MYNORTHWEST WEATHER

What’s our new normal going to be when businesses safely reopen?

May 1, 2020, 12:52 PM | Updated: Oct 8, 2024, 6:38 am

coronavirus masks, new normal, second wave...

A couple wearing masks moving between terminals at Seattle-Tacoma Airport. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross and reporter Aaron Granillo discuss Governor Jay Inslee’s expected extension of the Stay Home, Stay Healthy initiative, which will be announced in just a few hours.

What will our new normal look like? How will businesses safely reopen, and promise that they’ll actually be safe to work in and patronize?

Much needed COVID-19 test supplies on the way to Washington state

Plus, Dave downloaded one of those apps that will alert him if he comes into contact with someone who tested positive for coronavirus. How anonymous are all of these apps, really?

parkland...

MyNorthwest Staff

Area of Parkland being told to evacuate for large fire

An area of Parkland is being told to evacuate now due to a large fire.

9 minutes ago

FILE - Dr. Jessica Early holds a vial of the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at Pris...

Associated Press

Measles deaths reported in Pennsylvania spark fight among politicians and health officials

NEW YORK (AP) — The recent announcement of Pennsylvania’s first measles-related deaths in decades has ignited a public feud among politicians and health officials who disagree over the role of the contagious disease in the fatalities. Independent experts say the conflict is a symptom of a social and political debate over how to frame a […]

15 minutes ago

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Thu...

Associated Press

Seneca Nation calls for reversal of Trump’s ‘Lake America’ executive order

The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the first place. Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca […]

16 minutes ago

President Donald Trump waves after arriving off Air Force One, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at Joint Base...

Associated Press

Trump says US has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has entered an agreement with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of the South American country’s oil reserves. Trump in a social media post announced the agreement he said was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and […]

22 minutes ago

windstorm...

Ted Buehner

11 years after the strongest summer windstorm on record, a new system heads for western WA

On Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, the strongest summer windstorm on record swept through western Washington.

27 minutes ago

Seattle drug trafficking...

MyNorthwest Staff

5 men indicted for laundering $7.4M stolen from elderly victims through tech support scams in WA

5 men have been indicted for their connections with a nationwide fraud scheme that took funds from elderly victims and sent the money to foreign bank account.

28 minutes ago

What’s our new normal going to be when businesses safely reopen?