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County Council to finally rule on capping vacation rental permits
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| After three years of passionate public comment, Planning Commission debate, and County Council smoke signals, the idea of setting caps on the number of vacation rental permits
Washington State Ferries in need of more workers
||| FROM KING 5 TV ||| A March 8 report from the ferry system states staff shortages are "unprecedented" in the ferry system's 70-year history.
Jane Fuller is running for County Council, District 3
||| FROM JANE FULLER ||| Jane Fuller announces her candidacy for county council For the last two years, our focus as a community has been our collective response to the COVID crisis. As
Development Director wants government offices in rural areas
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, ORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| Citing an “inconsistency” in the zoning code, Development Director David Williams has set a Planning Commission meeting for Friday, May 6, to gain support for his proposal to
ATF investigators seeking public’s assistance as they investigate FH fire
||| FROM THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, & EXPLOSIVES ||| The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) along with the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and Friday Harbor Fire are currently conducting
EMS student shares the experience of being on scene at Friday Harbor fire
"Today was exhausting, emotional… and totally inspiring." ||| FROM KEVIN RANKER ||| The day began at 6:26 this morning when I received a text from the San Juan EMS Administrator asking if any current EMS
Inslee: What the State has been up to this past week
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Washingtonians have two new places to explore following opening celebrations of the Goldendale Observatory and Beverly Bridge Gov. Jay Inslee shares an apple pin as
Sheriff’s Report | March 30 – April 5, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 22-001890 Unwanted Person 07:59:47 03/30/22 A Deputy on Orcas responded to an unwanted person at Island Market. The person was given a Trespass Warning
ATF arrival in Friday Harbor standard procedure. Streets to remain closed
||| FROM JULIE GREEN for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| Thirty agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are arriving in Friday Harbor today to investigate the fire that destroyed a
Evening update on Friday Harbor fire
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| What a day! First and foremost, I want to thank you all for your patience as we worked to provide up to date information
WSF Weekly Update | Common cold takes hold in employees
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Service restoration update We had a small setback in our service restoration efforts this week because of an unusually high number of relief requests among our
San Juan, Orcas fire crews remain on the scene of downtown Friday Harbor fire
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| UPDATE: KING5 News coverage: San Juan Island and Orcas Island fire and rescue crews are working to put out a large commercial fire in downtown Friday Harbor that began Thursday
San Juan County Treasurer Rhonda Pederson running for re-election
||| FROM RHONDA PEDERSON, SAN JUAN COUNTY TREASURER ||| Rhonda Pederson, San Juan County Treasurer I am honored to have served as San Juan County Treasurer since January 2015, and announce that I am
Governor has been busy signing bills, 303 of them, following legislative session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE || That's a wrap: 303 bills delivered and done Legislators approved 303 bills during the 60-day session that ended March 10. The action then turns to the
Judge rules against Navy SEAL training at Washington State Parks
||| FROM KUOW ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER The Navy SEALs won’t be able to use Washington State Parks as training grounds. A judge on Friday ruled against an earlier decision to allow
This week’s Prune Alley update, a look at week ahead
||| FROM JESSE DOUGLAS-SEITZ for SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ||| Contractor has shifted to a 4 day work week and plans to leave the road open Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the remainder of
