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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 was 23,960 doses administered. The governor also announced a record number of COVID-19 vaccines administered
Prune Alley improvements project to soon begin construction
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ||| The rumors are true, the Prune Alley Street Improvements project is planned for construction this year! But not just one block, the entire project, from Main Street through the School and North Beach Road intersection! County Council met on Tuesday 01/12/2021 and
Council discusses vacation rentals, hears from Environmental Resources
||| FROM STEVE BERNHEIM, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| The San Juan County Council identified county-wide and island-by-island caps on new vacation rental (VR) permits as regulatory priorities at its Monday, January 25, 2021 meeting. Having enacted earlier this month a moratorium on new VR applications, the Council must now write new
Letter to Editor | An inside view of those North Beach trees
||| FROM DON WALTERS, CHILDREN'S HOUSE BOARD PRESIDENT ||| I wanted to comment on the article from January 22 by Matthew Gilbert, titled “North Beach trees on the chopping block.” Cory Harrington does not officially represent the board of Children’s House. I don’t think he officially represents the board of
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 focus of the Orcas Island Health Care District’s Jan. 19 regular meeting. The discussion began
Letter to Editor | Vaccination rollout is ‘haphazardous’
||| FROM ERIC AND BARBARA GOURLEY ||| [Sunday] morning Fareed Zakaria called America's handling of the CV19 vaccination program "a haphazardous rollout." Has anyone besides my wife and I tried the County's CV19 Eligibility and Application websites? We would have to agree with Fareed that its "Websites to Nowhere" aptly
Kwiaht to receive coastal watershed grant to build shellfish reefs as living breakwaters on Lopez
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| A heads-up that EPA and Restore America's Estuaries will announce awardees of this year's national Coastal Watershed Program Grants at a virtual event on Wednesday, Jan. 27 -- and Kwiaht will be one of the grantees featured in the roll-out and a short
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 announcement, enthusiastic responses have come from across the islands (as well as from the rest
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 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy at Island Hospital, 1015 25th St.,
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 1 until at least Monday, February 1, 2021. DOH, in partnership with Microsoft AI for Health, has
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 Phase 1b Tier 1 eligibility group, the level of questions and concerns from the community
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 found in testing samples from our state. The UW Medicine Virology Lab detected two cases
Port Commission schedules regular meeting for tomorrow
||| FROM JEANNIE FRANK-SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| REGULAR MEETING AGENDA JAN 25th, 2021 5:00 P.M. Orcas Airport is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Port of Orcas-Regular Meeting Time: Jan 25, 2021 05:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86368982077?pwd=alJ0MHlpalZFQ2JVZU1mN213eTFSQT09 Meeting ID: 863
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 taxes, less total funding is going towards local schools. The reason for this outcome is
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 accepted until March 22, 2021. All proposals will be considered with preference going to those
A reminder that Wolf Hollow stands ready to help wildlife in need
||| FROM SHONA AITKEN for WOLF HOLLOW WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER ||| Happy New Year fellow islanders! Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center would like to remind you that we are here to help wildlife in need. It’s easy for this to slip your mind until you find yourself needing our help
