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A photo taken Friday, March 27, 2020, in Bellingham, Wash., and provided by Ming Lin hows Dr. Ming Lin, an emergency room doctor at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham. Lin said Friday he was fired after publicly criticizing the hospitalâ€™s coronavirus preparations. (Dr. Ming Lin via AP) NYDB115 NYDB115 — A photo taken Friday in Bellingham, and provided by Dr. Ming Lin, an emergency room doctor at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center. (Dr. Ming Lin via The Associated Press)

Health

Emergency physicians’ group calls on state attorney general to investigate Bellingham doctor’s firing

The firing of a Bellingham doctor who raised concerns about a lack of protections for health care workers should be investigated by the state attorney aeneral and state medical commission, a national emergency room physicians group said Saturday. Updated 3:48 pm

LiveCoronavirus daily updates, March 29: 2,159 cases confirmed in King County, Fauci says U.S. could see over 100,000 deaths Updated 3:54 pm
Trump extends virus guidelines, braces US for big death toll Updated 5:02 pm
With surgeries delayed, patients wait with anxiety — some in pain — as hospitals make way for coronavirus cases
Age is not the only risk factor for severe coronavirus disease Updated 4:22 pm
Therapy during a pandemic: 'This is new for all of us' WATCH
Vaping industry escapes legislative ban, but coronavirus poses new threat to users
Parking dispute may have led to fatal shooting near Lynnwood, deputies say Updated 4:45 pm

Former University of Washington head coach and defensive coordinator Jim Lambright has died at 77.

Husky Football

Former UW Huskies head coach and defensive coordinator Jim Lambright dies at 77

The Station coffee house on Beacon Hill has dedicated space for a food bank supplied with community donations during the coronavirus outbreak, Wednesday, March 25, 2020 in Seattle. 213432

Local News

During coronavirus, we all need food — and this feel-good story

Wed. Feb. 26, 2020. Sammamish Trail running along the waterfront in Sammamish. 213050

Eastside

‘They’re telling us we’re trespassers’: King County vs. longtime Lake Sammamish waterfront homeowners

Coronavirus

Army officials plan the development of a field hospital at CenturyLink Field Event Center on Saturday, March 28, 2020.
This field hospital will include 300 soldiers from the 627th Army Hospital from Fort Carson, Colorado deployed to Seattle to staff the hospital. It is is expected to create at least 150 hospital beds for non-COVID-19 cases. 213492

Inslee welcomes Army doctors to Seattle, says Trump remarks 'haven't knocked us off our game' VIEW

Health resources & info »

Where to get tested for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 — if you qualify

You are not alone: Resources for businesses and workers affected by the coronavirus outbreak in Washington state

As social distancing measures hit the Seattle area’s parks and outdoor spaces, here’s what’s open and what’s closed

Q&A: How can the huge congressional aid package help you?

Mapping a pandemic »

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Washington Redskins cornerback Quinton Dunbar stands on the field during an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally) OTK203

Seahawks

What are Seahawks getting in CB Quinton Dunbar? ‘A young Richard Sherman,’ says a former coach.

Theo Galkin, 8, rereads a favorite part of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” while posing for a picture with his mother Chloe Galkin at their home in South Orange, N.J., Wednesday, June 28, 2017. As the 20th anniversary of the initial publishing of the first Harry Potter book is celebrated this week, another generation is being introduced to Harry, Hogwarts and all the rest of the magical world created by author J.K. Rowling. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) NJSW102

Life

16 things to do, while observing the coronavirus stay-at-home mandate

Lake Union House Boat. Heron House Boat. Lake Union. Seattle, Washington. Chadbourne + Doss Architects. Dyna Builders.

Pacific NW Magazine

Brand-new floating home on Lake Union with amazing views, inspired by the Great Blue Heron VIEW

Editorial

Stepping up state fight against coronavirus

Local News & Politics

Gerard Tsutakawa with the Memorial Gates made from the design by his father George Tsutakawa. One of the gates was recovered by Seattle Police, and the other cut up for scrap. Gerard says he still has his father’s original drawing for the gates and would be willing to consider making a new gate for the survivor of the pair.

One bronze gate stolen from Washington Park Arboretum recovered, another destroyed

Featured Columnist

Will we go back? From Seattle’s homeless ‘emergency’ to airline fees, the coronavirus is making a new reality.

Education Lab

High school seniors cope with the loss and confusion over next steps during coronavirus

The class of 2020 may get a reprieve from some graduation requirements because of coronavirus closures

Child care centers are essential to the economy. But can they survive the coronavirus pandemic?

School in Washington is supposed to resume (remotely) by Monday. Will it?

Washington education officials: School must continue, even during coronavirus closures

Business & Tech

Ventec Life Systems Vice President Engineering Joe Cipollone explains its VOCSN critical care ventilator Friday March 27, 2020, to General Motors employees who will be helping to produce the ventilators at the GM Kokomo, Indiana manufacturing facility, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FDA-cleared ventilators are scheduled to ship as soon as next month. (Photo by AJ Mast for General Motors) GMVentilators017.jpg

GM and Ventec relying on Woodinville supplier in venture to rapidly make more ventilators for coronavirus patients

Featured Columnist

How the novel coronavirus infected the global supply chain

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Decluttering: 5 items you might not have thought about tossing out

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5 practical solutions for taming the mess around your kitchen sink VIEW

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Home Care

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Nation & World

The lost month: How a failure to test blinded the U.S. to COVID-19

Age is not the only risk factor for severe coronavirus disease Updated 4:22 pm
Counties without coronavirus are mostly rural, poor Updated 4:44 pm
In Somalia, coronavirus goes from fairy tale to nightmare VIEW Updated 4:22 pm
Trump extends virus guidelines, braces US for big death toll Updated 5:02 pm
As coronavirus cases explode in Iran, U.S. sanctions hinder its access to drugs and medical equipment
Off to the cafe: Sweden is outlier in virus restrictions VIEW Updated 4:22 pm
AP FACT CHECK: Trump a rosy outlier on science of the virus Updated 4:30 pm

Times Watchdog

A screenshot submitted as part of a complaint filed with the Washington State Attorney General’s Office against Bellevue company OfferUp, which allows people to sell items online, for allowing alleged coronavirus-related price gouging.

$150 for $7 sanitizer? Price gouging complaints pile up in Washington state amid coronavirus outbreak

Food & Drink

Nova Hutchinson rolls out sugar cookies with the help of her dad, Dan

One surefire way to keep your little kid occupied for a couple hours? Make sugar cookies

Pacific NW Magazine

Josie Alldredge, 18, stands at the summit on Broken Top Mountain.

Nuclear-weapons testing and cancer: A Snohomish teenager carries her family’s legacy to the summit of an Oregon mountain

Editorials & Opinion

End the FDA’s blood-donation discrimination against gay men | Editorial

Featured Columnist

Seattle’s work-from-home tech challenge beyond coronavirus

Horsey Cartoon

Health workers should not have to beg for supplies

Sports

Seattle Seahawks running back Chris Carson (32), running back Rashaad Penny (20) and wide receiver Josh Gordon (10) celebrate Penny’s 13-yard touchdown during the second half of the Monday Night Football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Minnesota Vikings at CenturyLink Field in Seattle on Dec. 2, 2019. 212267

What’s left on Seahawks’ free agent to-do list? Resolving Clowney’s situation, adding RBs, QBs

Featured Columnist

What’s left on Seahawks’ free agent to-do list? Resolving Clowney’s situation, adding RBs, QBs

Arts & Life

Noah Centineo and Lana Condor in the teen drama “To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You.”

Exploring streaming options? Here are the pros and cons of many of them.

Moira Macdonald

Sunday Best: Delicately lovely costumes from the ghost of PNB’s ‘Giselle’

Photography

Normally vibrant Occidental Park during the day is occupied mainly by seagulls, pigeons, a few homeless individuals and an occasional passerby. The park concierge service and daily activities including chess and table tennis have been suspended because of the coronavirus.

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Local News

Occidental Square during the coronavirus pandemic VIEW

Capitol Hill Frame Central employee Thaleia Sundquist and manager Dennis Turner spray paint a stencil of photographer Lance Mercer outside of the store Thursday, March 26, 2020. Turner boarded up the store, which has been open for 25 years, to protect it during closure due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Artist Chloe Guenther created the stencil- is based on a recent self-portrait of Mercer-who is know known for his iconic images of Seattle bands Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone and others.
Mercer, who has a compromised immune system due to Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, has been staying inside his apartment for the last three weeks, with the exception of daily walks with a mask and glasses. Mercer has been sharing his experience on social media, and wanted to emphasize “We are not alone,” he says.
Turner hoped the images of Mercer could “soften the reality” of boarding up longtime businesses and celebrate “how strong and resilient Seattlties are.”
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Local News

The face of resilience on a Capitol Hill storefront in Seattle

Father Tim Clark enters as he records his mass for his parish to watch later online at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Wedgwood on Saturday, March 21, 2020. The public celebration of mass was suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Wedgwood church started recording their services to broadcast to the parish. 213420

Local News

Church during coronavirus pandemic: Empty pews, but video cameras are recording for people to worship online VIEW

One-year-old Bodie Bennett, learning how to walk, gets a helping hand from his parents Erin and Matthew Bennett in a daffodil field along Beaver Marsh Road in Mt Vernon across the street from Roozengaarde in the Skagit Valley on March 19, 2020. 213383 213383

Local News

First steps amid the first blooms in the Skagit Valley VIEW