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Read MoreMohammad Keshtkar, right, a volunteer with the Spokane Regional Health District, checks Amanda Stockton's temperature while conducting a COVID-19 screening at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, which is a temporary shelter for homeless people operated by the Guardians Foundation, in Spokane, Wash., Monday, July 13, 2020. A team with the health district screens each person at the shelter for COVID-19 daily. (Young Kwak/The Inlander)
Pedro Garcia, an H-2A visa worker from Zacatecas, Mexico, picks Skeena cherries at K.S. Orchards, Saturday, June 27, 2015, in Royal City, Wash. The H-2A visa program exists to allow U.S. companies to temporarily hire foreign nationals for seasonal agricultural work. (Young Kwak/Pacific Northwest Inlander)
Denise Pittman, left, and Angela Hill march on N. Monroe St. during a protest against the death of Breonna Taylor, a black EMT in Louisville, Ky., who, on March 13, was shot and killed by police who were serving a no-knock warrant on her apartment, in Spokane, Wash., Sunday, June 7, 2020. This was one of many ongoing protests in the country against law enforcement committing acts of violence and killing black people. (Young Kwak/The Inlander)
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, who did not take part in the protest, addresses protesters after a demonstration against the state's stay-at-home order to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in front of the county courthouse in Spokane, Washington, U.S. May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Young Kwak
Miner Rick Norman speaks with Inlander Staff Writer Samantha Wohlfeil, not pictured, at a picket line during a strike in front of the Lucky Friday mine in Mullan, Idaho, Friday, April 14, 2017. Employees who are members of United Steelworkers Local 5114 have been on strike since March 13 at the Lucky Friday mine after they were unable to come to a new collective bargaining agreement with Hecla Mining, the company that owns the mine. The company and the union could not come to an agreement mainly about pay, benefits and scheduling. (Young Kwak/The Inlander)
Bail Enforcement and Fugitive Recovery Agent Scott G. draws his firearm when he discovers a person hiding in a room at a house that Zane Regan, not pictured, who is wanted for a controlled substance felony charge, is known to frequent, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, in Spokane, Wash. (Young Kwak/Pacific Northwest Inlander)
People who only identified themselves as militia and state that businesses called them for protection walk on N. Stevens St. during a protest against the death of Breonna Taylor, a black EMT in Louisville, Ky., who, on March 13, was shot and killed by police who were serving a no-knock warrant on her apartment, in Spokane, Wash., Sunday, June 7, 2020. This was one of many ongoing protests in the country against law enforcement committing acts of violence and killing black people. (Young Kwak/The Inlander)
BURBANK, WA - JUNE 19: RHD Inc. farm laborer Jacob Heinen, left, and potato digger driver Luciano De Leon try to remove a bale of Timothy hay from a Massey Ferguson 2170 baler before moving the baler to another property, at Walkley Farms, which RHD Inc. leases, on June 19, 2018, in Burbank, Washington. (Photo by Young Kwak/For The Washington Post)
Volunteer Mindy Howard places meals to deliver into volunteers Ellen and Rick Peller's vehicle during a Spokane Food Fighters distribution of meals for volunteers to deliver to people who have made emergency meal requests to the organization, at Riverwalk in Spokane, Wash., Monday, April 6, 2020. (Young Kwak/The Inlander)
Photo for story about Spokane Food Fighters delivering meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.