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Nearly $500,000 more available in Solano to help with rental assistance during pandemic FAIRFIELD — Solano County has allocated $488,961 to expand the county’s CARES Rental Assistance Program, bringing the total to nearly $4.49 million. An updated CARES Act expenditure report was given Tuesday to the Board of Supervisors as part of its consent agenda. There were no comments from the board. The action included $778,000 in purchases for Public Health laboratory equipment and vaccine storage refrigerator/freezers. Several speakers from the public urged the board to use the funds, the uses fo...

The future is undoubtedly bright for the Spokane Public Library, but the new year will bring continued uncertainty. The pandemic will continue to limit the library’s services for the foreseeable future, but officials also expect to complete the renovation of the Shadle Branch and construction of The Hive, a new building on E. Sprague and S. Haven, in 2021. “We’re excited about that for sure, but it is certainly a challenge to navigate through the pandemic at the same time as navigating through the construction and opening of these facilities,” Library Director Andrew Chanse told The S...