Wyoming governor quietly mobilized National Guard troops in Cheyenne March 7 In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers talk before a Stop the Steal rally outside the Wyoming State Capitol Building in Cheyenne, Wyo. (Michael Cummo/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP) CHEYENNE, Wyo. While the Wyoming National Guard was sending more than 100 troops to Washington, D.C., to help with security around President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January, Gov. Mark Gordon quietly mobilized dozens of Guard troops and others in case of violence at the state Capitol in Cheyenne. The all-but-undisclosed local deployment Jan. 15-21, specifics of which came to light Friday after an inquiry by The Associated Press, stood in stark contrast with the state’s contribution to U.S. Capitol security praised by Gordon and other top Wyoming officials.
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March 5, 2021 3:23 PM Emily Oliver
SPOKANE, Wash. National Guard members are set to demobilize from Spokane’s Second Harvest, nearly one year after they were first called to assist with the county’s growing need during the pandemic.
Members of the Washington National Guard were deployed to Second Harvest’s distribution centers in Spokane and Pasco in April of last year. Those members demobilized at the Pasco location in December, but stayed on in Spokane to help pack food boxes, staff mobile markets, and more.
“We simply cannot put into words how important their work has been and how much we appreciate it,” said Jason Clark, President and CEO of Second Harvest.
At least $1.6 million has been spent by the state and the Washington State Patrol over the past two weeks in costs related to security at the state Capitol.
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Interviews: National Guardsmen in U.S. capital for inauguration National Guard troops in Washington in the wake of a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 talk about the experience of being mobilized to the city in the midst of potential unrest around the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden. With more than 7,000 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., and thousands more on the way to help protect the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden during a pandemic, it was only inevitable that some would be affected by COVID-19.