Another high number of positive cases were reported by the Yakima Health District Thursday evening, including no new COVID-19 deaths. For the third day in a row, the health district is reporting no new deaths from the virus in Yakima County. YHD says 128 more people tested positive for COVID-19, now totaling 3,380 confirmed cases.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 News Yakima

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that long-term care facilities statewide will have access to widespread testing for all their residents and staff in the coming weeks. An order issued by the state Department of Health says that all consenting residents in nursing homes will be tested within two weeks.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Public Radio

The starting cost of an ambulance ride in the city of Spokane will increase 28% under a new one-year agreement approved on Thursday. Though they bemoaned the sizable rate hike and timing of the proposal, members of the council reluctantly signed off on a new one-year contract with the city’s ambulance provider, American Medical Response.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2020 2:09:12 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

A temporary restraining order was filed against the city of Maumee to prevent Mayor Richard Carr from imposing a 5 percent pay decrease for all city employees to offset millions in financial loss because of the pandemic. A complaint was filed Friday in Lucas County Common Pleas Court. The plaintiff, Dawn Sniadecki, is the former president of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 4536 and a paramedic employed by the city, but Andrew Mayle, Ms.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Blade

Tennessee will soon stop providing the names and addresses of COVID-19 patients to first responders, after initially arguing that doing so would protect those on the front line. Gov. Bill Lee’s administration decided on the change this week, conceding that the data may have created a false sense of security to those responding to emergency calls.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News