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Use yoga to destress Do groceries need to be disinfected? Tips for grocery shopping in person Three side-by-side illustrations of a person doing things: sweeping, jumping on a tramploint and reading a book while eating a bag of snacks Easy day-planning for parents who home-school Annie Franklin, daughter of Local Pumpkin owners Cathy and John Franklin, prepares produce boxes for delivery. The Pasco business has seen a spike in demand for their produce and milk product boxes since the start of the coronavirus outbreak Local Pumpkin, a Tri-Cities produce delivery service, sees business boom as consumers stay home Battelle begins decontaminating Washington state masks for reuse during COVID-19 outbreak Ben Franklin Transit suspends five routes to limit COVID-19 transmission Seattle Refined features Kennewick’s Madison Rosenbaum as ‘artist of the week’ 2nd Harvest gives away 8,500 pounds of food to people in need Thousands of Chinese softly mourn virus whistleblower

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Washington state reports 17 new coronavirus deaths and 187 new cases Jessie Van Marter is 25 weeks into a high-risk pregnancy. She is due on July 23. Here she is surrounded by her son, Zane Richardson, 7, left, her husband Matt and youngest son, Matthew, 2, at their apartment on East South Riverton in Spokane. New moms and moms-to-be in Spokane face extra challenges during pandemic State Supreme Court orders DOC to report plan for inmate protection from COVID-19 Trump claims authority on deciding when to relax social distancing guidelines U.S. passes 22,000 coronavirus deaths Migrant farmer Martin Zavala-Martinez prunes a pear tree at Avalon Orchards in Parkdale, Ore., Thursday, April 2, 2020. Immigrant farmworkers face coronavirus information challenges IRS to launch 'Get My Payment' web application for people who filed 2018 or 2019 to add direct deposit information and get paid faster Smithfield Foods CEO warns that U.S. meat supply is 'perilously close' to a shortage Empty virus-era NYC, as seen from a motorbike

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WSU creates ‘vulnerability index,’ mapping out parts of the state vulnerable to COVID-19 using combined risk factors including age and population density Apple, Google partner to bring COVID-19 contact-tracing to curb transmission Banning evictions won't end a housing crisis A member of the medical staff shows a used sample container at a test centre for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Havelhoehe community hospital in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 2020 How Germany's meticulous tracing of infection helped prevent transmission and built COVID-19 defences Fauci Says U.S. coronavirus death predictions fall sharply to 'more like 60,000 than the 100,000 to 200,000' thanks to nationwide efforts to flatten the curve Former Tri-Citian of the Year, Don Pratt, dies hiking Badger Mountain Jay Inslee and an ASL interperter speaking at a press conference Inslee announces $5 million grant for WA small businesses

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A Boots employee wearing a face mask, standing behind a protective screen at a checkout stand in London UK shows signs of flattening the curve A person leaving a restaurant with bags of takeout Does takeout just put workers at risk, or does it also save restaurants? Tri-Cities woman powers through mask making, donating over 700 masks to nurses Detroit hospital nurses ordered to leave after refusing to work without additional help

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California and Washington receive praise for social distancing efforts, reducing transmission of COVID-19 Inslee slashes state budget, expecting drop in revenue Second U.S. company to begin coronavirus vaccine safety test Silhouete of a person walking close up with an American flag in the background Americans underestimate length of COVID-19 disruptions Kennewick doctor promotes DIY personal protective equipment with Facebook group Tri-Cities builders send plea to include construction as essential while businesses take massive unemployment hits Three ambulances in a garage Hospitals face testing struggles, lack protective gear according to survey