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Spooky reminder: Second half property taxes are due on Halloween
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Rhonda Pederson, SJC Treasurer San Juan County Treasurer, Rhonda Pederson would like to remind county property owners that the second half property taxes and personal property
This week’s ferry update: Reduced service schedules begin tomorrow
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Temporary reduced service schedules starting Saturday, Oct. 16 First off, I want to thank our riders for their continued patience and understanding as we navigate through
Letter to Editor | I encourage you to support our charter amendments
||| FROM SHARON ABREU ||| Dear San Juan County Neighbors, I encourage you to vote in favor of the six San Juan County Charter amendments proposed by the Charter Review Commission. I'm impressed with the
Letter to Editor | Shepler knows how a Fire Department is supposed to work
||| FROM TOMAS ARDAVANY, RN, PARAMEDIC ||| “Who are you?” he asked me at the gas pumps on Mt. Baker Road. “I’m the Paramedic today", I said, as I pumped gas into the rig. “I
State to implement schedule tweaks, reduced service system-wide starting Saturday
Service on most routes to be reduced due to severe staff shortages ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| SEATTLE – Beginning Saturday, Oct. 16, Washington State Ferries will temporarily operate reduced schedules on most routes
Rep. Larsen statement on short-term increase in U.S. debt limit
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the below statement after supporting a short-term increase in the debt limit. The short-term increase passed the
Guest Opinion | Become informed, join me in rejecting specific Charter Review propositions
||| FROM TONY P. GHAZEL, 2021 CRC COMMISSIONER ||| Are we not tired of statements in another’s opinion in theOrcasonian, such as "dis-information," emanating from all sides of the political spectrum when fair minded voters
San Juan County Democrats have endorsed all six Charter Amendments on November ballot
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY for SAN JUAN COUNTY DEMOCRATS ||| Please read your Voters’ Pamphlet as there is a great deal of information in it. The ‘con’ statements to the Propositions, however, present a lot
Letter to Editor | Hey, Council, did you see this?
||| FROM ALEX MACLEOD ||| OPEN LETTER TO SAN JUAN COUNTY COUNCIL I trust you all saw this week’s WSF newsletter from Patty Rubstello. Along with making no mention of WSF’s mounting service failures, it
Letter to Editor | I strongly support Heinmiller’s retention on Fire Commission
||| FROM ANNE L. PRESSON ||| I would like to express my strong support to re-elect Commissioner Wes Heinmiller for the Orcas Island Fire & Rescue Board of Fire Commissioners, District #2. (OIFR BOFC). Over
At least it’s not just the San Juans on the WSF chopping block for tomorrow
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| In an effort to provide more reliable, predictable service in light of severe crewing shortages, Washington State Ferries will be operating on an alternate service schedule on Sunday, October
Sheriff’s Report | September 29 – October 5
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 21-008773 Fraud 07:10:42 09/29/21 A Lopez Island resident reported receiving two “robocalls" that were believed to be a fraud scam. The resident wisely did
WSF weekly check-in: Water rescue, conference in Spain, ferry playground on Bainbridge, nothing about SJ ferries (or lack thereof)
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Chimacum crew helps rescue 11 people in Elliott Bay Capt. Erik Hohl and the Chimacum crew assisted the Seattle Fire Department in rescuing 11 people out of the
WSF latest approach to resolution is to reduce total number of reservations
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Washington State Ferries will reduce the total number of reservations available during the two-week and two-day releases for the rest of the current season beginning tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 8.
Joint 40th District delegation issues statement on unacceptable WSF service
||| FROM SENATE & HOUSE 40TH DISTRICT LEGISLATORS ||| Dear Neighbors and Friends, Washington State Ferries (WSF), being our state’s marine highway system, and only transportation option available for most San Juan County residents, is
Grrrr | Attorney General Bob Ferguson versus the Growlers
||| FROM RAINSHADOW JOURNAL ||| Coupevillle – Attorney General Bob Ferguson chose a bucolic setting for his recent Whidbey Island fundraiser, the historic Crockett Barn with its backdrop of Admiralty Inlet and Mt. Rainier majestic
