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Inslee orders all greater Seattle area schools to close

by Associated Press
| March 13, 2020 12:05 AM

OLYMPIA (AP) — As the death toll from the new coronavirus reached at least 31 in Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday ordered that all public and private K-12 schools in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties be closed for six weeks.

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