Flights will be cut by 70% in April and May; its CEO and president will not be paid and Horizon Air’s president will see a 50% pay cut through September, and employees are asked to take voluntary furloughs during which they would still receive health and travel benefits
Secretary of Transportation Roger Miller implemented an essential maintenance approach to comply with the state’s stay home, stay healthy order by pausing most maintenance across the state, including work to reopen the North Cascades Highway and the Cayuse and Chinook Passes
Governor Jay Inslee told a news conference that the Employment Security Department is adding hundreds of workers to help process the claims, which are increasing at a rate five times faster than at any time during the Great Recession
The number of negative COVID-19 test results hasn’t been updated since Tuesday because of technical difficulties at the Washington State Department of Health; the DOH says their database is experiencing a slowdown because of a tenfold increase in the number of lab reports received
Washington State Department of Commerce Director Lisa Brown announced $1.8 million in state Community Development Block Grants to rural counties, including about $150,000 to Whatcom County and $77,000 to Skagit County
First responders, healthcare workers, supply chain workers, grocery store staff, and pharmacy workers can utilize drop-in service for school-age children at both the Skagit Valley YMCA and the Whatcom Family YMCA
The county health department has learned of more confirmed cases at other county long-term care facilities, which they declined to name, and is working with them to determine further testing needs and to do contact investigations
The Whatcom County Health Department reports that both patients, a man and a woman who were both in their 90s, were either current or previous residents at assisted living facilities
The Port of Bellingham announced that they are closing Bellingham’s downtown waterfront bike park, the playground at Zuanich Park, workout stations along the Squalicum Promenade, the picnic shelter at Marine Park, and Jorgensen Pier in Blaine
The county has 48 confirmed cases of the virus, with five requiring hospitalization, and one death
