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Inslee extends stay-home order through May

Inslee extends stay-home order through May

Governor announces phases for lifting virus restrictions

Inslee extends stay-home order through May
Gov. Inslee aims for cautious reopening

Gov. Inslee aims for cautious reopening

‘We want to make sure we wrestle this beast to the ground’

Gov. Inslee aims for cautious reopening

Medical restrictions eased after hospital group urges action

Gov. Jay Inslee eased restrictions on elective medical procedures after a hospital industry group said patients in Washington state were… Continue reading

Washington’s stay-at-home order won’t be lifted Monday

Washington’s stay-at-home order won’t be lifted Monday

More details to come Friday

Washington’s stay-at-home order won’t be lifted Monday

Weekly flight operations scheduled in Coupeville

This week’s schedule of field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex has been amended, here… Continue reading

USS Nimitz heads for training exercise after quarantine, testing

USS Nimitz heads for training exercise after quarantine, testing

BREMERTON – The USS Nimitz has left on a training mission after a 27-day quarantine period aboard the aircraft carrier. All hands were tested for… Continue reading

USS Nimitz heads for training exercise after quarantine, testing

Hospital group urges Inslee to ease medical restrictions

WSHA says facilities have plenty of capacity amid a decline in COVID-19 patients

Washington mental hospital staff call virus testing unsafe

Washington mental hospital staff call virus testing unsafe

Employees say state failed to protect staff, patients at Western State

Washington mental hospital staff call virus testing unsafe
Governor could extend stay-at-home order later this week

Governor could extend stay-at-home order later this week

Gov. Jay Inslee’s chief of staff David Postman said Tuesday that Inslee could announce an extension of the state’s COVID-19-related… Continue reading

Governor could extend stay-at-home order later this week
Inslee: Construction projects can resume, with distancing

Inslee: Construction projects can resume, with distancing

Contractors must develop, post a plan at each site

Inslee: Construction projects can resume, with distancing
Supreme Court denies request for more inmates to be released

Supreme Court denies request for more inmates to be released

A divided state Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request to release thousands of inmates from the… Continue reading

Supreme Court denies request for more inmates to be released
Inslee: Stay-at-home order working, changes to be data-led

Inslee: Stay-at-home order working, changes to be data-led

Snohomish County sheriff says he won’t enforce governor’s order

Inslee: Stay-at-home order working, changes to be data-led
Inslee to detail plan for coronavirus recovery

Inslee to detail plan for coronavirus recovery

Gov. Jay Inslee will speak Tuesday evening and detail a plan for Washington state’s recovery from the coronavirus outbreak. There have been… Continue reading

Inslee to detail plan for coronavirus recovery

Navy submits plans to monitor jet noise

The U.S. Navy has announced plans to monitor jet noise around Naval Air Station Whidbey Island and a base… Continue reading

New swab material to boost COVID-19 testing process

New swab material to boost COVID-19 testing process

As state and federal leaders develop plans to re-open the country after weeks of a coronavirus… Continue reading

New swab material to boost COVID-19 testing process
Some US manufacturers reopening amid fierce political heat

Some US manufacturers reopening amid fierce political heat

Boeing and a small number of other manufacturers around the U.S. geared… Continue reading

Some US manufacturers reopening amid fierce political heat
Lacking US coordination, states team up on when to reopen

Lacking US coordination, states team up on when to reopen

‘We need a coordinated approach between the federal government and the states’

Lacking US coordination, states team up on when to reopen
Inslee blasts Trump for ‘fomenting domestic rebellion’

Inslee blasts Trump for ‘fomenting domestic rebellion’

‘He is putting millions of people in danger of contracting COVID-19’

Inslee blasts Trump for ‘fomenting domestic rebellion’

Lawsuit filed seeking greater protections for farmworkers

Advocates for farm workers in Washington state have filed a lawsuit against the state seeking safer working conditions as the harvest season begins… Continue reading