Inslee announces construction work can resume

PORT ANGELES – Thousands of construction workers got the go-ahead to get back to work Friday when Gov. Inslee announced a plan to allow what he termed “low risk construction” to resume as soon as he signs
Here are the links and details for Monday’s virtual Sequim Council meeting

SEQUIM — The City of Sequim will hold a virtual City Council meeting on Monday, April 27 at 6:00 p.m. Members of the public can listen to the meeting live and follow the agenda and agenda packet
Clallam Recovery Shelter is open

PORT ANGELES – The Clallam County Recovery Center in Port Angeles is now open seven days a week from 9:00 am – 7:00 pm but is also available for folks to use overnight if necessary. The Shelter
No new COVID-19 positive tests for nine days in Clallam County

PORT ANGELES – Clallam County continues to hold steady for COVID-19 cases. Still no more positive test results as of Friday. It’s been nine days since the last positive test result in Clallam County. Currently there are
Smithfield Foods employee sues over working conditions amid coronavirus crisis
Bill Oxford/iStockBy JAMES HILL and CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC NEWS (SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) — Members of a rural workers’ rights group and an anonymous employee at a Missouri Smithfield Foods processing plant have sued the company alleging “horrific”
Nursing home pleas for protective gear will be answered, Pence tells governors
OlegAlbinsky/iStock By KATHERINE FAULDERS AND ALLISON PECORIN, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Mike Pence told governors today that the federal government will be answering the pleas that have been coming for weeks from American nursing homes
Pelosi mocks Trump's disinfectant claims, pushes aid for hard-hit states
uschools/iStockBy MARIAM KHAN, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday, wearing a scarf she used as a facial covering amid the pandemic, took shots at both President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch
Family of man killed by police in Walmart angered by lack of notification, calls for investigation
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStockBy CHRISTINA CARREGA, ABC NEWS (SAN LEANDRO, Calif.) — The grandmother of a bat-wielding man, who was shocked by two stun guns, and fatally shot by police officers inside a Walmart, is still waiting for notification from
DHS study Trump touted on sunlight, heat killing virus preliminary, not peer-reviewed
memoriesarecaptured/iStockBy ELIZABETH THOMAS (WASHINGTON) — For months, President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that as warmer weather comes to the U.S., the deadly coronavirus might “disappear,” as he memorably put it, “like a miracle.” “Now, the virus
New York man accused of hoarding COVID-19 materials for price gouging
Marilyn Nieves/iStock By AARON KATERSKY AND JUSTIN DOOM, ABC NEWS (NEW YORK) — In what prosecutors are calling the first criminal case in the U.S. charged under the Defense Production Act, the owner of a sneaker and