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    Articles by Mitchell Atencio
    Courtesy City of Mercer Island
    Grocery stores across King County implementing “senior hours”
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 23, 2020 1:30 am

    The hours are dedicated time for those at high risk to shop for groceries.

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    King County calls on faith leaders for message of unity
    King County calls on faith leaders for message...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 20, 2020 4:00 pm

    Public Health – Seattle & King County hosted a diversity of faith leaders for a press conference.

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    King County Library System closures and other coronavirus responses
    King County Library System closures and other coronavirus...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 17, 2020 11:30 am

    Late fees will be waived and holds will be extended in response to coronavirus.

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    King County’s new Issaquah quarantine location on March 16, 2020. The County is leasing the former Holiday Inn motel as a quarantine site for coronavirus patient. Natalie DeFord / Staff Photo.
    New quarantine locations to open on Eastside
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 17, 2020 1:30 am

    Public Health Seattle & King County announced new quarantine sites in Issaquah and Bellevue.

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    Saint Katherine’s Orthodox Church in Kirkland, WA, on March 12, 2020. Mitchell Atencio/Staff Photo
    How are faith communities responding to the coronavirus...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 13, 2020 4:30 am

    Faith leaders from the Eastside are working to reschedule or digitize events and services in response to the outbreak.

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    A security guard positions cones as he stands watch in front of the Econo Lodge-turned-coronavirus-quarantine site on Central Avenue North on Tuesday. King County personnel were on site preparing the motel’s transformation into an isolation/quarantine center. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
    Petition calls for King County to stop quarantine...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 11, 2020 2:10 pm

    Citizens, councilmembers question process for choosing locations.

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    Snoqualmie Valley Hospital.
    Snoqualmie Valley Hospital opens testing center for coronavirus
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 10, 2020 1:30 am

    The testing center will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every weekday.

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    Erosion on the shoulder of Westbound SR-18 / Courtesy of WSDOT
    State Route 18 closed westbound between March 6...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 6, 2020 1:30 am

    The State Route will be closed because of an erosion to the road after February’s flooding.

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    State Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks with Reporter staff in 2018. File photo
    AG Ferguson takes actions to respond to coronavirus
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 5, 2020 4:45 pm

    The attorney general’s office warned of scammers and announced a formal investigation into price gouging.

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    A flight takes off at SeaTac International Airport. Photo courtesy Port of Seattle
    Port of Seattle, airlines respond to COVID-19 with...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 3, 2020 5:30 pm

    Changes at Sea-Tac Airport include more hand sanitizer, training for biohazard cleaning.

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    The Fire Training Academy’s dorm building on February 6, 2020. The FTA will no longer be used as a quarantine, according to the Washington State Department of Health. Mitchell Atencio/staff photo
    North Bend Fire Training Academy no longer to...
    By Mitchell Atencio • February 28, 2020 2:20 pm

    The Washington State Department of Health confirmed on Feb. 17 that the academy would return to its normal usage.

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    Chambers from Mercer Island, Issaquah, Sammamish, Snoqualmie, Newcastle and Bellevue will all meet on March 6 for a networking breakfast.
    Six Chambers of Commerce will hold a joint...
    By Mitchell Atencio • February 25, 2020 1:30 am

    Chambers from Mercer Island, Issaquah, Sammamish, Snoqualmie, Newcastle and Bellevue will meet in March for the breakfast.

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    Staff Photo / Mitchell Atencio                                David Montgomery takes questions from the audience after his presentation at the Fall City Climate Change event at Chief Kanim Middle School in Fall City, on Feb. 15, 2020.
    “How can we make a bigger impact?” Farmers,...
    By Mitchell Atencio • February 22, 2020 1:30 am

    The Fall City conference sought to provide opportunities for education and conversation around soil, food and climate change.

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