April 16, 2020, 8:25am Nation & World
The ranks of America's unemployed swelled toward Great Depression-era levels Thursday in an unprecedented collapse that intensified the push-pull from the White House on down over how and when to lift the coronovirus restrictions that have crippled the economy. Read story
April 16, 2020, 8:13am Health
Before stay-at-home orders are lifted, the nation's public health agencies want to be ready to douse any new sparks of coronavirus infection — a task they say could require tens of thousands more investigators to call people who test positive, track down their contacts and get them into quarantine. Read story
April 16, 2020, 6:03am Business
In early March, hotel owners saw cancellations start to trickle in because COVID-19 had spread to the U.S. Read story
April 16, 2020, 6:02am Clark County News
A team of four recent college graduates in Washington -- one of whom is also a Columbia River High School graduate -- have launched a charity initiative called Pledge 1200, which seeks to support small businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story
April 16, 2020, 6:02am Clark County News
Are you a family that was constantly on the go with sports practices, music lessons and the like before COVID-19 shut everything down? We’d like to hear about how you fill your time now. Are you eager to get back to busyness or are you adjusting to a slower pace?… Read story
April 15, 2020, 8:14pm Nation & World
The bills are mounting for Justin Conrad, who lost his warehouse job three weeks ago and is anxiously awaiting his first state-provided unemployment check. Compounding his stress, his state, Connecticut, can’t say when Conrad will get the additional $600 a week in benefits that the federal government is providing in… Read story
April 15, 2020, 6:38pm Clark County Health Free
Last week, Beth Hovee called her primary care provider, concerned that she might have a sinus infection. Read story
April 15, 2020, 6:33pm Clark County News
Sen. Patty Murray joined a group of senior Senate Democrats in introducing a road map Wednesday that would increase testing capacity for COVID-19 nationwide, a document that also highlighted what Murray called the White House’s “continued lack of urgency and leadership.” Read story
April 15, 2020, 4:49pm Nation & World
With a key coronavirus fund nearly exhausted, negotiations are accelerating in Washington over President Donald Trump’s $250 billion emergency request to help smaller employers across the country keep workers on their payroll. Read story
April 15, 2020, 2:45pm Nation & World
In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicenter of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people; millions began traveling through for Lunar New Year celebrations. Read story
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