Coronavirus

Washington's mask order may be revisited in the near future. A statement from Gov. Jay Inslee reported by KING 5 says the state is tracking COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. The statement said that the state is optimistic the numbers will continue to decline in a way that will let them revisit the mask requirements in the near future ...

Governor Jay Inslee praised the state's continued COVID-19 vaccine rollout Thursday. According to the state COVID-19 Data Dashboard, which was last updated Monday, Washington State is approaching 1 million vaccines administered. Inslee said he is pleased that the Biden Administration was able to make a deal Thursday for 200 million more vaccine doses from Pfizer and Moderna "This is ultimatel

The Wenatchee School Board took at look at its hybrid instruction rollout last week while also examining their path moving forward. Superintendent Dr. Paul Gordon says the district's slow and methodical phased return of students has been effective ...

Governor Jay Inslee further spoke Thursday on the state's efforts to partner with retailers and pharmacies across the state to administer COVID-19 vaccinations. Inslee said that while businesses like Costco, Safeway, Amazon, CVS and Walgreens are all helping to give vaccinations, the private sector still needs to step up distribution ...

Samaritan Healthcare will be offering a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination event Wednesday at Quincy High School beginning at 9:00 am. According to the Grant County Health District only those eligible under Phase 1A or 1B1 can get vaccinated, which includes any healthcare workers, anyone over the age of 65, and anyone over the age of 50 living in multigenerational housing ...

The Washington State Department of Health gave its first weekly update to Governor Jay Inslee's Healthy Washington - Roadmap to Recovery plan. According to the department, all eight regions in Washington will remain in Phase 1 until at least Monday, January 25th ...

The Chelan Douglas Health District announced the deaths of six more residents from COVID-19. According to the Health Department, Chelan County had four of the deaths and Douglas County 2. The Chelan County victims were two males in their 50's and 90's, respectively, while two females in the 70's and 80's from Chelan County passed away as well ...

Governor Jay Inslee announced Tuesday that the "Healthy Washington - Roadmap to Recovery" reopening plan will replace the previous phased reopening plan. Inslee said that, instead of each county applying to move to the next phase, counties will now be grouped into regions that will move ahead automatically after meeting four target metrics ...

Just because the calendar has turned over to 2021 doesn't mean the general circumstances we're experiencing are different. Behavioral Health Strike Team Co-lead Dr. Kira Mauseth said the start of vaccinations has bolstered resilience, and resilience remains critical in these next several months ...

A new, more infectious variant of coronavirus has now spread to at least 32 countries and three U.S. states. The virus was first discovered in Colorado, but was reportedly found in both California and Florida over the weekend. Deputy Secretary of Health Lacy Fehrenbach said that although the new variant, called lineage B ...