Opinion
Comment: How a vaxxed doctor judged his covid risk at a party
As mask mandates and case rates fall it’s a mental exercise that more of us will do each…
Opinion
Comment: Why I’m keeping my mask on when indoors
My football coach warned against letting one’s guard down near game’s end. The advice applies now, too.
Local News
Governor: Masks can come off March 21 in most public settings
They’ll still be required in some places, but Washington is following several other states now lifting mandates.
Opinion
Comment: When we lower our masks we can’t lower our guard
Especially in schools a combined focus on vaccination, testing and ventilation will need to continue.
Local News
Driver shortage cuts bus routes between Snohomish, King counties
Sound Transit cut 18 daily trips on express routes through March 19. Meanwhile, Community Transit is hiring.
Opinion
Editorial: Local health officials should set mask policy
The state schools chief says local health district policy should replace the state’s mask mandate.
Opinion
Comment: Mask mandates were a good idea that didn’t work
Masks, especially N95s, still have their place, but what’s worked has been high rates of vaccination.
Opinion
Comment: We may not wait for covid numbers to call ‘all clear’
In past pandemics, illness and deaths continued for years while society went on with little notice.
Local News
Families: Loved ones behind bars are not ‘in good spirits’
In a letter, they dispute the characterization by the state Corrections secretary after her visit in Monroe.
Local News
Inslee: Mask mandate is going away, but not quite yet
The governor said he’ll say exactly when next week. Meanwhile, a pause on elective surgeries will end Feb.…
Northwest
COVID-19 hospitalizations falling throughout Washington
Health officials say the end of the omicron wave will likely persist for at least a few more…
Local News
Judges: Even in quarantine, county inmates get court hearings
The jail now must give medically isolated inmates a way to attend virtual court, two judges ruled, citing…
Local News
Corrections officers, inmates frustrated and fatigued by COVID
In a visit to the Monroe prison, Corrections Secretary Cheryl Strange said the response to the pandemic is…
Opinion
Comment: Why it feels like failure when friend refuses logic
When we can’t convince someone we love to get the vaccine why are we certain we’ve done it…
Local News
Snohomish County turns a corner on omicron, but it’s not over
Officials expect COVID-19 cases to rapidly decline in the next few weeks. Hospitalizations are also decreasing.
Local News
Attorney General sues company behind ‘sham testing centers’
The Center for COVID Control ran sites in Everett and Lynnwood. A lawsuit alleges they gave invalid results,…
Local News
‘Few core staff left’: Droves of nurses take high-paying travel jobs
One nurse at Providence in Everett estimated travel nurses made up 80% of her unit. The consensus is…
Local News
Hospital lost 1% of staff to vax mandate, so why the shortage?
The requirement hardly made a dent in local nursing ranks. Blame burnout and issues brewing for years, officials…
Opinion
Comment: After 2 years of pandemic why aren’t we better at it?
We need to address the deficiencies and inequities in our system that covid has plainly exposed.
Northwest
State trooper who told off Inslee over vaccine mandate dies from COVID
Rather than get vaccinated, Robert LaMay resigned. He died of COVID three months later.