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It’s an idea that’s been discussed for decades: one consolidated medical clinic for Orcas Island. Now, under the leadership of the Orcas Island Health Care District and Island Hospital, that concept is coming to fruition. … Read More

First doses of COVID-19 vaccine are again scant through Skagit County this week, with the winter storms across the nation partly to blame.

Island Hospital nurses are at the negotiating table with Island Hospital administrators over their three-year contract. The seventh bargaining session over Zoom will be on Thursday, and both sides have said they are hopeful to … Read More

The state has again skipped Skagit County, Island Hospital and Skagit Regional Health in its allotment of COVID-19 first-dose vaccine this week, making it two straight weeks that requests have gone unfilled. All three did … Read More

Neither Island Hospital nor county Public Health received vaccine allotments this week, and there is little expectation in getting a significant allotment in the near future. Island Hospital has the capacity to vaccinate 1,000 people … Read More

Island Hospital announced Monday that it received 100 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in its allotment for this week, 300 fewer than it had requested from the state.

Island Hospital announced Monday it had received 100 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in its allotment for this week, 300 fewer than it requested from the state. “We’re all extremely disappointed,” CEO Charles Hall … Read More

Sign-ups to receive the COVID-19 vaccine through Island Hospital have been postponed, and an announcement for the next scheduling session will be Monday, Feb. 1.

Island Hospital’s first public vaccine clinics scheduled for next week filled up  only 22 minutes after going live at noon today. Some 640 people are now scheduled to receive their first dose of the Moderna … Read More

COVID-19 vaccine scheduling is expected to begin at noon today as Island Hospital moves forward to phase 1B1, which now includes people 65 years and older, as well as those who are 50 years and … Read More