Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
State Health Department introduces new interactive mapping tool to pinpoint pollution hotspots in effort to improve health equity
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH), in collaboration with the University of Washington, announces new interactive mapping tools to help utilities improve environmental health equity as they transition
EDC knows all the cool stuff: Unemployment benefits, PPP loans, and more
||| FROM VICTORIA COMPTON for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Phase 3 Starts March 22! San Juan County just moved to phase 3, up to 50% capacity. We'll also be evaluated on a county-by-county basis, then
Fire Commissioners are ZOOM meeting tomorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE COMMISSIONERS ||| Regular Meeting Agenda San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 Monday – March 15, 2021 5:30 p.m. Online / by phone via ZOOM: Dial
Shhhhhhh…Washington is No. 1, again
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Washington state was ranked as the best state in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in a new report released Monday night. Washington has held the
Let’s get together and learn about Medicare benefits
||| FROM PEGI GROUNDWATER for SHIBA ||| Are you eligible for Medicare this year? If so, there’s a lot for you to learn. Medicare has its own vocabulary and lots of rules. There are deadlines
Dungeons and Dragons and Drama to benefit five local theatres
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Artist Director Jake Perrine, is one of five performers who will be playing Dungeons and Dragons in a two-night live-streamed event to raise money for
Could the Daylight Savings Time folderol be nearing a conclusion?
||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| After a long, dark winter, our noticeably sunnier evenings are about to turn even brighter. At 2 a.m. Sunday, the clocks will “spring forward” one hour as we return to
Encouraging news from Gov. Inslee on education, vaccine availability, moving to next recovery phase
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| State reopening plan will move to the next phase on March 22 Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that the state's Healthy Washington: Roadmap to Recovery will be transitioning
March 18th Island Primary Care-Orcas community briefing – How to register
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| Please join leaders from Island Hospital and the Island Primary Care – Orcas Clinic leadership’s as they share the latest transition plans, staffing updates, and
Workshop being offered to learn lean farming principles to boost production
||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Join us for an engaging 90 minutes with Ben Hartman, author of The Lean Farm and The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables. In this workshop, Ben will
COVID-19 data show some concerning trends as well as promising signs for protection through vaccination
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19. Report findings include: Case counts have increased slightly in western Washington and plateaued
Rep. Lekanoff provides update on legislative session half-way point
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| Join Us March 20 for a Virtual Town Hall! We've passed the halfway mark in session, and your 40th District legislators wanted to take some time to
HOT TOPIC #45 | I’ve been vaccinated – now what? Also: A look at the road ahead
COVID-19 updates from San Juan County around subjects on the minds of islanders ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| To start, some information for and about those fortunate islanders who are
New vaccine registration window opens up Monday morning, 9 a.m.
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| San Juan County Health and Community Services will be opening registration for first dose vaccine appointments on Monday March 15 at 9 a.m. Those who
Latest county COVID update shows us remaining steady, with no new cases
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Note: Current positive case numbers are available online at the County Case Data Dashboard. As indicated on that page, these numbers are only updated after
Inslee statement on Biden signing the American Rescue Plan Act
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today after President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act. “The passage of the American Rescue Plan Act is
