April 15, 2020, 12:20pm Business Free
Washington’s unemployment rate increased to 5.1% last month and the state’s economy lost more than 11,000 jobs, though officials noted that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the workforce isn’t likely to be fully reflected until the April report is released next month. Read story
April 15, 2020, 11:41am Clark County Health Free
Clark County Public Health confirmed eight new COVID-19 cases Wednesday morning. Read story
April 15, 2020, 8:59am Latest News
Government relief checks began arriving in Americans’ bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wednesday and the reopening of stores in Europe and China made it clear that business won’t necessarily bounce right back when the crisis eases. Read story
April 15, 2020, 8:58am Nation & World
The IRS is bracing for another epidemic — scammers trying to get their hands on the $1,200 payments being sent out to millions of Americans to bolster the economy. Read story
April 15, 2020, 8:46am Nation & World
The European Union moved Wednesday to head off a chaotic and potentially disastrous easing of restrictions that are limiting the spread of the coronavirus, warning its 27 nations to move very cautiously as they return to normal life and base their actions on scientific advice. Read story
April 15, 2020, 8:34am Latest News
Even once the broad restrictions currently in place in Washington in response to the coronavirus are lifted, health officials said Tuesday that for months to come the “new normal” will continue to look a lot like daily life does now: teleworking, physical distancing and use of masks in public. Read story
April 15, 2020, 6:03am Clark County News
The sudden shift to distance education has put school districts on the hook to provide classroom instruction from afar, frequently in the form of a video classroom. Read story
April 15, 2020, 6:01am Clark County News
The Oregon Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that it has put out a request for proposals for a general contractor for the Interstate 5 Rose Quarter project, which would add exit and merge lanes to a roughly 2-mile stretch of the freeway between the junctions with Interstates 84 and 405. Read story
April 15, 2020, 6:00am Business
Congratulations on making it to Tax Day — or at least, what would have been Tax Day. Read story
April 14, 2020, 7:39pm Life
When COVID-19 came to Nepal, attention turned to an unlikely group of victims: hundreds of monkeys, cows and pigeons. Read story
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