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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
Abreu, new 40th Legislative District chair, invites your participation in upcoming process
||| FROM SHARON ABREU for 40TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT DEMOCRATS ||| About a week ago, I became the Chair of the 40th Legislative District (LD) Democrats! And I want to let you know that, on March 26,
Seismology pinpoints location of two previous Orcas detonations
||| FROM MICKEY CASSAR, PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEISMIC NETWORK, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ||| A little over a week ago a colleague and retired seismologist, Tom Owens, who now lives on Orcas Island in the San Juans,
County building staff training means no inspections March 20-24
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Modified inspection schedule due to code classes: No Inspections March 20-24, 2022 Building Staff will be away for training during the week of March 20th thru March 24th.
Getting ready for upcoming season, boaters education course offered
||| FROM ZAC REIMER for SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| The San Juan County Sheriff Office would like to assist in preparing you for the upcoming boating season. Washington State law requires you to
In Prune Alley construction area, there will be no parking
||| FROM JESSIE DOUGLAS-SEITZ, PROJECT MANAGER ||| Construction activities are scheduled to begin Monday, March 14, 2022. Traffic Control onsite includes NO PARKING within project limits. This includes Prune Alley, and portions of Fern Street, A
