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Nearly half of Spokane pasta factory employees have tested positive for COVID-19, many with no symptoms

UPDATED: 9:49 p.m.

An outbreak at the Philadelphia Macaroni Co. factory in Spokane spread to nearly half the employees at the plant, despite many of them not yet experiencing symptoms.

Spokane

The man with the French horn: Veteran dies of coronavirus at 90

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Spokane

12 inmates, 4 employees at Coyote Ridge prison test positive for COVID-19

UPDATED: 8:14 a.m.

Spokane

Spokane area malls look to future as limited reopenings see sparse shopping, fraction of retailers

UPDATED: 9:42 p.m.

Spokane

Enterprising Spirit: Acupuncturist has kept practice open during pandemic

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Spokane

Spokane City Council, mayor likely won’t see raises next year; 2% bump in 2022

UPDATED: 6:51 p.m.

Washington

State health department issues new safety measures for agricultural workers after strikes, CDC visit

UPDATED: 10:06 p.m.

Memorial Day at Spokane-area cemeteries | View photo gallery

Enterprising Spirit

Then and Now: Spokane College

Russell Grove’s golf trick shots

Spokane County cleared to move to Phase 2 of reopening

COVID-19-positive pasta worker arrested on 2 DUIs in 1 week, leading 6 police officers and 1 inmate to quarantine

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

Spokane ends free parking but will be lax about enforcement until June

Wed., May 20, 2020

UW Medicine to furlough about 4,000 workers

UPDATED: Mon., May 25, 2020

Twitter labels Trump’s tweets with a fact-check for the first time

Tue., May 26, 2020

Under-fire UK government aide Cummings has Johnson’s loyalty

Tue., May 26, 2020

12 inmates, 4 employees at Coyote Ridge prison test positive for COVID-19

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak at Idaho meatpacker sickens dozens

Tue., May 26, 2020

State health department issues new safety measures for agricultural workers after strikes, CDC visit

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

Nervous, rusty, excited: Idaho restaurants welcome customers back with relief and concern

Wed., May 20, 2020

‘There is too much to keep track of’: Spokane district hears frustrations with distance-learning

Fri., May 22, 2020

When a WSU fan began making masks for health care workers, Cougar Nation assisted

Tue., May 26, 2020

House Call: Keep summer fun with an extra dose of prevention

UPDATED: Wed., May 27, 2020

Getting There: Colbert bike builder works alone out of his garage, sells his singular bikes around the world

Mon., May 25, 2020

Weather better for historic SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

A different kind of ‘4/20’: No large sales, crowds expected for marijuana holiday

UPDATED: Fri., April 17, 2020

The man with the French horn: Veteran dies of coronavirus at 90

Wed., May 27, 2020

Getting There: Colbert bike builder works alone out of his garage, sells his singular bikes around the world

Mon., May 25, 2020

Trump declares churches ‘essential,’ calls on them to reopen

UPDATED: Fri., May 22, 2020

EPA report: Dams play large role in raising water temperatures

Mon., May 25, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak at Idaho meatpacker sickens dozens

Tue., May 26, 2020

100 years ago in Spokane: Rainmakers makes rain, but not enough for payment

Wed., May 27, 2020

2020 Election

Trump threatens to move RNC without assurances from governor

Mon., May 25, 2020

Cities find green ways to reduce storm floods

UPDATED: Fri., May 22, 2020

News > Family

Water cooler: J.K. Rowling releases first chapters of ‘The Ickabog’

Wed., May 27, 2020

J.K. Rowling is publishing a new children’s book online. The “Harry Potter” author released the first two chapters of “The Ickabog” on a new website (theickabog.com) Tuesday, explaining that the story will be released for free over the next seven weeks. Posted every weekday, each installment will be “a chapter (or two or three).”

News > Spokane

Enterprising Spirit: Acupuncturist has kept practice open during pandemic

Wed., May 27, 2020

From the beginning of the stay home order, Godwin Acupuncture has been able to keep its doors open because pain management is an essential service, but that doesn’t mean it’s been business as usual, said Jacob Godwin, owner and sole provider.

News > Spokane

The man with the French horn: Veteran dies of coronavirus at 90

Wed., May 27, 2020

On May 8, Eldon Walton died in the bed next to his wife, Lois Walton, at age 90 from the coronavirus. Lois suffers from dementia; sometimes she is not sure where Eldon is.

News > Spokane

100 years ago in Spokane: Rainmakers makes rain, but not enough for payment

Wed., May 27, 2020

Charles M. Hatfield, the hired rainmaker in Ephrata, came through with a deluge.

News > Nation

Congress shifts attention to overhauling small-business aid

Tue., May 26, 2020

Deadlocked over the next big coronavirus relief bill, Congress is shifting its attention to a more modest overhaul of small-business aid in hopes of helping employers reopen shops and survive the pandemic.

News > Nation

Can Trump feel your pain? U.S. nears haunting coronavirus milestone

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

As the known U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic fast approaches 100,000, President Donald Trump is struggling to meet the moment.

News > Spokane

Washington state aims to regulate water temperature at federal dams, wading into controversy

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

Today, Columbia and Snake River salmon, and orcas that depend on them, are at risk of extinction. And Washington state regulators are taking a new regulatory role to chill fish-killing hot water at four dams on the lower Columbia, and four on the lower Snake.

News > Washington

State health department issues new safety measures for agricultural workers after strikes, CDC visit

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

In response to workers’ increasing concerns over the lack of proper safety measures in agricultural settings and food-processing plants, the state Department of Health will release new guidelines to protect the health and safety of essential workers in the agriculture sector during the pandemic. The decision to issue new protocols comes after fruit-packing warehouse workers began to strike for better safety precautions on May 7 and after officials from the Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention traveled to Yakima on May 11 at the request of the Yakima Health District.

News > Spokane

Boeing factory workers cope with the coronavirus threat as layoffs loom

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

The coronavirus has delivered catastrophic economic damage to Boeing’s business. Management has announced thousands of job cuts – with details of the initial round of local layoffs expected as early as Wednesday.

News > Spokane

Spokane area malls look to future as limited reopenings see sparse shopping, fraction of retailers

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

Spokane’s malls began reopening this week with hand-sanitizing stations, disease-prevention posters and reduced seating but with only a fraction of the retailers and without the crowds that might overwhelm safety measures.

News > Spokane

Nearly half of Spokane pasta factory employees have tested positive for COVID-19, many with no symptoms

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

An outbreak at the Philadelphia Macaroni Co. factory in Spokane spread to nearly half the employees at the plant, despite many of them not yet experiencing symptoms.

News > Spokane

Coronavirus outbreak at Idaho meatpacker sickens dozens

Tue., May 26, 2020

Dozens of employees at yet another Idaho meatpacking facility have tested positive for COVID-19. It’s the latest in a string of meat and food processing facilities to experience large coronavirus outbreaks — mostly in the rural parts of the state.

News > Spokane

Worry, haste, retail therapy: What have we bought and why?

Tue., May 26, 2020

Between technical glitches and food worries, retail therapy and sheer amnesia, something has happened to shopping during the pandemic that can be summed up thusly: rubber chickens.

News > Spokane

Bell rings but trading floor chaos subdued as NYSE reopens

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange reopened for the first time in two months with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ringing the iconic bell, but the controlled chaos was more subdued Tuesday under new pandemic rules.

News > Spokane

Spokane County records highest jobless rate in 30 years with 15.9% in April

Tue., May 26, 2020

Spokane County’s unemployment rate increased to a record-breaking 15.9% in April, surpassing the number of workers who lost jobs during the Great Recession, according to data released Tuesday from the Washington State Employment Security Department.

News > Spokane

12 inmates, 4 employees at Coyote Ridge prison test positive for COVID-19

UPDATED: Wed., May 27, 2020

In response, the Department of Corrections is shutting down the food factory at Coyote Ridge, where inmates produce meals for the entire prison system and dozens of external customers. All of the prison’s inmates will be quarantined in their units for 10 days starting Tuesday. All classes and other programming will be suspended.

News > Spokane

Spokane City Council, mayor likely won’t see raises next year; 2% bump in 2022

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

The mayor and members of the Spokane City Council would receive a marginal raise in 2022 under a tentative plan approved on Tuesday.

News > Spokane

Steep drop in children’s vaccinations worries Washington health officials

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

The Washington State Department of Health has noticed a significant drop in the number of children being vaccinated over the past two months.

News > Spokane

Whitworth looked like it was going to be named the county’s official team. Instead, it was 1 of 5 honored

UPDATED: Tue., May 26, 2020

The Whitworth Pirates basketball team briefly appeared to be on track to be Spokane’s official basketball team after an erroneous draft copy of a proclamation declaring them the county’s team was unintentionally posted online.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Washington records

Tue., May 26, 2020

Spokane County Marriage licenses

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