Here’s a thought…
“Before we work on artificial intelligence, why don’t we do something about natural stupidity?”
READER BOARD
Larsen votes to protect public lands, rivers in Washington state, nationwide
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted for a comprehensive wilderness and public lands protection bill which includes Representative Derek Kilmer’s legislation to designate more than 126,000 acres of public land as wilderness and nearly 460 miles of rivers and
WSF now knows the best times to sail, publishes new travel guide
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Customers can now check out WSF’s updated Best Times to Travel guides for every route from now through Saturday, May 8. The new online interface allows customers to more easily navigate and view guides for multiple routes to better plan their travel arrangements. The safety
New community classes upcoming from Island Hospital
||| FROM RACHEL LAMBERT for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Island Hospital offers free Medicare class Learn more about your Medicare options at a free class on Monday, March 8, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Traditional coverage, supplements, advantage plans, prescription drug coverage, enrollment information and Medicare fraud protection will be covered.
Department of Health launches weekly SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and variant report
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) announces that it will begin publishing a weekly SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and variant report today. The report summarizes genome sequencing coverage of Washington SARS-CoV-2 specimens from multiple laboratories across the US and our state. The goal
Land Bank: It’s time to order native plants while supplies last
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Land Bank is offering a rare opportunity to purchase locally grown wildflowers native to San Juan County. Reserve plants online at sjclandbank.org, March 5 - 12, and pick them up on Saturday, March 20 at
Larsen: American Rescue Plan delivers real relief to struggling Washingtonians, puts nation on path to economic recovery
||| FROM REP. RICK LARSEN'S OFFICE ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted to deliver real relief to Washingtonians struggling with the economic and public health impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The American Rescue Plan Act passed the House of Representatives by a final vote of 219 to 212.
Midnight Mutterings | There was this thing
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS BY JACKIE BATES ||| As you, no doubt. recall, there was a ‘thing’ that happened at the US Capitol, on Jan. 6, 2021. It was called many names by different people. Sedition, breach, attack, domestic terrorism, insurrection, mobbing, coup, riot, race riot. Criminal attack. Anarchy comes in
Sheriff’s Report | February 17 – 23, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17 21-001378 Found Property 10:41:36 02/17/21 A San Juan Deputy responded to a report of found property. The property's owner was located, and it was returned. 21-001380 Fraud 12:44:43 02/17/21 A San Juan Deputy responded to a report of a
Friday update from Rep. Lekanoff … and today is her birthday!
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| Happy Fantastic Friday! This week, the People's House began full-time floor action, which will continue until Tuesday, March 9. This means for the next week and a half, each day we will be working remotely to debate and pass legislation. Although
COVID-19 vaccine distribution update from the 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 and administration efforts. As of Feb. 22, more than 1,411,453 doses of vaccine have been given across the state, which is more than 75% of the 1,821,705 doses
Recap of recent COVID-19 news, updates from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 319,498 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 24. There have been 4,942 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, data note: Negative test results data from Nov. 21–30, 2020,
Community Rights San Juan Islands to host two conversation cafes in March
||| FROM COMMUNITY RIGHTS SAN JUAN ISLANDS ||| Community Rights San Juan Islands is hosting two Conversation Cafes Thursday, March 4th 5:30 - 7:00 pm (Rescheduled Cafe from Feb 25) Thursday, March 11th 5:30 - 7:00 pm March 4th Cafe - County Bill of Rights Do county residents need a stronger
There are no new COVID-19 cases anywhere in county; tips to keep it that way
||| 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 case confirmation is complete, usually daily. It is possible that other information sources in community
‘Occam’s Razor’ | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Latest offerings from Funhouse Commons
||| FROM FUNHOUSE COMMONS ||| Presenting a new outdoor after-school program! We are excited to announce a new program starting in March - Stepping Up! Stepping Up is an outdoor exploration program for students in grades K-8, with different age groups meeting on different days weekly. The program will be
Guest Opinion | We have good cause to extend vacation rental moratorium
||| FROM ALEXANDRA GAYEK ||| Most of the verbal public comments offered at the Feb. 23 County Council meeting in opposition to the current moratorium on vacation rental permit applications perfectly illustrated the primary reason I wrote and spoke in favor of extending the moratorium. The following is more extensive
