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Letter to Editor | Call your legislators to remedy this new tax levy
||| FROM DAVID ECKLUND ||| Our property change of value increased 100% for tax year 2023. Many residents incurred the same or higher. Why? Because buyers paid sellers the inflated prices they were asking and
Fire danger level downgraded to LOW
||| FROM CHAD KIMPLE, SAN JUAN COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL ||| Effective Wednesday October 26, 2022, San Juan County, WA fire danger level is downgraded to LOW. This change lifts the burning restriction as outlined in
Washington students leaving money on the table by forgetting the FAFSA
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) opened on Oct. 1. Students nationwide are applying for aid that might support their college education or career
Conservation Land Bank to host county-wide public meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Got questions for Your Conservation Land Bank? We want to hear from you! We will host a county-wide public meeting on Wednesday – November 9, 2022, from 5:30 pm -
Overnight closure of Olga Road, November 2-3
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Public Works Department announces the overnight closure of Olga Rd on November 2-3. The road will be closed for 12 hours while a culvert is
Letter to Editor | Ranked Choice Voting is wrong for and unneeded in SJC
||| FROM TONY P. GHAZEL, BILL APPEL, TOM STAR, and PAUL DOSSETT ||| Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), the latest fashion in election tinkering, is unneeded in our county. Our current system works well and our
Inslee and legislators begin rolling out reproductive freedom policies for 2023 legislative session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| As increasing numbers of states begin to enact abortion bans and federal lawmakers vow to pursue a national ban, Gov. Jay Inslee and Democratic lawmakers met
News Flash: Real and personal property taxes due October 31
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Treasurer, Rhonda Pederson would like to remind county property owners that the second half property taxes and personal property taxes are due Monday, October 31.
Sheriff’s Report | October 12 – 18, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 22-007470 Malicious Mischief 09:01:54 10/12/22 An Orcas Deputy responded to a report of vandalism at the newly completed Prune Alley improvement project. A report
Inslee wraps up a busy week
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| As other states enact abortion bans, Washington leaders prepare to enact new protections Gov. Jay Inslee and several state legislators met in Bellingham on Friday to
WSF Report: Support for (baseball) Mariners
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Showing our support for Mariners playoff run We partnered with the Seattle Mariners for an onboard celebration Friday, ahead of the weekend’s Major League Baseball American
Be glad you vote in San Juan County
||| FROM DEMOCRACY DOCKET ||| 2022 Daily Docket — Thursday, Oct. 20 Here are some updates from today. As early voting is underway in Arizona, the secretary of state’s office has referred a report of voter
Why do “left” and “right” mean liberal and conservative?
||| FROM DICTIONARY.COM ||| The words left and right are closely associated with differing “wings” of the political spectrum. But how did liberal politics become associated with the word left, anyways? And why are conservatives labelled as right? When we discuss the
Update on Lopez Village stormwater improvement project
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Public Works is pleased to provide the public with updates on the Lopez Village Stormwater Improvement Project. This project began in late September and is
Fire Commissioners to meet on Monday
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a regular monthly meeting this Monday, October 17 at 1 p.m. online via Zoom. Please see the attached agenda. Those
Summary of Gov. Inslee’s week
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| World’s largest melter of radioactive waste now heating up at Hanford The world’s largest melter of radioactive waste is now heating up near Richland after more than 20
