Art Shotwell
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Art Shotwell
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The agency’s updated recommendations lower the level of covid risk for most of the country and therefore the need to mask. But some experts question the strategy.
Art Shotwell
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Skagit County’s 14-day case rate has decreased by 44 percent since last week, and our hospitalization rate has decreased by 17 percent. Our county has seen 4 new COVID-related deaths this week.
Anacortes Police
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Anacortes Police this week arrested and charged a man with firing paintballs at cars while driving along Highway 20.
Art Shotwell
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The failure of single-payer health care legislation in California casts doubt on the ability of other states to pass government-run, universal health care. But activists in New York, Washington state, and elsewhere say they are taking lessons from California and changing their tactics.
Art Shotwell
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Governments have delayed action on climate change for too long, and incremental changes in energy and food production will no longer be enough to create a climate-resilient future, a new analysis from scientists around the world warns.
Art Shotwell
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Russian President Vladimir Putin justifies his war on Ukraine as a peacekeeping mission, a “denazification” of the country.
Art Shotwell
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Skagit County says that both the Covid infection rate and the hospitalization rate have dropped over the past week as the county has seen more Covid deaths.
Art Shotwell
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Washington was the first state in the U.S. to introduce a public option for health insurance, but the rollout hasn’t been smooth. Other states with public options in the works are taking notice.
Art Shotwell
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