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Interim Watmough Preserve Stewardship and Management Plan now open for public comment
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is seeking public input on its Interim Stewardship and Management Plan (SMP) for the Watmough Addition on Lopez Island. You can download a copy
Governor Inslee’s week took him to Norway
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Inslee wraps Nordic trade mission with focus on electric ferries Gov. Jay Inslee tours an electric ferry operated by Nordled, one of Norway’s largest ferry operators.
Sheriff’s Report | September 14 – 20, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 22-006709 Found Property 13:27:26 09/14/22 An Orcas Island Deputy took a found property report. A wallet was booked into evidence for safe keeping. 22-006711
Port Commission meeting set for Monday
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| Port of Orcas Commissioners are scheduled to meet on Monday, September 26 at 5 p.m. to address 2022 09 26 Meeting Agenda. This meeting with be on
Opinion: Collapse of WA ferry system hits hardest in San Juan Islands
||| FROM ALEX MACLEOD, SEATTLE TIMES ||| Delayed sailings of Washington State Ferries hit an all-time high this year, as The Seattle Times recently reported, part of a steady decline in performance over the past
WSF Weekly Report | Bicycles, motorcycles will fill this Sunday’s ferries
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association Annual Meeting & Exhibition I just returned from the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association 90th Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Austin,
Letter to Editor | Re-elect Sheriff Ron Krebs
||| FROM BILL AND KATIA ROBINSON ||| We are writing to support the reelection of Ron Krebs as San Juan County Sheriff. We met then Deputy Sheriff Krebs on New Year's Eve, 2009. We had
Deer Harbor, Pt. Lawrence on tap for road resurfacing work on Tuesday
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Public Works is announcing additional road resurfacing work on Orcas Island. Two locations are set to be chip sealed on Tuesday, September 27. Drivers can
Olga Road closure set for some time before Nov. 12
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| This fall, Public Works will address a failing culvert under Olga Road - approximately 3/4 miles south of the one-lane Moran State Park bridge. An old 24-inch metal
Guest Opinion | What’s the outlook for American Democracy
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH, RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM ||| The fate of our Democracy is on the ballot this fall. The crucial test is whether a Constitutional coalition of Democrats, independents and Liz Cheney Republicans can
No Discover Pass needed for National Public Lands Day celebration
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE PARKS ||| OLYMPIA – September 19, 2022 – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission (Parks) invites visitors to enjoy state parks or recreational areas on Saturday, September 24 in celebration
Letter to Editor | Letter of recommendation for Sheriff Ron Krebs
||| FROM JERRY and DEBBIE MERCER ||| We moved to Friday Harbor in 2017 and met Ron over coffee and street chats shortly thereafter. Through our conversations we have gotten to know Ron and have
Glimpses of Inslee’s week, including tour of Nordic nuclear facilities
||| FROM THE OFFICE GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| “We can dominate the next big global industry,” say West Coast leaders about clean technology Governors Gavin Newsom (CA), Kate Brown (OR), and Jay Inslee (WA)
Sheriff’s Report | September 7 – 13, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 22-006522 Court Order Violation 10:14:37 09/07/22 San Juan Deputies responded to a report of a domestic violence order violation. One individual was arrested and
Guest Opinion | Sitting silently does nothing for island ferry service
||| FROM ALEX MCLEOD ||| In the early 2000s, I was the chair of the San Juan County Ferry Advisory Committee. This was shortly after the Legislature had killed the motor-vehicle excise tax, a major
Your questions answered about sinking of FV Aleutian Isle; what we know so far
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for SJC DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT |||| What is the current situation with the wreck? The sunken vessel remains in place on the West side of San Juan Island in over
