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
Senior Center set to reopen, gradually re-introducing classes, activities
Senior lunches set to begin once a week on Sept. 13 ||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Who would have guessed when we closed our doors last March due to COVID-19 safety
New SJC COVID case count: Lopez 0, Orcas 0, San Juan 2
||| FROM KYRA KINNAMAN for SJC HEALTH & COMMUNITY SERVICES ||| Note: Current positive case numbers are available online at the the County Case Data Dashboard. Since the last update on Thursday July 22, total
Most recent Washington state update on COVID-19 cases
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 431,743 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on July 28. There have been 6,119 COVID-19
What new WA police accountability laws do and don’t do
Plus, a closer look at some of the concerned statements made by police chiefs and sheriffs ||| FROM CROSSCUT ||| Several new police accountability bills went into effect in Washington state this week, changing some
NOTAM: No fuel at Orcas Airport into Monday at least
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| NOTAM / NOTICE TO AIRMEN The fuel station will be down all weekend and into Monday at least. The new credit card machine install was not
DOH adds data enhancements to the COVID-19 dashboard
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has added new data about testing and healthcare system readiness trends to the COVID-19 data dashboard. These enhancements include adding: Antigen
Back to school safety checks, immunizations, more scheduled for Saturday
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTHCARE DISTRICT ||| The Island Primary Care-Orcas Clinic is hosting a back to school event this Saturday, July 31 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This will be
Oprah sells Orcas Island estate for $14 million
||| FROM BUSINESS JOURNAL ||| Oprah Winfrey has sold her 43-acre waterfront estate known as Madroneagle on Orcas Island’s Catspaw Lane for $14 million, the Business Journal has learned. Sources familiar with the deal say it
New data reveals COVID-19 impact on unvaccinated Washingtonians
Between February and June 2021, most people in Washington who died of COVID-19 were unvaccinated ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- New reporting from the Washington State Department of Health reveals the devastating
EDC has much more help available for your business
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Small Business Flex Fund Have a leak? Broken equipment? Is this the last thing your business needs after a long year? If you're thinking about taking out a business
Masks required for all K-12 students and staff heading back to the classroom
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Safely returning to the classroom for full time in-person instruction this school year is important for students, teachers, and staff. Today, the Washington State Department of Health
Latest statewide COVID-19 response updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 430,103 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on July 26. There have been 6,097 COVID-19
Free healthcare career training offered by EDC and Cornerstone
||| FROM MICHELANGELO (MICKEY) VON DASSOW for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Those seeking to enter health care careers, obtain side income while helping their neighbors, or boost personal care business are invited to get free
Tourists | Again, we’re not the only island feeling overrun
||| FROM SFGATE.COM ||| [Reprint at request of an Orcasonian reader.} “We are not Disneyland. People live here,” says Kai Duponte, a Native Hawaiian who was born and raised on Maui, responding to the unprecedented
Inslee rescinds three proclamations related to the COVID-19 pandemic
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today rescinded two COVID-19 emergency proclamations and gave advance notice of the rescission of a third emergency proclamation. Proclamation 20-20 Proclamation 20-20 waived/suspended
COVID-19 cases are increasing across the state
Vaccination rates not increasing fast enough to control the virus ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The latest COVID-19 modeling and surveillance situation report from the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) shows a new
