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SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced a 5 p.m. curfew for the entire city Saturday and Washingon Gov. Jay Inslee activated the National Guard after rioters torched police vehicles and spilled onto Interstate 5, forcing the freeway’s temporary closure through the central part of the Northwest’s largest city. Thousands of people had gathered peacefully in the rain to protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, but some later broke windows, tagged buildings and set fires. Police at times deployed flash bangs to disperse crowds and pepper-sprayed demonstrators who got close to police lines. Although many dispersed dozens remained downtown after curfew setting fires and breaking into retail stores while police fired gas and arrested at least one person.
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Crowds of naive tourists have made for an occasionally dicey situation when grizzly bears appear near the highway over western Wyoming's Togwotee Pass. Bridger-Teton National Forest officials hope to improve safety by bringing on a volunteer to patrol the area this summer. Dale Barker will wear an official uniform and drive an official vehicle and forest officials say they'll be glad to have his help. A grizzly bear people call Felicia is a popular target of wildlife watchers. She and a male grizzly were recently spotted on the pass. Felicia appeared with two cubs in 2019 but only one of them is with her this year.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — New data shows a recent spike in coronavirus cases has hit Latinos in rural Idaho, an already disproportionately affected community that makes up a third of the state’s cases where the race is known. The Idaho Statesman reported that data collected from all seven Idaho public health districts has shown a majority of the people who have contracted the coronavirus in multiple Magic Valley counties are Latino. Lincoln County had the highest percentage in the Magic Valley region, with Latinos making up 78% of the county’s 33 COVID-19 cases. The data says outbreaks in food processing plants may be driving the increasing cases.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A southwestern Idaho newspaper says it will file a lawsuit against the state Department of Health and Welfare if the agency doesn't turn over the names of long-term care facilities in the state with confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 among residents and staff. The Idaho Statesman on Friday, through its attorney, sent a letter to the agency contending the information should be made available under Idaho's Public Records Act. The newspaper requested the information in a public records request earlier this month. But the agency denied the request, saying it failed to meet the requirements of the public records law.
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