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Inslee loosens health restrictions for Western Washington businesses by Tim Gruver, The Center Square  | January 29, 2021 08:02 AM Print this article Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday he is relaxing health restrictions in seven counties that will open bars and restaurants again for the first time in months. Under Thursday's changes, the aforementioned businesses can resume indoor dining at 25% capacity starting Monday in King, Pierce, Lewis, Pacific, Thurston, Grays Harbor, and Snohomish Counties. The same applies for entertainment venues like ...

Mayor Woodward frustrated as Spokane, East region stay in Phase 1 of reopening The criteria to move into Phase 2 of Washington's Roadmap to Recovery plan has changed twice now. Author: Grace Arnis (KREM) Updated: 9:38 AM PST January 29, 2021 SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane’s Mayor Nadine Woodward is expressing frustration with changes to Washington’s "Road to Recovery" plan and the East region's placement in Phase 1.  “Just two weeks ago, we were meeting three of the four metrics for getting to the next phase. Here we are so close, and the plan has changed, t...

Debbie Cockrell: Pierce County economy will bounce back from COVID-19, but it will take time, experts say News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1/28/2021 Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Jan. 28—The message from the 2021 Pierce County Economic Index is that things could be worse but have a ways to go before getting better. Popular Searches The index, produced by Neil Johnson of Sound Resource Economics and presented Wednesday morning by the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber's annual Horizons Economic Forecast breakfast, showed that federal stimulus payments gave a 5.2 pe...

It could take several years for tourism and travel in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest to recover.

Business groups press Washington Legislature for tax cuts, other COVID-19 relief By Paul Roberts, The Seattle Times Published: January 17, 2021, 1:23pm Share: After surviving 10 months of shutdowns, heavy layoffs, steep losses and chronic uncertainty, many businesses in Washington say they won’t see the end of the pandemic without significant help from state lawmakers. But one week into the 2021 legislative session, prospects for that relief are anything but clear. The good news: There’s strong bipartisan support in the Democrat-controlled state House and Senate for quick a...