Coronavirus – covid-19

The Chelan-Douglas Health District (CDHD) will be offering a drive-thru style COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Entiat Friday. According to the district, the clinic will run from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Fire District 8 at 2200 Entiat Way. CDHD will administer the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to anyone 18 years of age and older. Pr ...

Governor Inslee updated masking guidance for workplaces in Washington as more are re-opening. Wenatchee Valley Chamber Governmental Affairs Director Sasha Sleiman says the new guidelines can be pretty nuanced. "The gist of it is that fully vaccinated employees do not have to wear their masks or socially distance at work unless their employer still requires it ...

The Link Transit Board of Directors authorized a move to continue their fare-free pilot program through at least June of 2022. Communications Coordinator Eric West said fares only amount to roughly $650,000 in a normal year. "While that's not an insignificant amount of money in proportion of our overall budget, it's only a few percent ...

FEMA is getting the word out that it is now offering financial assistance for funeral expenses from COVID-19 deaths. According to the agency, the reimbursement comes with several restrictions. First, the expense must have been incurred after January 20th, 2020 and must not have been reimbursed by other financial sources ...

Chelan-Douglas Health Officer Dr. Malcolm Butler seemed cautiously optimistic during a health board update Monday as new COVID-19 cases dropped by 6.5% last week. According to Butler, the two county area is at about the same level in terms of case rate as it was during the peak of the first wave ...

A Grant County resident in his 20s died from COVID-19, the youngest resident to die from the virus in the County during the pandemic. The death was part of a group of five reported by the Health District Tuesday. GCHD says all five deaths occurred in people with underlying health conditions which put them at higher risk of severe complications if they got infected ...

Eastmont School District is preparing to submit its Student Well Being Recovery Plan to the state by June 1st. Assistant Superintendent Matt Charlton said every district in Washington that accepted federal stimulus funds is required to show their plan on how they are going to help students recover academically and emotionally ...

State Superintendent Chris Reykdal says all school districts will be required to offer full-time, in-person learning in the fall though they can provide alternative virtual options if desired. He says there will still be masking requirements ...

Governor Jay Inslee announced Thursday that most business restrictions related to COVID-19 will be lifted statewide June 30th. The move represents a shift from a strategy based on COVID-19 infection-related metrics to a strategy based on vaccinations ...

The Chelan Douglas Health District released an update to their usually-weekly thermographic Thursday. According to the district, things continue to improve in the two county area. The region's two-week case rate now stands at 100 per 100,000 people, a 27% improvement from when the thermographic was last updated 10 days ago ...