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In Grant County Judge debate, Bevier, Chadwick place emphasis on experience and constitutional interpretation
EPHRATA — The two candidates seeking Grant County Superior Court Judge Position 3 highlighted their legal experien…
Taking it to the streets: Oakland closes roads to curb virus
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Amid all the shutdowns across the country, Oakland, California, is taking a different approach. It’s closing 74 miles (119 kilometers) of streets to vehicles to create more space for people t…
McSally, Kelly offer divergent takes on coronavirus response
PHOENIX (AP) — With the campaign for one of the nation’s top Senate races in something of a holding pattern as Arizona responds to the coronavirus outbreak, differences are emerging in the approaches of Republican …
State reports 96 more virus deaths; feds probe veterans home
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts reported nearly 100 new coronavirus deaths Friday as officials and health care workers braced for the pandemic to reach its peak in the state in the coming days.
White House points to hopeful signs as deaths keep rising
WASHINGTON (AP) — At the end of a week officials had warned would be this generation's Pearl Harbor, White House officials pointed to hopeful signs that the spread of the coronavirus could be slowing, even as Presi…
Arizona getting 100 ventilators from feds, more needed
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday announced that the state would receive 100 ventilators from the federal stockpile, a fraction of the 5,000 first approved and far below the 500 Arizona's top…
Higher wildfire activity expected in areas with grass growth
PHOENIX (AP) — Officials say conditions in Arizona this year point toward a potential for high wildfire activity in the central part of the state and southward into desert areas where moist conditions during the wi…
For McConnell, virus carries echo of his boyhood polio
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell’s earliest childhood memory is the day he left the polio treatment center at Warm Springs, Georgia, for the last time.
Restrictions tighten during California's virus-hit Easter
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fresh snow in the mountains but no way to play in it. Tempting beaches after a week of rain but walking on them could bring a $1,000 fine. Easter egg hunts at local parks? Pretty much out.
Higher wildfire activity expected in areas with grass growth
PHOENIX (AP) — Officials say conditions in Arizona this year point toward a potential for high wildfire activity in the central part of the state and southward into desert areas where moist conditions during the wi…
Worker at corrections facility tests positive for COVID-19
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A staff member at a state-run prison in Juneau tested positive for COVID-19, the Department of Corrections said.
With social distance, California's virus forecast brightens
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s top public health official said for the first time Friday that the coronavirus might not be as devastating as state officials had feared and Gavin Newsom revealed his administ…
Virus relief funds due in Nevada; new Washoe rental order
LAS VEGAS (AP) — More than 2,500 health care providers and hospitals in Nevada were expected to begin receiving $241.5 million on Friday in the first disbursement of federal coronavirus response aid, authorities sa…
Virus infections surpass 1,000 in New Mexico, deaths climb
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Confirmed COVID-19 infections surpassed 1,000 on Friday across New Mexico as the pandemic claimed two more lives and tightened its grip over the Navajo Nation in the northwest part of the stat…
Arizona getting 100 ventilators from feds, more needed
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday announced that the state would receive 100 ventilators from the federal stockpile, a fraction of the 5,000 first approved and far below the 500 Arizona's top…
Taking it to the streets: Oakland closes roads to curb virus
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Amid all the shutdowns across the country, Oakland, California, is taking a different approach. It’s closing 74 miles (119 kilometers) of streets to vehicles to create more space for people t…