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Next week’s construction plan for Prune Alley
||| FROM JESSE DOUGLAS-SEITZ for SAN JUAN PUBLIC WORKS ||| 4-day work week with the site open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for the remainder of the construction season as work permits. The Contractor is installing manholes and catch basins
Inslee rescinds proclamations for drivers licensing, open meetings act
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Today, Gov. Jay Inslee announced the upcoming rescission of Proclamations 20-15 and 20-28. Proclamation 20-15 suspended and waived certain statutes related to in-person drivers licensing eye examinations and in-person
WSF weekly update
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Service restoration update Our latest Service Restoration Plan Progress Report released this week shows that our Seattle/Bainbridge route has reached 95% reliability over the last three weeks. As a
Sheriff: Orcas burglary suspect in jail pending hearing
||| FROM RON KREBS, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| On April 28, 2022 Orcas Deputies served a search warrant on the residence of an Eastsound man in connection to a string of burglaries happening over
40th District Legislators are holding a virtual town hall next week
||| FROM 40TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT ||| WHO: State Sen. Liz Lovelett, Reps. Debra Lekanoff and Alex Ramel WHAT: Virtual Town Hall with 40th District residents WHEN: Wednesday, May 4 starting at 5pm WHERE: Streamed live on the Senate and House
John Kulseth is running for re-election as Assessor
||| FROM JOHN KULSETH ||| John Kulseth I’ve had the privilege of serving as your Assessor for the past eight years and am asking for the opportunity to continue serving you. I’ve worked
Larsen: President’s visit emphasizes critical need to invest in working families, protect Washington’s environment
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| KING COUNTY, WA – On Friday, April 22, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined President Biden at Seward Park in Seattle and Green River College in Auburn to
Get your paperwork in order for candidate filing week, May 16 through May 20
||| FROM CAMOLYN ARMSTRONG, SAN JUAN COUNTY ELECTIONS MANAGER ||| If you have ever wanted to be an elected official, now is your chance. Candidate filing for positions open for election in 2022 is about
Recapping Inslee’s Earth Day message, activities
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| In honor of Earth Week, Gov. Jay Inslee joined communities on both sides of the mountains to celebrate new solar-powered microgrids, wind farms, transit lines, clean
Letter to Editor | We are more than happy to support Jane Fuller for County Council
||| FROM TOM AND TAMMY COWAN ||| We are very excited that there is an excellent candidate for our next County Council representative from District 3 (Lopez/Shaw.) Jane Fuller is knowledgeable, experienced and energized and
Port Commission to meet on Monday
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| Please see attached Agenda for Mondays Regular Port meeting. This will be in-person and on Zoom. We will be having an Executive Session as well,
Sheriff’s Report | April 13 – 19, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 22-002237 Fraud 09:23:55 04/13/22 A Deputy on San Juan Island took a report of a housing rental scam. The victim provided personal information but
Bullet train study should include other options
The electric line is a literal 'third rail' ||| FROM CASCADIA DAILY NEWS ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER There’s light rail; there’s high-speed rail and there’s ultra-high-speed rail. Then there’s the “third rail,”
Real and personal property taxes are due May 2
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Treasurer, Rhonda Pederson would like to remind county property owners that the first half property taxes and personal property taxes are due May 2. Since
WSF weekly update for Earth Day 2022
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Earth Day at Washington State Ferries [Today] April 22, is Earth Day, and we have many reasons to celebrate as we’ve accomplished a lot in the
Friday Harbor Fire | Sometimes, it takes an entire archipelago
||| FROM SHERIFF RON KREBS ||| On April 7, our town was changed forever by an act of arson. There are no words to describe how it felt to arrive on scene and see the
