COVID-19

Many have asserted that COVID robbed students in Washington State with regards to learning, and that post-pandemic, it would be a gradual climb to return to pre-pandemic levels. That could become more challenging based on a recent report.

Dickert took over as interim coach back in 2021 after Nick Rolovich was fired.

The Department cited "circumstances resulting from the COVID 19 Pandemic" as the reason for the latest push.

(Richland, WA) -- They're the operation on pause due to less demand. Health officials have announced that UW Medicine is closing the Richland COVID-19 Test Site. The Richland Community Test site opened on September 9, 2021 and completed more than 23,800 tests over the past nine months ...

(Seattle, WA) -- A new COVID vaccine is now in the late stages of testing here in Seattle. Researchers at the University of Washington used tiny protein particles to help develop GPB510 at the UW School of Medicine along with SK Bioscience ...

(Portland, OR) -- Court proceedings continued Tuesday in the murder trial of a romance novelist accused of murdering her longtime husband. Nancy Crampton-Brophy is accused of shooting and killing her 63-year-old husband Daniel Brophy in June of 2018 ...

(Connell, WA) -- The Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell is dealing with an apparent spike in COVID-19. According to the state Department of Corrections, the facility currently has 186 active cases of covid. That makes up almost all of the total 199 active cases in prisons statewide ...

(Blaine, WA) -- Washingtonians who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can soon travel into Canada without having to show a negative test result. The Canadian health minister announced Thursday that the nation will stop requiring COVID-19 tests from fully vaccinated travelers starting April 1st ...

(Olympia, WA) -- The CDC says COVID-19 levels are low enough that most of the country can stop wearing masks. Washington Governor Jay Inslee says the State Department of Health is reviewing the updated guidance from the CDC. He says March 21st remains the current date for ending Washington's indoor mask requirements ...

(Richland, WA) -- The Richland School District Board recently voted in favor of defying Washington state's indoor mask mandate. There's been a great deal of controversy and confusion since then--prompting two emergency closures, and a rally at Richland's John Dam Plaza ...