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
2025 Comp Plan elements for review
Housing, Capital Facilities, Utilities, and Economic Development ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is in the process of updating its Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan) as part of its 2025 Growth Management
We the People
||| FROM SUSAN SLAPIN |||
Larsen supports Taxpayer Data Protection Act to stop Musk from invading Americans’ privacy
Larsen: “Join me in fighting back against the Republican Rip-Off” ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined House Democrats to introduce the Taxpayer Data Protection Act,
WSF Weekly Report | Winter weather; 24/7 support staff; USCG K-9 honored
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve As a 24/7 operation, we have staff working nonstop to support our customers every day of the year. We have dispatchers working
National monuments under review for drilling, mining potential
||| FROM THE DESERT SUN ||| All of America's national monuments must be reviewed for potential oil and gas drilling and mining reserves, critics say, per bureaucratic language tucked deep in a sweeping order issued
Jury Duty: FEBRUARY 10-14, 2025 required to appear
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| All jurors summoned for the jury period beginning Monday, February 10th through Friday February 14th, are required to appear for jury service on Tuesday, February 11th. Jurors are to
Local company prepared to respond to flood of calls for burst water pipes
An extended period of sub-freezing temperatures may result in a flood of emergency calls for frozen and burst pipes in Northwest Washington ||| FROM NICK STONER for BARRON AC HEATING, ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING ||| Barron
Canadian woman killed during stormy boating accident in San Juan Islands
||| FROM KOMO TV NEWS ||| A tragic boating accident near Sucia Island killed a Canadian woman on Monday, the San Juan County Sheriff's Office confirmed. The incident happened on Feb. 3, when a 31-foot
Oh! More snow forecast
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 319 PM PST Wed Feb 5 2025 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County- Including the cities of Friday Harbor and
Parent of South Whidbey student arrested by ICE, district vows to protect school community
||| FROM KOMO-TV.COM ||| WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid last week in Langley nabbed the parent of a South Whidbey Island School District student, the district's top leader confirmed.
A mother’s grief, a population on the brink
||| FROM THE VANCOUVER SUN ||| Tahlequah is grieving. Hour after hour, day after day, she clings to the lifeless body of her newborn. She carries her calf through the cold waters of the Salish
Feds fly 110 detained migrants to Washington state, advocacy group says
Observers said a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight arrived over the weekend with dozens of people sent to a detention center in Tacoma. ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD ||| More than 100 detained migrants
Public officials and advocates from across the Sound mobilize for urgent ferry system investment
||| FROM FIX OUR FERRIES ||| OLYMPIA, WA – A significant delegation of local elected officials and community leaders from across Washington’s ferry-served regions will converge in Olympia from February 4-6, 2025, for Fix Our
Cultivating Connections | Register for the 2025 San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Registration is now open for the 13th Annual San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit, scheduled for February 28 and March 1, 2025, on beautiful Lopez Island. Secure your spot
Lysistrata interpretation coming to Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Follow Lysistrata and her band of Renegades as the salvation of war-torn Greece lies in the hands of the matriarchy. This 45-minute dance theater piece incorporates burlesque
5th annual Grilled Cheese Showdown
||| FROM JANET BROWNELL for ORCAS ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION ||| The Orcas Island Education Foundation (OIEF) invites you to the 5th Annual Grilled Cheese Showdown. This family-friendly fundraiser takes place on Thursday, February 26 starting
