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    Articles by Mitchell Atencio
    Courtesy City of Mercer Island
    Grocery stores across King County implementing “senior hours”
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 23, 2020 1:30 am

    The hours are dedicated time for those at high risk to shop for groceries.

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    Natalie DeFord/staff photo                                Garbage and large branches at the former East Seattle Elementary School property parking lot entrance.
    Questions remain over upkeep of East Seattle School...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 21, 2020 1:30 am

    Resident complaints over the East Seattle School upkeep and parking have gone largely unanaswered.

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    King County calls on faith leaders for message of unity
    King County calls on faith leaders for message...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 20, 2020 4:00 pm

    Public Health – Seattle & King County hosted a diversity of faith leaders for a press conference.

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    King County Library System closures and other coronavirus responses
    King County Library System closures and other coronavirus...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 17, 2020 11:30 am

    Late fees will be waived and holds will be extended in response to coronavirus.

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    King County’s new Issaquah quarantine location on March 16, 2020. The County is leasing the former Holiday Inn motel as a quarantine site for coronavirus patient. Natalie DeFord / Staff Photo.
    New quarantine locations to open on Eastside
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 17, 2020 1:30 am

    Public Health Seattle & King County announced new quarantine sites in Issaquah and Bellevue.

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    File photo                                Mercer Island seniors sing from their songbooks during an event in 2019 in the Fellowship Hall at Covenant Living at the Shores.
    How are Island senior facilities responding to coronavirus?
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 14, 2020 1:30 am

    Senior care facilities are taking all recommended precautions, and more, to protect their residents.

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    Saint Katherine’s Orthodox Church in Kirkland, WA, on March 12, 2020. Mitchell Atencio/Staff Photo
    How are faith communities responding to the coronavirus...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 13, 2020 4:30 am

    Faith leaders from the Eastside are working to reschedule or digitize events and services in response to the outbreak.

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    Courtesy photo                                The start line of the 2019 Rotary Half Marathon on Mercer Island.
    Rotary half marathon canceled amid coronavirus fears
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 13, 2020 1:30 am

    The club hopes to reschedule the race after the coronavirus outbreak led to its cancellation.

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    A security guard positions cones as he stands watch in front of the Econo Lodge-turned-coronavirus-quarantine site on Central Avenue North on Tuesday. King County personnel were on site preparing the motel’s transformation into an isolation/quarantine center. MARK KLAAS, Kent Reporter
    Petition calls for King County to stop quarantine...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 11, 2020 2:10 pm

    Citizens, councilmembers question process for choosing locations.

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    Mercer Island teen creates viral website to track coronavirus
    Mercer Island teen creates viral website to track...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 11, 2020 1:30 am

    Avi Schiffmann’s website has millions of visitors from across the globe each day.

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    State Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks with Reporter staff in 2018. File photo
    AG Ferguson takes actions to respond to coronavirus
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 5, 2020 4:45 pm

    The attorney general’s office warned of scammers and announced a formal investigation into price gouging.

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    Mercer Island City Hall. File photo
    Mercer Island issues proclamation of emergency in response...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 5, 2020 2:05 pm

    The city issued the proclamation in an effort to help the procurement of supplies.

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    Mercer Island closes thrift shop to disinfect after potential coronavirus exposure
    Mercer Island closes thrift shop to disinfect after...
    By Mitchell Atencio • March 4, 2020 1:30 am

    A spouse of a thrift shop employee has a suspected case of coronavirus.

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