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Inslee changes course, says diners won’t have to sign in
Restaurants may still ask customers for information that contact tracers could use to stop an outbreak.
Business
Alaska Airlines cuts Paine Field departures to one per day
Commercial air service at small and regional airports, including Everett’s, has dwindled or vanished.
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Washington’s unemployment system sees a spike in impostors
Some 1.3 million people filed last week, but payments are on hold for up two days to verify…
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Local wedding industry braces for a summer of canceled vows
Snohomish event venues say they should be allowed to operate as restaurants do when they reopen.
Life
Both of Darrington’s iconic summer music festivals canceled
Organizers of the Darrington Bluegrass Festival and the Summer Meltdown say they’ll be back in 2021.
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Blue Fox petitions to avoid becoming pandemic casualty
The Whidbey Island drive-in theater screened its last movie in March.
Business
Boeing goes another month without a single airliner order
Airlines are canceling thousands of flights while passengers remain too scared to fly.
Local News
State says stop, but this Snohomish barber keeps cutting
Martin felt emboldened by Sheriff Fortney, whose office later served him a cease and desist order.
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Port of Everett work forges ahead at Kimberly-Clark site
COVID-19 has impacted waterfront tenants, especially restaurants, but some port projects are moving on.
Business
Garbage collectors are seeing more junk from our closets
Business is picking up at Rubatino Refuse Removal in Everett. By the way, please bag your trash.
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Masks, social distancing challenge interpreters for the deaf
“In sign language, all the grammar and tenses are in the facial expressions.” says Marissa Foley.
Business
They care for kids while the parents work on the front lines
There are hula hoops and virtual hugs as the Boys & Girls Clubs offer free child care to…
Business
The pandemic’s other front line: Any grocery store’s aisles
At an Everett Safeway, a store director screens employees and gently enforces social distancing.
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Governor to Snohomish barber refusing order: Cut it out
Bob Martin estimated he’s done 150 haircuts, without gloves, since defying an order to close amid COVID-19.
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Everybody knows Gary, a QFC checker on the front lines
He was honored in the “2 minutes of gratitude” Mukilteo parade for COVID-19 heros. He rode his bike.
Life
During the shutdown, Republic Bottleshop opens in Marysville
Since you can’t go to the bar right now, this new specialty beer store will bring the bar…
Business
Lufthansa in ‘tense’ talks with Boeing, Airbus plane deferrals
The group has 40 outstanding orders for 777X and 787 Dreamliner models.
Business
We have the power to choose our response to crisis
We do not welcome this pandemic. But we can embrace our resulting choices. Where will we choose to…
Business
Everett and Marysville offer COVID-19 small-business grants
Priority for funding will be given to businesses and nonprofits that employ or serve lower incomes.
Life
Funko gets its Pop! from creative minds in Everett
The company’s team at its Wetmore Avenue headquarters is behind all of the intricate details that make a…