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
Here’s the latest on COVID case count for San Juan 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
Here we go: New CDC COVID masking guidance is fast-moving
Important community update ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| As many are no doubt aware, the CDC has recently released new guidance on wearing of masks for fully vaccinated individuals. That
Reopening, vaccine update, bill signings, Native American mascots in latest Lekanoff news release
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| Happy Fantastic Friday! COVID-19 Updates Healthy Washington Reopening Yesterday, Gov. Inslee announced that Washington is moving toward a statewide June 30 reopening date! In addition, all
Next Meeting of the Minds: Forage fishes and the beach
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Meeting of the Minds – “Forage Fishes and the Beach: The Role of Local Shorelines in Marine Ecosystem Recovery” brought to you on Zoom by Orcas
Vaccine for kids 12 & up! (and their families)
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |||
¡VACUNAS! Para niños de 12 o mayores (y sus familias)
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |||
Fish & Wildlife now lists cause of deer deaths as Adenovirus Hemorrhagic Disease
Not transmittable to humans ||| FROM RON KREBS, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| Over the last few weeks, the Sheriff’s Office has been getting increasingly more reports of dead deer that show no real signs
Enroute to DC, Lummi totem pole makes a stop at Madrona Point
||| FROM MICHAEL RIORDAN ||| Over a hundred islanders came to Madrona Point (known to the Lummi as Ts’el-xwi-sen) Tuesday afternoon, May 11, to view and bless the Red Road to DC Totem Pole carved
Department of Health releases updated K-12 school guidance
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released guidance for the 2021 summer school session and 2021-2022 school year. Under the updated guidance, schools must plan to
Guest Opinion | Why I might wear a mask when COVID is over
||| FROM EMLYN "EVE" EON, ORCAS HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN ||| It keeps Bugs out of your mouth if you are Biking or Walking Keeps face warm You don’t have to hide any facial expressions; it
COVID-19 vaccine distribution update from State Department of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is pleased to share our state achieved another incredible vaccine milestone this week. As of May 10, more than 6,046,656 doses of
Sigh … Public health officials investigating multi-county outbreak of E. coli
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is working with local health jurisdictions to respond to a multi-county outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that may be linked to fresh
State says it’s a GO! Everyone 12 & older can now get Pfizer vaccine
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to everyone 12 and older following recommendations that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is safe and extremely
CDC approves Pfizer vaccine for kids 12 and up
First clinic pre-planned for this Saturday on Orcas, pending final authorization from State of Washington ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Today the CDC approved use of the Pfizer vaccine for
Letter to Editor | Kudos to our health and community services staff for keeping us healthy
||| FROM SJCo BOH: DALE HEISINGER MD, CHAIR; NOEL MONIN; JOHN GEYMAN MD; CHRISTINE MINNEY, JAMIE STEPHENS, CINDY WOLF, KYLE DAVIES ||| Recently the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/University of Wisconsin published the county health rankings
Statewide COVID response updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 384,929 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on May 10. There have been 5,593 COVID-19 deaths in Washington.
