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Unintended consequence or bureaucratic power grab? Given the things being ordered behind locked doors of government offices, I’ll take the latter. Tonight, March 25, when the clock strikes midnight, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife is banning all fishing and boating statewide. This closure comes on the heels of a previous order to ban all camping on publicly owned, state-managed lands. The closures, Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say, is in keeping with G... Full story
WEST PLAINS – A $2.2 trillion stimulus package passed unanimously by the Senate late Wednesday night contains $377 billion in funding designed to help small businesses. “There is a lot of relief targeted at small businesses,” Washington 5th District Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers told West Plains Chamber of Commerce members during a call Thursday morning. “There was a sense that we had to get relief to small businesses,” she added. “This is a backstop to help our economy.” The funding is federally guaranteed, Small Business Admin...
RITZVILLE — Business groups around Eastern Washington are conducting surveys on the impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus and the response by government agencies. Adams County Economic Development in Ritzville, West Plains Chamber of Commerce in Airway Heights, the Southeast Washington Economic Development Association in Colfax are among them. The goal of the surveys is to learn about business needs in the wake of Gov. Jay Inslee’s orders to shut down or limit most business activities statewide because of the pandemic. The sur... Full story
AIRWAY HEIGHTS -- Fairchild Air Force Base has upgraded its health protection condition from Bravo to Charlie in response to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's proclamation issued Monday night, March 23, to residents to stay home. In a March 24 news release, officials said base access is now limited to Department of Defense identification card holders and those required to work on base, with few exceptions. The 92nd Medical Group main campus remains open from 7:30 -- 11:30 a.m. Monday -- Friday for COVID-19 testing and the... Full story
SEATTLE -- The King County judge who initially blocked the $30 car-tab cap denied most of the challenges to the taxpayer-approved measure. Superior Court Judge Marshall Ferguson ruled this morning, Tuesday, March 24, that the measure meets constitutional muster and can go into effect. But he severed parts of the measure that related to how vehicle valuations are calculated in the Puget Sound region. Those valuations provide the basis for Sound Transit to collect taxes to expan... Full story
