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Sheriff’s Report | April 6 – April 12, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 22-002049 Burglary,NonRes 08:25:28 04/06/22 An Orcas Island Deputy conducted a burglary investigation at Rosario Resort & Spa. An unknown suspect forced entry into the
WSF weekly report: Worker shortages, assist with FH fire, food service reopens on some sailings
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Our Seattle/Bainbridge run is a little more than three weeks into its trial service (Stage 3) of our Service Restoration Plan (Plan), which outlines steps to restore service to pre-pandemic levels
Joint release on Spring Street fire on April 7, 2022 pinpoints the frightening cause
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| San Juan Island Fire and Rescue, Town of Friday Harbor, and San Juan County Sheriff’s Office (SJCSO) are at a point in the investigation and recovery
Larsen responds to Russian sanctions
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) issued the following statement after the Russian government levied sanctions against Larsen and 397 other members of the U.S. House
Property damage by fire may qualify for property tax relief
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Our community is deeply saddened by the property loss and impact to lives and livelihoods from the fire on April 7, 2022. If your property was damaged by
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
