coronavirus COVID-19

Recent studies indicate that poor air quality can make symptoms and outcomes in people with COVID-19 more severe.

The $25,000 donation will support distributing healthy food throughout Benton and Franklin Counties.

For decades at Tri City Raceway, and now in Hermiston, the Walden Family has always had a Labor Day Spectacular with two great days of racing. Not this year.

Uninsured Oregonians who were not able to sign up for private health coverage due to COVID-19 can still enroll.

There will be more persons allowed in certain activities, indoor church and dining with some restrictions and more.

Our friends up North are facing a setback if they don't get their COVID-19 cases under control.

It's interesting to note, the last time we checked, the bulk of WSU student body beginning online, weren't they? And, WSU apparently has a snitch program of it's own in addition to Pullman Police.

Westbound I-84 access will remain closed to prevent back-ups on the freeway.

CBS sports reporting PAC-12 to follow Big 10 in cancellations. Not sure about other three major (power 5) conferences. They now join most of FBS (including the Big Sky with EWU, Montana, Montana State etc) and Division II and III in cancelling for fall.

Only 30 total confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported Monday by the Benton Franklin Health District, continuing an encouraging downward trend.

Word is that city pools and splash pads around the Columbia Basin won't be opening up anytime soon.

Inslee casually tossed off a new list of restrictions for restaurants, bars, weddings, funerals, gyms and more. But the real eye opener was Sec. Wiesman basically blaming the public for alleged rising death rates.