It’s a new year, with a new state system of COVID-19 restrictions, but Spokane-area officials are feeling familiar frustrations.
After the sustained and highest level of COVID-19 activity in Spokane County started in November, elected leaders here have seized on a downturn since mid-January to push Gov. Jay Inslee and the state Department of Health to hasten the reopening of the economy.
Since last year, the state’s reopening template has changed, with a regional approach now enjoining Spokane County’s fate with eight other counties in Eastern Washington that make up the “East” region. The conditions on the ground have shifted as well, with daily COVID-19 case counts reaching levels,
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