Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
Larsen and Kuster introduce bill to enhance federal response to close substance use care gap and save lives
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Annie Kuster (NH-02) introduced the Closing the Substance Use Care Gap Act to expand access to lifesaving, community-based harm reduction initiatives and services and
Guest Opinion | Should we be subsidizing the profligate power consumption of mansion owners?
||| FROM CHOM & CHRIS GREACEN ||| Our customer-owned electric utility, OPALCO, has voiced with increasing alarm: “blackouts are coming.”1 Why? Coal and natural gas-fired power plants are being retired faster than we can add
Setting Public Works Priorities: Council approves 6-Year transportation plan
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council adopted the Public Works Department’s 2025-2030 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the Annual Construction Program (ACP) for 2025. The TIP guides the Public Works Department as
Letter to Editor | Eager to see Rick Hughes return
||| FROM BECCA GRAY ||| In recent years, the islands’ residents and industries have experienced compounding challenges; from the lack of consistent ferry service, prompt permitting from our land use department, to the general lack
Letter to Editor | Choose Hughes
||| FROM GARY FRANKLIN ||| A vote next month for Rick Hughes to be on our County Council is a vote for an experienced advocate for San Juan County, its residents and our neighborhoods. Working
Letter to Editor | Paulsen is an advocate for affordable housing
||| FROM ORCAS TENANTS UNITED ||| Our community is in a period of massive transition, and it is vital that we elect county council candidates who are committed to enriching the lives of people who
Letter to Editor | Who’s buying our County Council?
||| FROM DAVID DEHLENDORF ||| My wife and I are enthusiastic supporters of candidate Kari McVeigh for San Juan County Council for District 1 (San Juan, Stuart, and other adjacent islands) and we will be
New winter sailing schedule for San Juans
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Vehicle reservations for the winter 2025 schedule (Dec. 29 through Mar. 22) will be available one week from today at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29. To ensure a smooth and
Island Ways | Crew shortages cause several slow boat cancellations on Nantucket
Orcas and Nantucket Islands are each roughly the same size and the same distance off their respective coasts. We share the same concerns about the high cost of living, lack of affordable housing, tourist management,
Letter to Editor | Right person at the right time
||| FROM LEITH TEMPLIN ||| When I vote in an election, I look at the candidates, the position and who is best qualified. I generally know the people running so this is not about personalities
Letters to Editor | Why I support Rick Hughes’ candidacy
||| FROM JAN EHRLICHMAN ||| I’ve lived through many campaigns, and I know the commitment and hard work that is required when someone runs for office. I have a lot of respect for Rick Hughes
Pea Patch community campus update
REPORT BACK TO COMMUNITY ON SITE DESIGN – OCT 29, 2024 SOLAR MICROGRID FEASIBILITY STUDY SEEKS COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON, PEA PATCH PROJECT LEAD ||| More than ten months after purchasing eleven acres
Letter to Editor | Does Land Bank affect other property taxes?
||| FROM RON WHALEN ||| Is the connection between property values and property taxes too much to grasp? The Land Bank fealty expound on the other causes of rising property taxes but neglect to address
In Memoriam | Valerie Binford
||| FROM SUSAN BINFORD ||| Valerie Binford Valerie Binford, 83, a long-time resident of Orcas Island, passed away Tuesday, October 15, at her home in Deer Harbor, WA. A beloved daughter, sister, wife,
Invest in Unbiased Local Political Discourse | Support League of Women Voters & SanJuans.Today
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for PAULSEN 4 COUNCIL ||| Friends, Neighbors, and Supporters of all candidates, We have reached the point in the campaign where things are winding down. The last of eight forums wrapped
Letter to Editor | Response to O’Day supporters
||| FROM AMANDA AZOUS ||| Dear Stephanie O’Day Supporters, Many of us are aware of misinformation circulating recently about Stephanie O’Day, her team’s postings and their effect on our community. 1. The Land Bank and
