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Washington County’s Visitor Spending Surpasses $800 Million

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

3

First seen

Oct 6, 12:16 PM EDT

updated Oct 7, 12:00 AM EDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by The Daily News, The Herald-Standard and Observer-Reporter, not yet confirmed.

What Happened

A tourism agency reported that visitor spending in Washington County reached $804 million, surpassing the $800 million mark, according to the Observer-Reporter, The Herald-Standard, and The Daily News.

Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 2, Oct 7, 12:52 AM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once

Tourism agency touts $804M in visitor spending in Washington County · Observer-Reporter · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 7, 12:00 AM EDT

How It Unfolded

Oct 6, 1:57 PM EDT · first source seenOct 6, 8:24 PM EDT · published

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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Washington County and its neighbours, as they are right now. The event is placed on the county; it is not drawn as a point.

How We Decided

Oct 6, 2:02 PM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 6, 8:24 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.