Medical Lake to receive $150,000 from CARES act

MEDICAL LAKE — The city of Medical Lake has been granted $150,000 from the CARES act. The funding is part of the money the bill provides to state and local governments to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

City administrator Doug Ross told the city council at the May 20 council meeting that there are limitations to what the money can be spent on. Currently, he said, he’s trying to gage where the need is.

“I have been calling some of our businesses to see what they need, outside of money,” Ross said. “Personal protection equipment was by far the answer I got.”

Ross said he’s already looked at wa...