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’s safe medication return program gets underway
||| FROM STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ||| OLYMPIA -- Today is the go-live date for Washington’s Safe Medication Return Program, a pioneering effort aimed at reducing medication misuse, abuse, and poisonings. This program creates a unified, statewide,
Inslee announces additional COVID-19 financial support
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee ... announced additional financial support funds for families and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor was joined by Lisa Brown, Department of Commerce
Department of Health temporarily pauses reporting of negative COVID-19 test results
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is asking the state’s laboratories that conduct the largest volume of tests to temporarily stop sending individual negative COVID-19 test
Garden Club has some November offerings for community
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Newsletter and Featured Webinar The Orcas Island Garden Club continues to make contributions in the community. And while we aren’t meeting in person, we are actively engaged in
Guaranteed funding available through Washington College Grant to attend Skagit Valley College
||| FROM ARDEN AINLEY for SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE ||| What’s next in your life? Considering attending Skagit Valley College in Winter Quarter, but need financial assistance? Great news! Guaranteed college funding for all eligible residents
EDC presents Datapalooza 2020! – a statistics and demographics event for San Juan County
||| FROM JOHN GOMEZ for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| This year, more than ever, business owners and community leaders and legislators need data and information to make knowledgeable decisions. Join the Economic Development Council (EDC)
Department of Health urges people to limit Thanksgiving gatherings, not seek screening tests
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| The Department of Health (DOH) strongly urges everyone to limit their holiday celebrations to only members of their immediate households. We also encourage anyone with symptoms or close
Island Hardware reduces hours following staff member’s positive COVID-19 test
||| FROM BOB PHALAN for ISLAND HARDWARE ||| We at Island Hardware take the health and safety of our loyal customers and staff seriously. Island Hardware has experienced its first positive test for Covid 19.
Health District and clinics confront COVID surge
||| BY SUSAN MCBAIN, ORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| The surge in COVID-19 cases, and its effects on medical services on Orcas Island, were the main topics of the Orcas Island Health Care District’s meeting on Nov.
Inslee letter urges Congress to immediately resume COVID-19 relief negotiations
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| In case you missed it: Gov. Jay Inslee sent a letter [yesterday] to congressional leadership and the Trump administration, urging an immediate restart to negotiations on another coronavirus
State recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 137,411 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on November 18. There have been 2,603 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For the
OISD COVID-19 Update | 33 tests: 31 negatives, one inadequate test, one positive
||| FROM ERIC WEBB for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Dear Students, Parents, Staff, & Community, I want to take a moment to update you on the current COVID-19 situation in the district that I
Friday Update | COVID-19 case count rises on Orcas, San Juan
||| 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
San Juan County, Commerce, EDC grants provide relief to island businesses, organizations
||| FROM JOHN GOMEZ for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| San Juan County, the Washington State Department of Commerce, and the Economic Development Council (EDC) have awarded over $300,000 in COVID-19 relief grant funds directly to
COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan update from Washington 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, and are hopeful a safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 will
Hot Topic #36 | Here are our COVID-19 vaccine expectations
COVID-19 updates from San Juan County around subjects on the minds of islanders ||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| From the beginning of the COVD crisis, an effective and safe vaccine
