December 4, 2020, 4:29pm Courts & Crime
Prior to Wednesday’s jail work session, a coalition of nonprofit groups — American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Columbia Legal Services, Disability Rights Washington, NAMI Southwest Washington and Washington Defender Association — penned a letter urging Clark County to maintain a low inmate population. Read story
December 4, 2020, 4:22pm Clark County News
Clark County criminal justice officials and county councilors met Wednesday to discuss reducing the jail’s inmate population amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic, concluding that the issue needs to be fixed fast while keeping the facility’s long-term goals in mind. Read story
December 4, 2020, 8:33am Health Free
The number of patients newly hospitalized with COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, in Washington state is growing faster than at any other time during the pandemic, according to state data and Dr. Kathy Lofy, Washington’s top public health officer. Read story
December 4, 2020, 8:30am Health
The Washington state Department of Social and Health Services will send teams of registered nurses and other health care workers to long-term care facilities across the state with staffing shortages caused by the pandemic, officials said. Read story
December 4, 2020, 8:30am Health Free
Washingtonians can now be notified by their smartphones if they have possibly been exposed to someone with COVID-19. Read story
December 3, 2020, 8:55pm Northwest
Washington saw a sharp decline in new unemployment claims last week, but the total number of people without a job is still roughly 50 percent higher than before the pandemic. Read story
December 3, 2020, 8:54pm Northwest
Idaho’s Schweitzer Mountain Resort threatened Thursday to close unless skiers and snowboarders start voluntarily masking up. Read story
December 3, 2020, 7:56pm Clark County Health Free
Clark County reported 296 new COVID-19 cases over two days on Thursday but no new deaths. Read story
December 3, 2020, 7:25pm Business
The latest round of outdoor-dining-only restaurant restrictions led to sweeping service industry layoffs in the past two weeks, accounting for nearly all of Clark County’s jobless claim increases. Read story
December 3, 2020, 2:25pm Latest News Free
The U.S. recorded more than 3,100 COVID-19 deaths in a single day, obliterating the record set last spring, while the number of Americans in the hospital with the virus has eclipsed 100,000 for the first time and new cases have begun topping 200,000 a day, according to figures released Thursday. Read story
