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Governor Inslee hints at loosening visitation guidelines at Washington nursing homes Patrick Quinn, KOMO News Reporter Governor Inslee hints at loosening visitation guidelines at Washington nursing homes Replay Video Governor Jay Inslee said Thursday families may be able to visit loved ones inside nursing homes soon. “In the fairly near future we will be able to open up new ability for us to enjoy our loved ones in these facilities,” Inslee said during a Thursday press confe...

Another Inslee Press Conference Thursday Afternoon From the Governors office Thursday morning: "Gov. Jay Inslee will address the media tomorrow via streaming video and telephone to give an update on the states response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The governor will be joined for questions by: Umair Shah, MD, MPH, secretary, Department of Health Lacy Fehrenbach, deputy secretary for COVID response, Department of Health (Q&A only) Michele Roberts, assistant secretary, Department of Health (Q...

The wait is finally over. Neill Public Library is open for indoor visits. If I thought I could get on the rooftop to shout the news, I would. We are

Yakima County (and the South Central Region) was recently declared open to phase 2 of the States Coronavirus Healthy Washington Plan and while that was applauded and is appreciated it is also not enough. Most businesses cant survive for long on just 25% occupancy. So whats next?  What are the operational guidelines to get to phases 3 and 4?  See for yourself HERE And if you looked, you found there is no current plan!  So how is a business supposed to plan and work to get fully open?  Good q...

After actors complaints, Ethan McSweeney leaves American Shakespeare Center Peter Marks, The Washington Post Feb. 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Ethan McSweeny greets a socially distanced audience for a performance of "Othello" in July.Ben Steinhauer/American Shakespeare CenterShow MoreShow Less 2of3Ethan McSweeny in rehearsal in 2018.Lauren Parker/American Shakespeare CenterShow MoreShow Less 3of3 After a pressure-packed year of putting on classical performances in the midst ...

When Inslee repackaged the failed Safe Start from 2020 into Healthy Washington 2021, it only had two Phases.

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Washington Beer Blog All counties in Washington now moving to Phase 2 re-opening By washingtonbeerblog on February 14, 2021 at 2:32 PM (Sunday, Feb 14th) We recently announced that five more regions, 25 more counties, were moving to Phase 2 of Washington’s Safe Start guidance. (See that post.) Today Governor Inslee announced that the one remaining region, the South Central Region, is now cleared to move into Phase 2. Immediately! That means Yakima, Kittitas, Benton, Franklin...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: February 9, 2021 796 There is reason for optimism this week in the worldwide battle against the coronavirus as critical metrics continue to go down for the third week in a row. But this is tempered by a stern warning from experts that the emergence of new mutant variants has the potential to wipe out these gains. The COVID Tracking Project has been reporting on the pandemic from the start, and sums it up as follows: “The good news…continued this week, as new ...

MY EDMONDS NEWS Posted: February 2, 2021 Snohomish County vaccination site at Paine Field. (Photo courtesy Snohomish Health District) While the U.S. and other nations make steady but incremental progress in ironing out the many startup wrinkles bedeviling efforts to get vaccine to an increasingly anxious and frustrated public, the coronavirus is not sitting still. Capitalizing on its short generation time and dizzying ability to spread, the virus has already mutated into several new, more v...