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Illinois making vaccine available to weekend travelers

May. 27, 2021 07:54 AM EDT
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — COVID-19 vaccines will be available to Memorial Day weekend travelers up and down Illinois. The state announced...

Ridership on Washington ferries plummeted in 2020

Jan. 18, 2021 03:51 PM EST
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Ridership on vessels in the Washington State Ferries fleet plummeted in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but officials are...

In this November 12, 2020 image taken from video, actor Bill Murray takes part in a virtual production of "Poetry for the Pandemic." Murray is set to play Job in a biblical reading designed to spark meaningful conversations across spiritual and political divides. (Theater of War Productions via AP)
A unique recipe for healing: Bill Murray and a biblical text

By Elana Schor And Andrew Welsh-Huggins Dec. 06, 2020 09:57 AM EST

Businesses fined, warned over COVID-19 mask violations

Dec. 02, 2020 09:04 AM EST
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The vast majority of Skagit County businesses are complying with emergency rules to curb the spread of COVID-19, but a few have been...

Government grant seeks to help small-scale meat processors

Oct. 26, 2020 09:22 AM EDT
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Department of Agriculture is offering COVID-19 relief grants to small-scale meat processors to help them cover...

Virus sickens 21 at Mount Vernon nursing home

Jul. 07, 2020 04:01 PM EDT
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A Mount Vernon nursing home is experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19 among residents and employees, Skagit County health officials...

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP)
US choir outbreak called 'superspreader event' in report

By Carla K. Johnson May. 12, 2020 01:58 PM EDT