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“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.”
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State COVID-19 vaccine distribution hits 500,000 total doses administered
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today announced progress toward the state’s goal of administering 45,000 vaccine doses a day. As of Monday, the state’s current seven-day rolling average
Health District meeting addresses vaccinations, clinic transition
||| FROM SUSAN MCBAIN, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Plans for COVID-19 vaccinations on the island and for the transition to Island Hospital (IH) as operator of a single practice in the Orcas medical center were the
Effort to save the Shaw Store gains momentum
||| FROM THE SAVE THE SHAW STORE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ||| Dear friends and neighbors, Save the Shaw Store has gotten off to a terrific start. Within just a few days of the first public
Upcoming balance screening, diabetes classes at Island Hospital
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Balance Screening at Island Hospital Determine if you are at risk of falling due to balance issues at a free screening on Tuesday, February 2, between 10:30
New “Roadmap to Recovery” dashboard now live; All regions to remain in phase 1 for now
||| FROM STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ||| OLYMPIA –Today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announced that based on Governor Jay Inslee’s Roadmap to Recovery phased reopening plan, all eight (8) regions in Washington will remain in Phase
Hot Topic #42 | Vaccine FAQ 5.0
COVID-19 updates from San Juan County around subjects on the minds of islanders ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| With the Governor’s recent authorization to deliver vaccine to those in the
New United Kingdom COVID-19 variant detected in Snohomish County
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA --The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) along with the Snohomish Health District and the UW Medicine Virology Lab, announce that the B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19 has been
Dept. of unintended consequences: McCleary funding reforms force big San Juan school district budget cuts
||| FROM SALISH-CURRENT ||| A law to make state education funding more equitable has had an adverse effect in the San Juan Islands. Ironically, while San Juan property owners are paying more in state education
Town of Friday Harbor seeks artists’ proposals for Blair Avenue Mural Project
||| FROM JULIE GREEN for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| The Town of Friday Harbor is accepting proposals for artwork to be displayed on or against a 235-foot wall along Blair Avenue. Proposals will be
Recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 283,188 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on January 20. There have been 4,065 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For
Weekly COVID-19 update from the county
||| 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
OIHCD Superintendent Anne Presson responds to provider announcement
||| FROM ANNE PRESSON for ORCAS HOSPITAL DISTRICT ||| We are approaching the half-way point in the transition of the UW and OFHC Clinics into a single entity. As is the case with any long
You can help chart the path of Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center is navigating new ground due to COVID-19. We rely on our members' feedback to help create a Center for the Arts that meets our community's
San Juan Library to host an introduction to online ZOOM meetings
||| FROM SJC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Wednesday, February 10 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Learn the Zoom video conference application features in a low-pressure environment! During COVID-19, many of us have had to
Orcas Island Library will have to return to curbside pickup services starting today
||| FROM PHIL HEIKKINEN for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| As some of you may have already read, the Governor’s office has issued a “Healthy Washington – Roadmap to Recovery” plan, which updates the State’s approach
Orcas Senior Center has been meeting the pandemic’s challenges
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Since 1976, the Orcas Senior Center (OSC) has provided home-delivered and group meals; transportation; social, recreational and educational opportunities; and health-related assistance in our community. Although
