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WSF weekly report
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Tour of Maritime High School Director of Operations Steve Nevey and I joined Gov. Jay Inslee on a tour of Maritime High School in Des Moines on Friday.
Don’t forget to check for your missing money
National Unclaimed Property Day is Feb. 1 ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE ||| OLYMPIA, WASH. – Jan. 25, 2023 – Whether it’s from an uncashed check, unused gift certificate or forgotten safety deposit box, everyone loves finding
Guest Opinion | We all need to pay attention to what’s happening at the Port
||| BY SADIE BAILEY ||| Please read the Special Meeting presentation and follow along with the audio recording of the meeting and presentation, linked below. I was the only in-person attendee. Pierrette Guimond was the
You can show your support of HB 1244, Levy Cap Bill
||| FROM ERIC WEBB for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| HB 1244, was introduced earlier this month to bring the per-student levy caps for all school districts in Washington up to the same level as
Port Commissioners will meet tomorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ||| 2023 01 23 Regular Meeting Agenda for the Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners meeting to be held on Monday, January 23, 2023
DID YOU KNOW?: A boatload of ferry trivia
||| FROM THE KITSAP SUN ||| Who names the vessels? Who steers them? Curious? Read on: Thousands board every day without a thought to what goes on around them, oblivious to the hundreds of thousands
Sheriff’s Report | January 11 – 17, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 23-000207 Burglary - Residential 08:59:43 01/11/23 A Lopez Deputy responded to a residential burglary call. Upon investigation, a door that had previously been held
WSF Weekly Report | Even Orcas turkeys get noticed
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Recap of recent virtual community meetings Thanks to everyone who joined us for our recent virtual community meetings! Following a brief presentation about our service restoration
State Parks is hiring 305 park aides
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE PARKS ||| OLYMPIA – Washington State Parks is recruiting seasonal park aides to work in its beautiful outdoor places this spring, summer and fall! Parks is looking for 305 park aides
Inslee: Changing the face of Washington’s justice system
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Seeing a wide range of lived experience and perspectives among the ranks of civic and government leaders has a powerful effect, particularly for communities of people
Orcas Island Fire and Rescue is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting
||| FROM KATHRYN (KAT) BARNARD for BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS ||| The Board of Fire Commissioners will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, January 17 at 1 p.m. online via Zoom and in-person at Station 21, Eastsound, WA. Access to
Special Port meeting notice and agenda
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Meeting tomorrow, Monday, January 16 at 5 p.m. This meeting will be held online and
County invites the public to “meet your elected officials” events
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is pleased to host a series of “Meet Your Elected Officials” events. Scheduled during the first three months of the year, these events will offer
Sheriff’s Report | January 4 – 10, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 23-000052 Traffic Hazard 07:17:18 01/04/23 A San Juan Deputy responded to a collision involving a school bus. The driver moved wide to give room
Larsen, DelBene call for answers around persistent postal delays, workforce shortages in NW Washington
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WHATCOM COUNTY, WA – Representatives Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) are calling for answers about persistent mail delays reported to both offices in Northwest Washington,
Legislation introduced to address climate change in state and local planning
||| FROM STATE HOUSE & SENATE DEMOCRATS ||| OLYMPIA - Sen. Liz Lovelett (D-Anacortes) and Rep. Davina Duerr (D-Bothell) have introduced legislation that aims to address climate change by updating Washington’s planning framework. “This is about
