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Prune Alley construction update for next week
||| FROM JESSE DOUGLAS-SEITZ for SAN JUAN COUNTY ||| Road Closure between Fern Street and Main Street for Stormwater Main replacement. Road Closure may run 24hr a day. Utility excavation and potholing throughout the project
Inslee closes out a busy week with bill signings, new transportation package
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Move Ahead Washington plan takes a completely new approach to transportation in Washington state On Friday at events in Mukilteo and Tacoma, Gov. Jay Inslee signed
Land Bank invites comments to objectives, policy document
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| San Juan County Conservation Land Bank welcomes public input on its updated final draft Agriculture: Overview Objectives and Policy document. This updated version incorporates
Rep. Lekanoff wraps up the legislative session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| I know it has been hard for you and your family. The past two years have been rough, our nation is experiencing inflation, and too many
Sheriff’s Report | March 16 – 22, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 22-001617 Lost Property 09:16:49 03/16/22 A Deputy on San Juan Island took a report of a dock that had gone missing. The reporting party
Sheriff’s Office alerts islanders to phone scam
||| FROM ZAC REIMER for SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office has received multiple reports from community members that are receiving calls from phone scammers claiming to be officials
Fire Department responds to a downed aircraft at the Port
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| Orcas Island Fire and Rescue career and volunteer staff responded with the San Juan County Sheriff's Office yesterday afternoon to reports of a downed
Call for high school age artists: 2022 Congressional Art Competition
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| EVERETT, WA — Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) is inviting high school-aged students who live or attend school in Washington’s Second Congressional District to showcase their artistic talents
Inslee signs new firearms regulations into law, including limits on sale of gun magazines
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOV. JAY INSLEE ||| OLYMPIA — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a trio of bills into law Wednesday morning that restrict firearms, including a new limit on the amount of
Smiley for Senate shines for supporters
||| FROM STEVE BERNHEIM, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| More than 25 local members of the Republican party gathered at the VFW Hall in Eastsound Sunday, March 20, to welcome and be inspired by Pasco-raised candidate Tiffany
Here’s what’s scheduled for Prune Alley roadwork this week
||| FROM JESSE DOUGLAS-SEITZ for PUBLIC WORKS ||| Prune Alley construction update for the week of March 21, 2022 Road Closure south of Fern Street for Stormwater Main replacement. Road Closure may run 24hr a
Inslee signs abortion access bill and more
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Inslee signs abortion access bill, policing law, and more at this week's bill signings Following the end of the 2022 legislative session last week, Gov. Jay
Get your state boating education card with online Coast Guard Auxiliary boating safety classes
||| FROM CHUCK DALLDORF for US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ||| Bellingham, Wash. – The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Bellingham and San Juan Islands Flotilla is offering three opportunities for boaters to take an on-line, Washington
Sheriff’s Report | March 9 – 15, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 22-001482 Pornography 13:38:48 03/09/22 A Deputy on Orcas responded to a local daycare about their Facebook page being hacked. A report was taken and
This week’s Washington State ferry report
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Seattle/Bainbridge route to begin trial service stage of restoration process Tuesday, March 22 Chief of Staff Nicole McIntosh shared our COVID-19 Service Restoration Plan here last week. The
Sheriff Krebs announces his candidacy for re-election for third-term
||| FROM RON KREBS, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| San Juan County Sheriff Ron Krebs Law enforcement has changed dramatically in recent years but one thing that has not changed is my commitment
