Coronavirus shutters schools , Guardians Foundation says lie led to loss of contract, and other headlines

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Mayor Nadine Woodward met with members of the Church at Planned Parenthood as well as Planned Parenthood leadership last week to see how the sides might find middle ground ahead of the noise ordinance that City Council is expected to vote on Monday night.

NEWS: Eastern Washington University declined a faculty request to independently review the school's athletics budget.

IN OTHER NEWS...

Don't panic, but coronavirus is inside the house

Washington state has declared a state of emergency after a coronavirus death and more diagnoses here have led officials to believe the virus may have been circulating undetected for weeks, the Washington Post reports.

Speaking of, Colville schools are closed
The Colville School District closed its schools Monday while waiting for coronavirus test results on an individual they gave no further details about, KXLY reports.

Guardians Foundation cries foul on loss of city contract
The Guardians Foundation, which operated emergency warming shelter space last winter, claims it may have lost a contract with the city this winter after Julie Garcia of Jewels Helping Hands (which won the contract) claimed she'd seen a Guardians employee engaging in sexual behavior with homeless women, but later told police she hadn't actually witnessed that, the Spokesman-Review reports. 
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Samantha Wohlfeil is the Inlander's News Editor, a role she moved into in April 2024 after working at the paper as a news writer since 2017. She oversees the paper's news section and leads annual special sections, from our Sustainability Issue to our philanthropy issue known as Give Guide. As time allows, she...