After a summer lull in the number of new COVID-19 infections, new variants of the virus have slowly started driving an increase in cases in the Walla Walla Valley and nationwide.
Dr. Daniel Kaminsky...
When we went home in March of my first year at Whitman, we were convinced that we would be back by the fall, that we were only losing a few months. Then fall came and we were online, spring came and we...
From Monday, April 18 to Thursday, April 21, Peter Harvey, Chair of the Coronavirus Task Force, reported 49 positive COVID-19 test results and a total of 60 students in isolation. A sudden uptick in cases...
I found out yesterday I have COVID-19. To be honest, I can’t say I was surprised. It’s starting to feel like everyone has COVID-19.
Unfortunately for Whitman students, we have found ourselves...
On March 2, President Kathy Murray emailed the Whitman community announcing that masks would no longer be required in indoor spaces starting March 12. The Wire spoke with students and faculty to find...
On March 21, masks will no longer be required indoors in Washington State, leaving Whitman with the choice to change their protocols.
“We think this is both good for our health and our education...
Like the rest of Washington state, Walla Walla County has seen a significant uptick in COVID-19 cases in the new year, largely due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant. According to the Walla Walla...
The Omicron variant was first reported to the World Health Organization on Nov. 24, 2021 by South African scientists. The first known infection was from a specimen collected on Nov. 9, 2021. In response,...
Whitman is officially requiring all members of the campus community receive a COVID-19 booster by Jan. 15, 2022.
The decision was announced in an email from President Kathy Murray sent on Dec. 13...
In an email sent to the Whitman community on Dec. 10, Coronavirus Task Force Chair Peter Harvey confirmed the college’s first on-campus virus transmission.
According to Harvey, the COVID situation...
After a year and a half dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, operations felt relatively normal on campus this semester. Despite the prevalence of COVID-19 in the Walla Walla community and throughout...
Editor's note: This article has been edited to revise two misleading and prejudiced statements. The article previously stated twice that the Omicron variant "originated in South Africa." This does not,...
