• As overtime costs mount, some Spokane City Council members mull asking to rehire unvaccinated firefighters

• New study shows an increase in gun homicides, suicides in first year of COVID-19 for Idaho

• What's next? How the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to look over the next few months

• North Korea confirms first COVID-19 outbreak, Kim orders lockdown

• Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the U.S. numbers

• WHO: Nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID-19

• Omicron casts a new shadow over economy's pandemic recovery

• Pfizer agrees to let other companies make generics of its COVID-19 pill

• U.S. mandates vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4

• As hotels reopen, some employ new scents to create a sense of clean

• The summer bummer: No traditional vacation

• Washington-based musicians, including Allen Stone, Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews, all in for relief concert