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West Beach Road to be completely closed for three days
||| FROM SJC PUBLIC WORKS ||| San Juan County’s Public Works Department announces the complete closure of West Beach Rd for three days: January 9-11. This 72-hour road closure is necessary to replace a large
WSF weekly report includes progress report on service restoration
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Service restoration update Our latest Service Restoration Plan (PDF 794KB) Progress Report (PDF 640KB) shows that our Edmonds/Kingston route moved to a trial of pre-pandemic two-boat service levels on
Ferries to host virtual community meetings with an update on service restoration
Attendees will also hear about hiring, workforce development, progress on major vessel and terminal construction ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ||| SEATTLE – Have a question for Washington State Ferries? Riders and other community
Outgoing Sheriff expresses his support
||| FROM SHERIFF RON KREBS ||| Outgoing San Juan County Sheriff Ron Krebs To the citizens of San Juan County, It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as your Sheriff.
Governor, staff wish you and your loved ones a delightful 2023
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Happy New Year, Washington! 2022: The year in review A photo collage of Gov. Jay Inslee's activities throughout the year, including helping build a tiny home
Sheriff’s Report | December 21 – 27, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ||| WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21 22-008978 Information Report 15:30:37 12/21/22 Orcas Island Deputies responded to a disturbance call on the 100 block of Discovery Way. All parties were contacted
Inslee: 2022 in review
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| 2022 was a saga - it began with a deadly surge of COVID-19 activity and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade,
How you can help shape the future of internet access in Washington
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Washington state’s funding partners, working to expand broadband access to all businesses and residents, are asking the public to help check FCC data in a recently published
WSF has update available for us in upcoming virtual meetings
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Save the date! We’re hosting a series of virtual public meetings. On 1/11 and 1/12, WSF staff will be answering questions and giving an update on what’s happening at
Larsen secures $31,529,221 for fifteen local projects in omnibus spending package
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted for the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus spending package, which included funding Larsen secured for fifteen projects in the Second
Letter to Editor | Every all-electric domicile needs a back-up alternative heat source
||| FROM SADIE BAILEY ||| This letter has been brewing for years. After last Thursday night's 10 hr power outage, and another hours-long outage last Saturday, it's time to speak my mind. We got lucky
OPALCO tackles second power outage on Christmas Eve
OPALCO has redundancy in mind ||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| At 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 24, all of San Juan County lost power again – after experiencing a
Public meetings with WSF folks are on tap in January
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Save the date! We’re hosting a series of virtual public meetings. On 1/11 and 1/12, WSF staff will be answering questions and giving an update on what’s happening at
Larsen secures $31,529,221 for 15 local projects in omnibus spending package
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| [On Friday, December 23], Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted for the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus spending package, which included funding Larsen secured for fifteen projects in the
Sheriff’s Report | December 14 – 20, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 22-008794 Domestic Dispute or Assault 07:52:59 12/14/22 Deputies responded to a report of a Domestic in Friday Harbor. After gathering information from the parties
Our ferry schedule is currently discombobulated
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| For Friday, December 23, the #3 Samish & #4 Sealth are tied up for the rest of the evening which will cancel the remaining vessels' scheduled sailings. In order
