The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans a nationwide study of up to 325,000 people to track how the new coronavirus is spreading across the country into next year and beyond, a CDC spokeswoman and researchers conducting the effort told Reuters. The CDC study, expected to launch in June or July, will test samples from blood donors in 25 metropolitan areas for antibodies created when the immune system fights the coronavirus, said Dr.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

Two women were saved in an hours-long rescue after they fell into the Snoqualmie River Monday evening. Rescue crews were originally called around 8 p.m. for a report that one woman slipped and fell into the Middle Fork of the river, according to Capt. Steve Johnson with Eastside Fire & Rescue. Once they arrived, they learned two gone into the river.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A trailer is destroyed after a controlled burn spread too quickly due to winds in Grant County . According to Grant County Fire District 13, when firefighters arrived on scene they found a demolished camp trailer and a half acre wildfire. The fire also threatened a home but was not damaged. "We can’t overstate how quickly fire will spread in the wind and spread easily to our vegetation and surrounding structures/vehicles.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2020 8:38:32 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

A charred home where bodies of a couple were found in the wake of a massive fire is now a crime scene, and their grandson has been arrested as a murder suspect. Witness called 911 around 8:30 p.m. to report hearing explosions and seeing flames engulf a home in the 18800 block of Bayview Road NWi in Vaughn, according to Pierce County Sheriff's Department officials.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2020 2:49:06 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Two people have died in three days after falling into the Green River. Search and rescue teams were called Saturday morning to the Green River Gorge after a woman in her 20s fell into the river. According to the King County Sheriff’s Office, three women were walking along the trail near the river when a woman in her 20s fell into the water.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2020 2:07:18 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle