City Hall closes to visitors, Woodward says downtown library may be used as homeless shelter, and other headlines

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Spokane County Health Officer Bob Lutz stands in front of an extremely foreboding map

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MUSIC: Without concerts or gigs, local musicians are live-streaming.

SPORTS: Golf courses will still open during the coronavirus.

NEWS: Students are lining up outside meal distribution sites to help kids get free lunch.

NORTH IDAHO: North Idaho has its first coronavirus case — but still doesn't seem to be taking it very seriously.

NEWS: Spokane Sports Commission's Eric Sawyer was on the top of the world — and then it all came crashing down.

NEWS: The economic consequences of COVID-19 are going to brutal.

IN OTHER NEWS...

City Hall has closed
Now you're supposed to do almost everything by phone. City Council meetings will still occur, however. (Spokesman-Review)

Physician, quarantine thyself
A MultiCare employee has tested positive for the coronavirus. (Spokesman-Review)

A bit of a reversal
During the campaign, Nadine Woodward was horrified by the number of homeless people in the downtown library. Now?

"We're looking at increasing our [homeless shelter] capacity," she tells KHQ. "We are right now looking at the downtown Spokane library. We are looking at that first floor of the library to provide even more beds." (KHQ)

Triage and the trolley problem
Washington state hospitals may have to start deciding who lives and who dies. (New York Times)

How to make money off of the coronavirus if you're a U.S. Senator who gets secret intelligence briefings
Sen. Richard Burr is in huge trouble for selling his stock in private while assuring the country in public. (Washington Post)