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Sheriff’s Report | August 28 – September 3, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 24-005590 Civil Problem 09:03:01 08/28/24 A Lopez Island Deputy was dispatched to a Civil Service. The incident was documented. 24-005600 Accident-NonInj 14:38:15 08/28/24 Lopez
WSF Weekly Update | Labor Day rider stats; retired ferries return to sale status
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve When I became assistant secretary at Washington State Ferries, I laid out three strategic priorities that would guide our work: Service Excellence,
Navigating Staffing Challenges: The realities behind WSF’s interisland service
||| FROM DANA L. WARR for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Washington State Ferries (WSF) is committed to increased reliability on the San Juan Islands’ Interisland route, but faces significant challenges, sometimes daily, in doing so.
Letter to Editor | Letter in support of Kari McVeigh
||| FROM GRETCHEN ALLISON ||| I am enthusiastically supporting Kari McVeigh for San Juan County Council. She has great credentials, having administered over large school districts with large budgets. Anyone in that position has had to deal with
Letter to Editor | In support of SJC Council (Dist. 2) candidate Justin Paulsen
||| FROM DAVID ROBISON ||| I have had the pleasure of working with Justin Paulsen on the SJC Ferry Advisory Committee over a year now; myself as a member of the public and Justin as
LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council August 28, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The council reviewed the results with their consultant of the Diversity Equity Inclusion Belonging survey among county employees. One hundred fifty-seven employees of 260 responded to the
Guest Opinion | Regarding EWUA recall communications
||| FROM CINDY WOLF, COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER DIST #2 I have been receiving phone calls and emails from constituents regarding communication from a group running a recall at EWUA asking whether there are safety concerns
Governor’s San Juan visit focuses on climate change, Climate Commitment Act
Tour of kelp beds, eelgrass meadows illustrates research, underscores climate issues around health of the Salish Sea ||| FROM NANCY DEVAUX for SALISH CURRENT ||| Gov. Jay Inslee visited San Juan Island last weekend, where
LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council August 27, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The Council approved 2024-2025 budget amendments for supplemental and emergency spending that included updated numbers in accounts. They did not approve added hours for the Land Bank
Some things about this Eastsound Water recall activity
||| FROM CAROL ANDERSON ||| Dear EWUA Members, Attending the recent EWUA board meeting the other night reminded me of being bullied when I was in kindergarten. I remember this big boy approaching me and
Orcas Island photographer covers Democratic National Convention in Chicago
||| FROM DARRELL KIRK ||| Aside from the birth of my child, and marrying my wife, The Democratic National Convention in Chicago was one of the most inspirational events of my life. As the convention
Sheriff’s Report | August 21 – 27, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 24-005434 Injury 11:49:05 08/21/24 A Deputy on Orcas responded to an animal bite. The victim was fine and did not need stitches from a
Letter to Editor | Landscaper for O’Day
||| FROM STEVE SCHRAMM ||| As a professional environmental landscaper for many years, I have represented numerous clients who are thrilled to live here and wish to enhance the natural beauty of their lands.
Immigration agents detain, send home crew after failed WA ferry tow
||| FROM GAZETTE EXTRA ||| SEATTLE — Four mariners tasked with transporting two retired state ferries to Ecuador for scrapping became ensnared in the U.S. immigration system after failing to move the vessels. The crew
SJC diversity, equity, inclusion, & belonging survey sets baseline for ongoing change
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| During a special Council meeting on August 28, County staff and councilmembers reviewed findings from the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Survey and related focus groups. With
Washington state ferry cancellations cripple service before the busy Labor Day weekend
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| SEATTLE — Headed into the last summer holiday of 2024 when thousands plan to take a ferry, cancellations and delays alter many routes operated by Washington State Ferries (WSF). WSF announced that
