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OLYMPIA – Gov. Jay Inslee vetoed a health information privacy bill Tuesday, May 18, because it may impede efforts to “incentivize” coronavirus vaccinations. House Bill 1127 – sponsored by Rep. Virginia “Jenny” Graham, R-Spokane, and others – would have provided increased protections for a person’s private health care information collected by non-health care providers and facilities under coronavirus protocols. Gov. Inslee called the language of the bill “very broad,” suggestin...
PASCO – While a number have candidates have filed for office this week, so far there are not any competitive races. Candidate filing week started Monday and concludes Friday, both in-person and on-line. As of 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19 – about halfway through the filing week – the following candidates had filed for the 27 offices that are up for grabs in the Nov. 2 general election: Connell City Council • Position No. 1/Mayor – Lee Barrow of Connell • Position No. 2 – John White of Connell • Position No. 3 – Patricia Barr...
VALE, Ore. - First there were two. Now, there are seven. During Tuesday's special election, voters in Baker, Grant, Lake, Malheur and Sherman counties approved of efforts to realign the Oregon-Idaho border to the west as the first step in joining Idaho. They join Jefferson and Union counties in supporting the "Greater Idaho" effort. Last November, voters in Jefferson and Union counties approved ballot measures calling on their officials to study seceding from Oregon and...
RITZVILLE — Rolling lane closures will take place today, May 19, on U.S. Highway 395 between milepost 75 and 80, south of Ritzville. The closures began at 9 a.m. and continue until about 3:30 p.m. The Spokane Regional Transportation Management Center said to expect slow-moving traffic and short delays up to five minutes....
PALOUSE FALLS - A hikers was airlifted from Palouse Falls State Park to an area hospital Tuesday afternoon after he was knocked unconscious by a falling rock and hoisted from the waterfall basin. The man and his wife were hiking near the bottom of the falls when a rock "described as being the size of a football" fell and struck him, knocking him unconscious, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office reported. The 28-year-old man, whose name has yet to be released, was hoisted out o...