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Domestic violence calls to Vancouver police up

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April 14, 2020, 6:02am Clark County Health

Reports of domestic violence to the Vancouver Police Department started to climb in late February as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic began being felt locally. Read story

David White, co-owner of Hidden House Market, greets customer Jennifer Calvery of Vancouver as she picks up her takeout order Thursday morning. The restaurant is still serving takeout food, as well as curbside grocery pickup.

Vancouver businesses face rent issues

David White, co-owner of Hidden House Market, greets customer Jennifer Calvery of Vancouver as she picks up her takeout order Thursday morning. The restaurant is still serving takeout food, as well as curbside grocery pickup.

April 14, 2020, 6:01am Business

April is here, and that means many of Vancouver’s small businesses have had to grapple with one of the more challenging aspects of the ongoing COIVD-19 crisis: how to pay their rent. Read story

The Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason, left, and the Right Rev. Gregory H. Rickel, bow to an empty sanctuary as they begin a live streamed Easter service at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Seattle. Christians around the world are celebrating Easter at a distance, with many churches closed and family gatherings canceled amid wide-ranging shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Washington officials ponder easing of restrictions

The Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason, left, and the Right Rev. Gregory H. Rickel, bow to an empty sanctuary as they begin a live streamed Easter service at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Seattle. Christians around the world are celebrating Easter at a distance, with many churches closed and family gatherings canceled amid wide-ranging shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic.

April 13, 2020, 7:00pm Northwest

Health authorities battling the coronavirus outbreak are trying to figure out how and when social distancing restrictions that have shut down many things across Washington can be modified or ended. Read story

Patients and medical workers wear personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns outside the emergency room at NYU Langone Medical Center, Monday, April 13, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Confirmed cases of coronavirus surpass 2 million worldwide

Patients and medical workers wear personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns outside the emergency room at NYU Langone Medical Center, Monday, April 13, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

April 13, 2020, 6:58pm Health

New York’s coronavirus death toll topped 10,000 even as the lack of fresh hot spots in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world yielded a ray of optimism and fueled discussions Monday about how some places might begin to reopen. Read story

FILE - In this April 3, 2020, file photo, a car exits the drive-thru of a PNC Bank in downtown Scranton, Pa. Americans are beginning to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts this week. The IRS tweeted Saturday, April 11, 2020, that it had begun depositing funds into taxpayers' bank accounts and would be working to get them out as fast as it can.

IRS begins sending out virus relief money

FILE - In this April 3, 2020, file photo, a car exits the drive-thru of a PNC Bank in downtown Scranton, Pa. Americans are beginning to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts this week. The IRS tweeted Saturday, April 11, 2020, that it had begun depositing funds into taxpayers' bank accounts and would be working to get them out as fast as it can.

April 13, 2020, 4:44pm Nation & World

Americans are beginning to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts. Read story

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, a man does maintenance work between razor wire-topped fences at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Wash. Inmates at the prison filed a motion Thursday, April 9, 2020, with the Washington state Supreme Court asking it to order Gov. Jay Inslee and Department of Corrections Secretary Stephen Sinclair to release inmates who are 60 years old or older, those with underlying health conditions, and any who are close to their release date after almost a dozen people at the prison tested positive for the new coronavirus.

Washington to release almost 1,000 inmates amid outbreak

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016, file photo, a man does maintenance work between razor wire-topped fences at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Wash. Inmates at the prison filed a motion Thursday, April 9, 2020, with the Washington state Supreme Court asking it to order Gov. Jay Inslee and Department of Corrections Secretary Stephen Sinclair to release inmates who are 60 years old or older, those with underlying health conditions, and any who are close to their release date after almost a dozen people at the prison tested positive for the new coronavirus.

April 13, 2020, 3:50pm Latest News

Washington state will release nearly 1,000 inmates serving time for nonviolent offenses to create more space in its prisons after a coronavirus outbreak spread in one of its largest facilities, officials said Monday. Read story

In this 2008 photo provided by John Pijanowski, Pijanowski's father Don Pijanowski, who died of COVID-19 on April 1, 2020, poses during his first visit to Yankee Stadium in New York. Unable to be with their father during his final moments, Pijanowski's sons asked a nurse at a hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., to tell him they loved him.

Dying alone: Coronavirus keeps family from loved ones at end

In this 2008 photo provided by John Pijanowski, Pijanowski's father Don Pijanowski, who died of COVID-19 on April 1, 2020, poses during his first visit to Yankee Stadium in New York. Unable to be with their father during his final moments, Pijanowski's sons asked a nurse at a hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., to tell him they loved him.

April 13, 2020, 2:45pm Nation & World

Don Pijanowski was not surrounded by loved ones when he died. Read story

Clark County adds 19 coronavirus cases and one death over weekend

April 13, 2020, 12:01pm Clark County Health Free

Clark County Public Health confirmed 19 new novel coronavirus cases Monday morning and one new death. Read story

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal talks to the media about the decision to close schools in three counties in response to COVID-19, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. All public and private K-12 schools in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties will be closed for six weeks, and Gov. Jay Inslee said there could be closures in more counties soon.

State superintendent says even fall may be too soon to return to school

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal talks to the media about the decision to close schools in three counties in response to COVID-19, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. All public and private K-12 schools in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties will be closed for six weeks, and Gov. Jay Inslee said there could be closures in more counties soon.

April 13, 2020, 10:54am Editor's Choice Free

For stressed-out parents who wonder when all of this will end, the experts can offer only a few not-very-helpful charts. Read story

The Space Needle is seen through the round opening of a sculpture at the Seattle Center in Seattle.

How the coronavirus overwhelmed Washington’s early efforts to contain it

The Space Needle is seen through the round opening of a sculpture at the Seattle Center in Seattle.

April 13, 2020, 10:30am Latest News

The Sammamish Lunar New Year Celebration was one day away, but as Jun Wang and her companions unpacked boxes of red lanterns for the Jan. 25 festival, they couldn’t ignore the panic all around them. Read story