Opinion
Comment: Can colleges be ready to open by fall? Should they?
The precautions necessary will require changes to dorms, common areas and the daily schedule.
Opinion
Commentary: Finding a COVID-19 vaccine is only the first step
As work on vaccines continues, we also have to prepare the public to trust what is being developed.
Opinion
Harrop: Has social distancing rewired our consumer brain?
Just because businesses reopen doesn’t mean shoppers will resume their former spending habits.
Local News
Edmonds offers up to $1,000 in COVID aid for bills or food
Those earning less than 60% of the median income are eligible for rent and grocery money and more.
Business
Alaska Airlines to require passengers to wear masks
The airline is also blocking middle seats on large planes and aisle seats on small ones through May.
Local News
Lessons from earlier outbreak helped Everett-based USS Kidd
Nearly a quarter of the crew has the coronavirus. Here’s how the they handled the crisis.
Local News
Evergreen State Fair in Monroe is cancelled for 2020
It’s only the third time in 120 years that the fair has been called off due to a…
Local News
Prosecutor says he won’t defend sheriff against recall effort
In a letter, Adam Cornell criticizes Sheriff Adam Fortney’s refusal to enforce the governor’s stay-home order.
Local News
1 in 5 Washington workers have filed unemployment claims
Thousands who have not received benefits have an issue on their application that needs to be resolved.
Local News
100 days in: COVID-19 and the ongoing changes
Public Health Essentials! A blog by the Snohomish Health District.
Business
Tyson meat plant near Tri-Cities to remain closed longer
Out of 1,400 workers, 130 have tested positive for COVID-19 and one person has died.
Opinion
Commentary: What to do to keep reading your local newspaper
As with many businesses, Covid-19 has hurt newspapers. They need readers to speak up for them.
Opinion
Harrop: No matter where you choose to live, life will change
Take or leave the big city, there are now trade-offs to consider thanks to life after COVID-19.
Business
Costco shoppers, you gotta wear masks starting Monday
Whole Foods will offer free masks at the entrance and is “requesting” customers cover their faces.
Sports
Coronavirus forces cancellation of Little League World Series
The national little league tournament had been held every year since 1947.
Local News
Rapid coronavirus tests make drive-thru debut in county
Gov. Inslee clears way for elective surgeries but won’t say how long stay home order will be extended
Local News
42 days in hospital, 25 on ventilator, and now home at last
Peggy Jahn was one the county’s early COVID-19 cases. The Marysville woman overcame steep odds.
Northwest
Watch Gov. Jay Inslee’s Wednesday news conference here
He is to be joined by other state officials to provide an update on the COVID-19 response.
Local News
Inslee challenger seeks to block ban on religious gatherings
The GOP candidate for governor says he’s been prevented from conducting Bible studies in his home.
Local News
$317 million Everett school bond bound for August vote
Board members say passage of the measure will help the community recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.