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Haitian migrants at the border: An asylum law scholar explains how US skirts its legal and moral duties

Art Shotwell Sep. 24 2021 7 minutes read
Both international and U.S. law recognize the basic human right to seek asylum. It is entirely legal to approach U.S. borders and request asylum.

Anacortes schools report vandalism to school property

Art Shotwell Sep. 21 2021 1 minute read
Vandalism, graffiti, and stolen property is taxing the district’s already limited resources, in what appears to be related to a current TikTok trend encouraging vandalism on school property. 

A pediatrician explains a spike in ear infections this summer after COVID-19 restrictions lifted

Art Shotwell Sep. 21 2021 5 minutes read
This summer, with the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, we have seen a return of many respiratory viruses, and with them, middle ear infections.

Ask KHN-PolitiFact: Is My Cloth Mask Good Enough to Face the Delta Variant?

Sep. 21 2021 7 minutes read
Public health experts increasingly urge people to upgrade to surgical masks, but also maintain that cloth masks still offer protection.

Police Blotter, September 11 - 16, 2021

Anacortes Police Sep. 21 2021 8 minutes read
A police officer narrowly missed a head-on crash with a wrong-way driver on highway 20 this week.

Washington Farmland Trust & Viva Farms to host a virtual benefit concert for local farms

Art Shotwell Sep. 21 2021 3 minutes read
Washington Farmland Trust and Viva Farms will come together for the second year in a row to host Love the Land, a virtual benefit concert for local farms featuring The Decemberists as the headlining act.

Skagit County not connected to recent door-to-door “Elections Integrity Audit”

Art Shotwell Sep. 17 2021 2 minutes read
County government, including the Skagit County Auditor, say they are not involved with this GOP project. Skagit County Elections staff will never come to your home. 

FDA panel recommends limiting Pfizer booster shots to Americans 65 and older, and those at high risk of severe COVID-19

Art Shotwell Sep. 17 2021 5 minutes read
Although the vote is not binding, it is likely that it will form the basis of a formal FDA recommendation.

Scientists Examine Kids’ Unique Immune Systems as More Fall Victim to Covid

Sep. 17 2021 10 minutes read
Doctors are trying to figure out why some kids become much sicker than others and, in rare cases, don’t survive.

Forceful vaccine messages backfire with holdouts – how can it be done better?

Art Shotwell Sep. 14 2021 7 minutes read
With the FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the continued surge of the delta variant, governments across the world have renewed their push to increase the number of vaccinated individuals by persuading the holdouts.

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