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March 17, 2020

• It’s takeout time. Pierce County, South Sound restaurants serving food and drinks to-go
• Want to climb Mount St. Helens this year? Here’s the low-down on how to get a permit
• Tacoma-Pierce County death notices for March 17, 2020
• $1M in emergency funds to help struggling Tacomans pay utility bills; shutoffs suspended
• Looking for something to do at home? Why not fill out the U.S. Census?
• Free school meals to continue as ‘grab-n-go’ sack lunches at five pick-up sites
• Kids home for the duration? “Too Cool for School” may help you cope
• Warrant issued for gang member wanted in Lakewood shooting
• Tacoma man accused of attacking his roommate with a machete
• Yet, she persisted. Warren set an example other women will follow.
• Don Snowden’s cartoon for March 19
• Visitors restricted to Western State Hospital and other state institutions because of COVID-19
• ‘Basically giving out cash’? Local leaders discuss possible COVID-19 economic response
• Mariners creating fund to support event staff who will lose pay during MLB shutdown
• ADDED: Here are even more Gig Harbor restaurants offering take-out, curbside or home delivery
• In ceremony muted by virus, Navy region gets a new commander at Kitsap-Bangor
• Public Meetings for March 19-26
• Gig Harbor businesses struggle with cascading coronavirus bans
• Key Peninsula leaders organize to confront virus; Foodbackpacks 4 Kids moves to pickups
• In a week, an invisible virus turns life upside down
• Gig Harbor police blotter: Right side of the road, wrong side of the car
• Gig Harbor went for Biden in the primary, but Key Peninsula leaned to Bernie
• Gig Harbor’s hospital “mission control” playing key role in coronavirus crisis
• Distillery making sanitizer for a strapped Washington hospital as coronavirus spreads
• Tim Eyman thinks coronavirus threat is funny, throws pandemic party. We’re not laughing
• First Pierce County COVID-19 patients released from hospital, health department says
• Washington state coronavirus cases now more than 1,000 with 52 deaths reported
• Pierce County provides $500K to food banks, homeless shelters in coronavirus response
• Massive layoffs as McMenamins temporarily shuts down sites in Oregon, Washington
• Tacoma suspends on-street paid parking, ticketing downtown; City Hall to close Wednesday
• Binge-watching in a pandemic? Here’s how to ‘Netflix and social distance’ with friends
• ‘Significant barriers’ remain for COVID-19 testing, Pierce County health director says
• Homeschooling? You’re not alone. Tacoma parents share plans, resources as schools close
• Civilian Pierce County Sheriff’s Department employee tests positive for virus
• Could Jadeveon Clowney waiting to decide in free agency help the Seahawks keep him?
• Seahawks bringing back DT Jarran Reed on 2-year deal, with a huge raise: “Seattle is home”