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July 12, 2021 3:47 PM Emily Blume
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SPOKANE, Wash. We introduced you to Rick Clark with Spokane Quaranteam in April of 2020, when he was using Facebook Live, to support restaurants and feed hundreds of hungry people in our community. The organization has done some amazing work helping people survive the pandemic and today, they’re keeping people cool.
They’re helping to get A/C units into the homes of people who need them most. The price of air conditioning on a hot summer day with our temps in the upper-90s is priceless. For Chentel Morrison though, that price would have been $8000 when her Central Air went out at the beginning of June. That wasn’t an option for her at the time.
Spokane Quaranteam is distributing more than 30,000 water bottles to those in need. Author: Morgan Trau (KREM) Updated: 7:26 PM PDT June 26, 2021
SPOKANE, Wash. On one of the hottest days of the year, community members are waiving signs on the streets of Spokane. The Spokane Quaranteam has a mission to distribute thousands of water bottles to those in need over the duration of the heat wave.
Some people celebrate their anniversary by going to dinner or taking a trip, but this couple is yelling at cars in downtown Spokane. My husband and I decided we wanted to do something different for our wedding anniversary weekend, Krystyl Miyamoto said. So this is how we decided to start it, we decided to start it by just trying to give our community a boost.
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ust days before what was expected to be an announcement that Spokane County would be rolled back to Phase 2 restrictions due to a recent spike in coronavirus cases instead, the county is staying in Phase 3 for at least the next two weeks local restaurant owners were feeling, yet again, thrown into a state of limbo. News of the potential rollback came as many were beginning to ramp up staffing to meet an increase in demand for in-person dining, while also dealing with an unprecedented dearth of applicants. Several owners reflected, in their own words, on the trials and triumphs of the past 13 months, ranging from permanent changes the pandemic has brought to what s keeping them going. Their responses were edited for length and clarity.
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s we begin to see the light at the end of the pandemic, what could we do (or at least start) this year to make the Inland Northwest more fun, more livable, more just, more practical, more successful, more hopeful? That s the unnecessarily wordy question we put to some of our favorite local thinkers. Their responses, amassed together in the following pages, create an inspired wish list for our region and if we re lucky (and work hard), more than a few of them could come true!