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Nationwide test tomorrow of cellular and emergency alert system alerts
||| FROM DAVE HALLORAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Hey Islanders, tomorrow October 4th at about 11:20 AM is the nationwide test of Cellular and Emergency Alert System alerts! When activated these systems can alert
Larsen: Highway, bridge and EV funding announcements mean more jobs and better infrastructure coming to NW Washington
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced it is awarding $1.08 billion in formula funding to the Washington State Department of Transportation to
Sheriff’s Report | September 20 – 26, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 23-007585 Parking Problem 08:39:33 09/20/23 A Deputy on Orcas wrote a ticket for mooring at public landing. The boat was moored at a county
New York is breaking free of Airbnb’s clutches. This is how the rest of the world can follow suit
||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER New York City’s crackdown on Airbnb, which was enforced earlier this month, has been described as a “de facto ban” by the company. The tough restrictions,
WSF Weekly Report | Inslee tours Kaleetan, fare changes October 1
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Gov. Jay Inslee tours Kaleetan on way to Lopez Island While travelling from Anacortes to Lopez Island, Gov. Jay Inslee talked to some of our employees aboard Kaleetan on Tuesday.
Eastsound Water addresses professional fees, expenditures
||| FROM EASTSOUND WATER USERS ASSOCIATION ||| EWUA Professional Fees & Expenditures You are likely aware of the pending recall effort underway - spearheaded by Steve Smith and Tenar Hall (who are both former Board
Fire Commission to hold a special town hall meeting
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners invites you to the Special Meeting TOWN HALL on Tuesday, September 26th, at 6 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall
Port Commission to meet tommorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS COMMISSIONERS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners meeting will be held on Monday, September 25th, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. online via Zoom and in person
Sheriff’s Report | September 13 – 19, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 23-007424 Welfare Check 13:32:23 09/13/23 A Deputy on Orcas Island responded to a welfare check. 23-007426 Trespassing 14:16:14 09/13/23 A Deputy on San Juan
WSF Weekly Report | Prospective students tour, Walla Walla out for 4 weeks, SJI task force, and a Troll
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Staff and students from Seattle Jobs Initiative tour Tacoma, Eagle Harbor A group from Seattle Jobs Initiative toured a vessel on our Seattle/Bainbridge route Tuesday as part of our
Chief vanSchaick interview: ‘You can’t outwork bad leadership’
Setting the tone and driving organizational change from the chief’s seat ||| FROM EMS1.COM ||| The spark: What put you on the path to becoming a Chief? Holly vanSchaick, fire chief of Orcas Island
Upcoming special Fire Commission meeting to discuss lid lift ballot measure
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a Special Meeting on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at 6:00 p.m.
San Juan County to observe Indigenous People’s Day, offices will close Oct. 9
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County administrative offices will be closed on Monday, October 9, in observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. This holiday is celebrated on the second Monday of
Yo, San Juan County! Join us in the world’s largest earthquake drill
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| The Great WA ShakeOut (https://www.shakeout.org/washington/) earthquake drill is at 10:19 a.m on Thursday, October 19th. Signing up AND participating is super easy and only takes
Fire Commission to meet on Monday
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners invites you to the Regular Meeting on Monday, September 18th, at 3 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall or on Zoom (link
Rep. Ramel: The road to ferry reliability
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. ALEX RAMEL ||| As summer comes to an end, I have been out in our community listening to you on issues such as ferry reliability, rent stabilization, and addressing
