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
COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan update from State Department of Health
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) continues to make progress with our COVID-19 vaccine distribution planning efforts. If everything goes as planned, we expect to have the vaccine
A special online musical event: Home for the Holidays
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE. for ORCAS CENTER ||| Never has the phrase, “Home for the Holidays” been more appropriate than this year. With many of us unable to attend events with friends and family, it’s
Transition Lopez Island outlines progress toward fossil-free, food secure future
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Last Saturday, December 5, a group called “Transition Lopez Island” convened a tele-panel of residents and representatives to update the community on progress toward a fossil-free future and
Recap of recent statewide COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 192,413 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on December 9. There have been 2,850 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For the
Latest local COVID-19 news, updates
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Note: Current positive case numbers are available online at the County Case Count Page. As indicated on that page, these numbers are only updated after
Datapalooza 2020: Stark realities and a Summer 2021 of uncertainty
||| BY theORCASONIAN OPD-ED REPORTER MATTHEW GILBERT ||| On December 9, the San Juan County Economic Development Council (EDC) hosted what has become a year-end round-up of economic data from the prior year for a
COVID-19 trends uncertain following increased activity before Thanksgiving
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released the latest statewide situation report on COVID-19 transmission. Because people’s decisions about whether to get tested or seek healthcare tend
This year do your holiday shopping at the Orcas Library
||| FROM FRIENDS OF ORCAS LIBRARY ||| As with many of the wonderful activities which take place here on Orcas every year, Friends of the Orcas Island Library (FOIL) very reluctantly canceled last Winter’s Book
Doe Bay Wine, Senior Center putting together a virtual, festive vineyard
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Orcas Senior Center and Doe Bay Wine Company’s Cole Sisson in the virtual vineyard for a fun, festive and informative hour of wine tasting and
Introducing ‘Care Connect Washington’ – A new way to get COVID-19 relief
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – Today the Washington State Department of Health is announcing a new service to help people who have to isolate or quarantine at home after testing positive for COVID-19 or
Inslee extends 26 proclamations relating to COVID-19
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee announced the extension of 26 proclamations today in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. A December 7 letter from the Legislature extended the following proclamations. Extended through December
Recap of recent COVID-19 news, updates
||| FROM STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 187,327 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on December 7. There have been 2,967 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For the
Working Washington adds $50 million to small business grants. Apply by Dec. 11
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ||| Don't delay in reviewing the details from Washington State's Department of Commerce. $100 million allocated for grants. Click here to visit the Commerce website; the link to apply is found on
Today’s COVID-19 case reporting reflects backlog, duplicates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is announcing 6,972 new cases of COVID-19 today, a number that reflects both a backlog of COVID-19 positive lab test results
These island businesses are greening up the grid
||| FROM LESLIE BRAZEAU for EASTSOUND SUITES ||| Eastsound Suites on Main Street is the latest Orcas business to begin generating their own electricity. Orcas-based installer, Rainshadow Solar, completed installation earlier this month of 34
Couldn’t get to The Green on Sunday? Tuesday is another chance to sign this important anti-discrimination petition
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| Below is the same article that appeared on the Orcasonian on Saturday. We held our signing event on Sunday and got many signatures, but we know a lot of people
