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The Washington Board of Health says it will hold a hearing as it decides whether to take action after the removal of former Spokane Regional Health

With COVID-19 vaccinations climbing in Kitsap while cases are on the rise again and the identification of a virus variant looms, Dr. Gib Morrow turned to a pair of sporty metaphors. Going through a slide deck at Tuesday's Kitsap Public Health District board meeting, the district's health officer came to a slide with a syringe and a coronavirus globe superimposed on the heads of a tortoise and a hare. “The race is on,” Morrow told local elected officials, “and we need to put the hammer down.” Then later: “If presumably we’re in the fourth quarter and the goal line’s in sight a...

Kitsap Public Health looks to expand community COVID-19 vaccination sites BREMERTON — When it gets enough doses, the community vaccination site at the old St. Michael hospital in Bremerton provides around 700 shots a day. But getting that many doses hasn't been a sure bet.  In previous weeks, the community site was relegated to administering second doses with vaccine shipments in short supply from the state. The clinic did receive its allotment of vaccines this week, and the site is slated to put 2,300 first doses into people’s arms.  Kitsap Public Health, which established the site ...

Kitsap County commissioners criticize state reopening plan, vaccine rollout Christian Vosler and Austen Macalus, Kitsap Sun © Debbie Gilman, Kitsap County, Contributed photo Kitsap County Commissioners (2019), l-r, Rob Gelder, Charlotte Garrido, Ed Wolfe New reopening plans unveiled by state leaders earlier this month have come under fire from Kitsap County’s Board of Commissioners as well as other local government and public health officials, who say the phased strategy lacks input from local leaders and creates uncertainty for businesses unsure if they will be allowed t...