Nina Nichols, owner of Nina Cherie Couture in Spokane Valley, has been flexible with nervous brides-to-be as the coronavirus pandemic has turned the wedding industry on its head.

When the time came for Judy Smith to transition her husband, Chuck Smith, to hospice care with COVID-19, she asked his doctor, Dr. Camtu Thai, what she would do if Chuck were her family member.

Ashley Talarico had been planning her Aug. 31 trip to Italy for a long time. Pat Talarico is Ashley’s father-in-law, and his family is from the southern Italian village of Positano. Other than a trip Pat took as a young boy that he only remembers from stories and pictures, he has not visited.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a Louisiana law that required abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, and again Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the tie-splitting vote, but Cornell Clayton, director of the Thomas S. Foley Institute of Public Policy and Public Service at Washington State University, cautioned against “reading the tea leaves” based on this decision.

Editor’s note: Our series Enterprising Spirit documents how businesses and workers are managing the economy’s slow return to life after its sudden shutdown in March – and adapting to new challenges ahead.

Perry Vinson, True Legends Grill owner, rolled up his sleeves the moment Governor Jay Inslee announced that restaurants would have to cease dine-in services. Like many restaurants, he beefed up his take-out services, immediately launching a website that allowed both curbside pickup as well as delivery through DoorDash.

Editor’s note: Our series Enterprising Spirit documents how businesses and workers are managing the economy’s slow return to life after its sudden shutdown in March – and adapting to new challenges ahead.

“This country of ours, despite all its better souls have done and dreamed, is yet a shameful land.” W.E.B. DuBois