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Published: 19 March 2020

Kh'Merrion 14, gets some food to go from volunteer Nikkita Oliver at the Feed the Beach, free lunch table March 13th at Rainier Beach Community Center Plaza. (photo by Susan Fried) 

Hot lunches are served on Tuesdays and Thursdays to students who attend school in the Rainier Beach Community until the schools re-open again

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Written by GILLIAN FLACCUS and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press

Published: 17 March 2020

A sign indicating that only carry-out or delivery options are available hangs in the window of a closed Chipotle restaurant in Portland, Ore., Monday, March 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus) 

The most vulnerable homeless residents given vouchers for hotel and motel rooms, and evictions suspended for those affected by the coronavirus

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Published: 17 March 2020

 

New measures include social distancing, hospital capacity increase, and a new order to prevent price gouging

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Written by By LAURAN NEERGAARD and CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writers

Published: 16 March 2020

The first vaccine shot tested for coronavirus is administered in Seattle(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) 

Monday scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute in Seattle begin an anxiously awaited first-stage study of a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed in record time

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Written by RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press

Published: 16 March 2020

Tyler Baldwin mops the floor after closing for the night at the Taproom at Pike Place, Sunday, March 15, 2020 (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) 

The ban wouldn't apply to grocery stores and pharmacies and that restaurants could continue take-out and delivery services

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Published: 15 March 2020

 

Jails, libraries and schools close and Port of Seattle issues new rules for travelers as emergency measures are taken across the nation

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Written by ANDREW SELSKY and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press

Published: 13 March 2020

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In a letter, doctors acknowledge that Gov. Brown is in a difficult situation managing the crisis but said they are unequipped to handle the influx of patients that could come

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Published: 12 March 2020

 

$250 million housing services program would be funded through business tax

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Published: 12 March 2020

 

The Oregon Health Authority reported two men in their 80s at the Oregon Veterans' Home in Lebanon have become infected with COVID-19, with the statewide total being 21

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Published: 10 March 2020

A worker wears a mask as he loads new supplies of gloves, gowns, and other protective gear onto a cart at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash. Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) 

After 19 deaths from the coronavirus are linked to the Life Care Center, Gov. Jay Inslee outlines a list of requirements for long-term care facilities, including limits on visitors and screening workers for symptoms