In a town where nearly everyone lives in the same building, COVID-19 has emerged. The Prince William Sound community of Whittier, where around 85% percent of its 280 year-round residents live in the 14-story Begich Towers building, now has six positive resident cases among a family there, according to Jim Hunt, Whittier city manager.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Anchorage Daily News - Metered Site

VIDEO: A historic building in Uptown in Kenosha that houses several businesses and apartments was the scene of a massive fire early Wednesday morning. The fire, which was called in just before 8 a.m., apparently started at the Music Outlet, 6217 22nd Ave., according to Kenosha Fire Chief Charles Leipzig.
- PUB DATE: 8/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kenosha News

Young people who have asthma will test a phone app to help them manage their condition during wildfire season in a Washington State University College of Nursing-led study that’s getting under way. The study is currently recruiting participants ages 18-26 in the Pacific Northwest, said Julie Postma, principal investigator and associate dean for research at the College of Nursing.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2020 4:32:02 PM - SOURCE: Washington State University

A worker at a CBD oil extraction facility in Grand Mound was hospitalized with serious burns on his legs, face and head after a butane explosion, according to a release by the West Thurston Fire Authority on Wednesday morning. The employee, a 51-year-old man, works at Footprint Biosciences. He was inside the room where the explosion occurred, according to the fire authority.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2020 10:44:23 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has cut a one-year deal with the Chicago Firefighters Union that includes $95 million in back pay but would nearly double employee health care contributions. One union official said rank-and-file members are “not happy” about the hike in health care costs, though the contract also maintains treasured union perks and outdated staffing requirements that cost taxpayers millions.
- PUB DATE: 8/12/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun Times - Metered Site