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From the Guv | Supportive housing, one decade of marriage equality, first bill signed of session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Youth center and shelters in Longview offer fresh starts for locals Gov. Jay Inslee visited Longview on Tuesday, meeting with local leaders to hear their
Sheriff’s Report | February 8 – 14, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 23-000859 Fraud 11:39:46 02/08/23 San Juan Deputy took a report of fraud. A victim received an email advising they had been charged by McAfee
WSF Weekly Report | Service restoration update
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Service restoration update Our latest Service Restoration Plan (PDF 794KB) Progress Report (PDF 608KB) shows our Edmonds/Kingston route hitting 99% reliability over the past two weeks. Unfortunately, because of
Liz’s Loveletter | Ferries, policy cutoff, and more
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF SENATOR LIZ LOVELETT ||| We are officially one-third of the way through the 2023 legislative session, which means we’re busier than ever, working to pass bills before key deadlines. It
County begins work on Orcas Island’s Fish Trap Creek culvert replacement
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The County is beginning a project to replace a culvert and repair a section of Cormorant Bay Road near Deer Harbor. The FEMA-funded project will install a ten-foot-wide
The latest info on the aerial objects we shot down
I just got a brief from NORAD. Here's what they told me. ||| FROM REP. JEFF JACKSON ||| Over the last three days, I’ve been swamped with questions about the recent shoot-downs of unidentified aerial
Latest round of $70 million in state pandemic relief assists 3,787 small businesses
Grants provide relief to businesses in all 39 Washington counties ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| The Washington State Department of Commerce, in partnership with the Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA), has distributed $70
NORAD air defense exercise off BC, WA coast today
||| FROM NORAD & US NORTHCOM ||| COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will conduct a planned, live-fly air defense exercise off the coast of British Columbia and Washington State today. A
County Council proclaims Southern Resident Killer Whales culturally important to San Juans
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| We were not the first in the state of Washington, but San Juan County Council has passed a Proclamation urging our State and Federal governments to deepen their
Sheriff’s Report | February 1 – 8, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 23-000691 Welfare Check 09:46:24 02/01/23 Deputies responded to a report of a suicidal individual on the west side of San Juan Island. The report
Weekly WSF report
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Visit to Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility I spent some time at our Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility last week meeting colleagues who basically keep our system afloat. The
New tax credit, public option success, last 747 made, Black History Month
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| New Working Families Tax Credit returns up to $1,200 for eligible families Applications are now being accepted for the state Working Families Tax Credit, providing up
Sheriff’s Report | January 25 – 31, 2023
|||FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25 23-000531 Accident-NonInj 11:24:48 01/25/23 A San Juan Deputy responded to a single-vehicle collision. The driver showed no signs of impairment and the Deputy assisted with
USCG Auxiliary offering boater education course
||| FROM U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ||| The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Bellingham and San Juan Islands Flotilla is offering three opportunities for boaters to take an on-line, Washington State Basic Boater Education Course. The
Electric ferry charging facility to be built down-Sound
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Federal grants for electrification efforts, improvements The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration recently awarded us with three grants. Together, they total $11.6 million in
Sheriff’s Office expresses sorrow in Memphis murder
||| FROM SHERIFF ERIC PETER ||| [On January 7, 2022], the Memphis Police Department released the video footage showing the horrific and disgusting acts of violence committed by five officers involved in this tragedy. The
