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JOSEPH — It may seem the COVID-19 pandemic is all but through, but the residents of the Alpine House senior living facility in Joseph would have to disagree. ....
JOSEPH — It may seem the COVID-19 pandemic is all but through, but the residents of the Alpine House senior living facility in Joseph would have to disagree. ....
ENTERPRISE â All of the residents and staff of Wallowa Countyâs five long-term care facilities who wanted them have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. And Winding Waters Clinic played a vital role in getting those doses to the individuals who needed them. Nic Powers, Winding Waters CEO, said the clinic â due to its position as a federally qualified health center â received 100 doses of the Moderna vaccine in early January and took the lead on vaccinating those who are staying at one of the five long-term care facilities in the county. âWe worked out a plan to vaccinate any and all residents and staff of the long-term care facilities that wanted to get the vaccine,â Powers recently said. âOur staff has been doing that over the last week.â ....
After about six months operating in Enterprise as the Thistle & Pine clothing store, the operation moved to Joseph this past spring just as the COVID-19 pandemic was getting underway. Now, itâs Wild Sage Clothing. âPeople didnât understand our name,â owner Angela Train said. âIt was too creative, I think.â Train, who leaves the day-to-day operation of the store to her daughters, Roni and Brianna Train, said the move was undertaken for a couple of reasons, which she called a âreset.â âThe rent was cheaper in Joseph and thereâs more foot traffic, so we moved up there,â she said. ....