane Indians Baseball Club, City of Spokane Parks and Recreation, Spokane County Parks, Recreation and Golf, and Spokane…
TRI-CITIES, Wash. -- Health officials said Friday that 71 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Tri-Cities area out of the 344 people most recently tested. There were 31 cases confirmed out of 218 tests in Benton County…
SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Regional Health District reports that 24 new cases of COVID-19 have been directly linked back to Borracho Tacos & Tequileria. This comes as bars and restaurants have opened back up to the public in Phase…
CLARK COUNTY, Wash. — On Thursday, the Employment Security Department confirmed that they have identified a small group of people dealing with bank accounts being frozen by mistake as the state battles with fraudulent claims. But the bigger story continues…
YAKIMA, Wash. -- Health officials announced 204 new cases of COVID-19 in Yakima County Thursday. The total is now at 6,940. There were no additional deaths to report, leaving the death toll at 132. All but two of them had…
WASHINGTON – Nearly 1.1 million coronavirus relief payments totaling some $1.4 billion went to dead people, a government watchdog reported Thursday. More than 130 million so-called economic impact payments were sent to taxpayers as part of the $2.4 trillion coronavirus…
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday approved the early release of 57 state prisoners deemed medically vulnerable to the coronavirus, which has spread throughout correctional facilities in Oregon and around the country. The decision comes two weeks…
KENNEWICK, Wash. -- The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce started their distribution of donated personal protective equipment on Thursday. Donations of hand sanitizer and face masks were made the last two weeks from Tri-Citians looking out for small businesses. There are…
The Trump administration on Thursday moved forward with a policy ordering public schools across the U.S. to share coronavirus relief funding with private schools at a higher rate than federal law typically requires. Under a new rule issued by Education…
SPOKANE, Wash. — Governor Jay Inslee said Spokane County is on the verge of a “very dire situation” during his visit to meet with local leaders about the county’s COVID-19 response. On Thursday, Inslee met with local health authorities and…
