Memorial Day tempts Americans outdoors, raising virus fears
Millions of Americans are getting ready to emerge from coronavirus lockdowns and venture outdoors to celebrate Memorial Day weekend at beaches, cookouts and family outings, raising concern among public health officials that large gatherings could cause outbreaks to come roaring…
Tattoo artists impacted by pandemic, some question industry restrictions
Tattoo shops are closed until phase 2 of Washington's reopening plan but when artists do get back to work, they assume their shops will look similar to before the pandemic. "Everyone…
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Larsen Farms in Pasco sells purple asparagus curbside to raise money for Alzheimer’s Association
PASCO, Wash. -- It’s a disease that isn’t slowed by social distancing or using hand sanitizer, and it can touch the lives of anyone. “Every time I stutter on a word or something like…
State: Aspergillus mold found again at Seattle hospital
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Children’s hospital is again coping with a mold in its operating rooms that has persisted at the hospital for nearly 20 years and has been linked to seven deaths. There are no known new illnesses connected…
Ben Franklin Transit partners with Second Harvest to provide food for transit riders
PASCO, Wash. -- A food distribution was held Tuesday in Pasco to facilitate those in the community without a car. Ben Franklin Transit and Second Harvest, with the help of National Guard members, held the event at the 22nd Avenue…
14-year-old recovering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome was hospitalized with heart failure
(CNN) -- The father of a 14-year-old boy now recovering from a coronavirus-related syndrome says all the symptoms began with a slight fever and some rashes on his son's hands in mid-April. The condition, which doctors are calling multisystem inflammatory…
Dentists, doctors offices in Washington can reopen for non-emergency medical procedures
PASCO, Wash. -- Starting Monday, dental offices and other healthcare providers around Washington are allowed to reopen for non-emergency procedures. Proclamation 20-24, which temporarily prohibited these procedures in order to keep the focus on COVID-19 patients, expired Monday at noon. Gov.…
Kittitas County: No word on Phase 2 until May 26
ELLENSBURG, Wash. -- Kittitas County will have to wait another week to see if it can move to Phase 2 of the governor's reopening plan. Washington Secretary of Health John Wiesman told the Kittitas County Incident Management Team that the…
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Independent filmmaker, Lynn Shelton, dies at 54
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lynn Shelton, an independent filmmaker who directed “Humpday” and “Little Fires Everywhere,” has died. She was 54. Shelton’s publicist, Adam Kersh, said in a statement Saturday that she died Friday in Los Angeles from an unidentified…
Female sportscasting pioneer, Phyllis George, dies at 70
Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’s “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70. A family spokeswoman said George died Thursday at a Lexington,…
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Coronavirus deaths reach 1,000 in Washington
SEATTLE (AP) — The number of deaths in Washington because of the coronavirus has reached 1,000, the Washington State Department of Health reported Saturday. The agency added eight more deaths and listed the total number of confirmed cases at 18,288.…
Tyson, health officials release Wallula COVID-19 test results
Tyson Foods, Inc. on Friday released the results of its Wallula workers' COVID-19 test results following an outbreak that likely started in March. The facility-wide testing shows 277 of 1,482 workers there tested positive for coronavirus. More than half of…
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Tri-Cities ER doctor announces his plans to run for state governor
OLYMPIA, Wash. --- Cuban-born emergency room physician Dr. Raul Garcia announced his bid for Washington governor Friday in Olympia. Dr. Garcia is currently working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Tri-Cities. He also runs a small clinic…
Two Kittitas County businesses deep-cleaned due to COVID-19
Taco Bell in Cle Elum and a coffee house in Ellensburg shut down for deep cleaning after learning people with COVID-19 had been inside, health officials said Friday. The Kittitas County Incident Management Team said D&M Coffee Co. had a…
Memorial, vigil held for local Tyson workers who died of COVID-19
*This article has been updated from its original version to include new comments from Tyson Farm workers and their supporters put up signs and held a vigil Friday memorializing three workers they say died of COVID-19 after becoming infected while…
Another COVID-19 death, 16 new cases in Tri-Cities
Benton-Franklin Health District provided an update midday Friday on the coronavirus outbreak that has now infected more than 1,300 people. BFHD reported 16 new cases Friday for a total of 1,312 COVID-19 cases in Benton and Franklin counties combined; 36*…
