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  • State will be tracing infected residents' movements, personal interactions

    Roger Harnack, Publisher|May 7, 2020

    OLYMPIA — If you test positive for conoravirus, be prepared to be quarantined at home. That’s the message Gov. Jay Inslee shared during a Tuesday afternoon press conference on his plan for “contact tracing” of the virus. Under his plan, anyone who tests positive will be quarantined at home. Moreover, anyone in their immediate family and anyone with whom they’ve had contact, will also be quarantined in their homes. While the governor called the plan “voluntary,” he also acknowledged that the state will be keeping tabs on you. Inslee said h...

  • EWU looking at $2.1 million in athletic budget cuts

    John McCallum, Cheney Free Press|May 7, 2020

    CHENEY – Eastern Washington University’s Athletics Department is eyeing an estimated $2.1 million loss in revenue, Athletics Director Lynn Hickey said during the weekly “Lunch & Learn” show on the department’s Facebook page. Hickey told host Larry Weir on Tuesday, May 12, that the estimated loss comes from an anticipated reduction in student fees, although there will be revenue losses as well as the university looks at the possibility of changes to fan attendance at sporting events as a result of measures to deal with controlling the spread of...