** LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL NEWS **

+ McClatchy: It’s a boy! Orca Tahlequah gives birth off the Washington coast after losing calf in 2018

+ The Olympian: Thurston schools can slowly reopen to in-person learning, county Health Officer says

+ NVN: Yelm Mayor Proposes Lowering Water Rates

+ The Olympian: Thurston Sheriff John Snaza appeals recall decision to WA Supreme Court

+ NVN: Yelm’s D&D Computers Reaches 25 Years in Business

+ JOLT News: Thurston Jail population shrunk during pandemic

+ JOLT News: Thurston Community Media Wins National Awards

+ South Sound Business: Thursday’s Upcoming Thurston Webinar to Give Updates on Child Care, Retail, Unemployment

+ NBC News: Misery on Main Street: Covid-19 takes a toll on U.S. small businesses [Ed. note: This did not have to occur if only Trump invoked a national plan.]

+ The Texas Tribune: A ceremonial resolution honoring the life of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg failed in the Senate on Tuesday after U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz objected to language his Democratic counterparts added noting her dying wish that a successor not be chosen until after the presidential inauguration early next year. [Ed. note: How pathetic that partisan politics can’t be put aside to honor one of them most broadly respected and influential justice of our times.]

** CORONAVIRUS NEWS **

Most voters worry Trump is trying to release coronavirus vaccine too quickly, to help his reelection, polls say

Massive genetic study shows coronavirus mutating and potentially evolving amid rapid U.S. spread

‘No way in hell’: Some wary parents won’t vaccinate kids, setting up future school showdowns

‘You are not listening:’ Fauci loses patience with Rand Paul in Senate COVID hearing

Trudeau: Canada already in second wave of coronavirus

Winter Is Coming — How to Stop a Second Wave of COVID-19 – “Telling the truth never causes panic”