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.”
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County opens 2024 vacation rental compliance certification process
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County's Department of Community Development has opened the 2024 vacation rental certification of compliance process. This compliance process will be open until December 31, 2024. Vacation rental permit
A holiday tradition continues, with a twist
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for OLGA SYMPHONY ||| The Olga Symphony is pleased to announce they will once again present their Thanksgiving weekend concert, this year on November 29th and 30th. Having been a band
Letter to Editor | Vote YES on Proposition 1
||| FROM TOM and TAMMY COWAN ||| Unfortunately, we just don’t get out to walk and visit the amazing Land Bank preserves as often as we used to. Still, we get great satisfaction in knowing
Letter to Editor | Fact-checking McVeigh statements
||| FROM MINNIE KNYCH ||| There were several statements made by some of the candidates at the forum on Saturday that deserve fact checking. One statement by Kari McVeigh needs a fact check. When asked
LWVSJ Observer Corps | County Council October 21, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The Sheriff gave the Council copies of lifesaving awards to two sheriff’s deputies for saving a car accident victim last August by pulling them to safety as
Leaping Fool Winter Writers’ Series submissions open
||| FROM NIK SCHULZ ||| “THE LEAPING FOOL” winter writers’ series enters its last season with three events taking place at the Orcas Island Winery during the 2024–2025 season. Submissions for all three events are
Free Tooth Extraction Clinic
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF DR. TRIPLETT ||| Dr. Triplett’s dental office at 445 Madrona Street in Eastsound has reserved Wednesday November 13 for free tooth extractions for our Orcas, Shaw, and Waldron residents in
Letter to Editor | Paulsen is the worthy choice for SJC
||| FROM NICHOLAS JOHNS ||| Justin Paulsen is my choice for County Council District 2. Justin is a highly competent and intelligent man. He’s endorsed by both outgoing county councilwomen. He has the right policy
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
