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Listen: COVID's current effect on schools, state workers and hospitals in Washington

Students wear masks they work in a fourth-grade classroom on Feb. 2 at Elk Ridge Elementary School in Buckley.
Ted S. Warren
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Students wear masks they work in a fourth-grade classroom on Feb. 2 at Elk Ridge Elementary School in Buckley.

Outdoor mask mandates began Tuesday in King and Pierce counties. At the same time, several big school districts in the region resume in-person instruction this week.

Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins joins Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick to talk about it.

Kirsten Kendrick hosts Morning Edition on KNKX and the sports interview series "Going Deep," talking with folks tied to sports in our region about what drives them — as professionals and people.
Vivian McCall is a former KNKX reporter, producer and host. She previously spent eight years as a reporter in Chicago, where she wrote for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ public radio.