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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
Sheriff’s Report | March 23 – 29, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23 22-001757 Wanted Person 09:59:40 03/23/22 Deputies on San Juan Island attempted to contact a person with a warrant. The person did not answer their
New approaches to housing and behavioral health top Inslee’s budget takeaways list
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| As legislators convened for the start of the 2022 legislative session in early January, Gov. Jay Inslee called on elected leaders to continue their bold charge
WSF weekly update
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Governor signs Move Ahead Washington funding bill at Mukilteo terminal Gov. Jay Inslee signed two transportation funding packages on Friday, one of them at our Mukilteo terminal. With
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. approves major disaster declaration for Washington
||| FROM DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEMA ||| WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Washington to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the
Deputy Eric Peter announces candidacy for county sheriff
||| FROM ERIC PETER ||| Eric Peter, San Juan County Sheriff candidate Relationships matter. I am Eric Peter, and I am announcing my candidacy for San Juan County Sheriff. It is time for
Larsen secures $10,662,665 for 10 Second District priorities in bipartisan spending package
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, President Biden signed into law the Fiscal Year 2022 bipartisan omnibus spending package which funds the government through September 2022, invests in Northwest Washington
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