 About $4 million of that $5.5 million that was stolen came directly from the Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The state is working to reimburse people who have lost benefits to these scams. Frank Lindsey, Northwest News Radio. It's getting harder to find the pills that help many fight COVID. The Everett Herald reports that pharmacies in the Everett area are having a hard time keeping Paxlovid in stock. Local health officials say it's not because there's an uptick in COVID cases. The cases overall locally remain pretty low.