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How you can help shape the future of internet access in Washington
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Washington state’s funding partners, working to expand broadband access to all businesses and residents, are asking the public to help check FCC data in a recently published
WSF has update available for us in upcoming virtual meetings
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Save the date! We’re hosting a series of virtual public meetings. On 1/11 and 1/12, WSF staff will be answering questions and giving an update on what’s happening at
Larsen secures $31,529,221 for fifteen local projects in omnibus spending package
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted for the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus spending package, which included funding Larsen secured for fifteen projects in the Second
Letter to Editor | Every all-electric domicile needs a back-up alternative heat source
||| FROM SADIE BAILEY ||| This letter has been brewing for years. After last Thursday night's 10 hr power outage, and another hours-long outage last Saturday, it's time to speak my mind. We got lucky
OPALCO tackles second power outage on Christmas Eve
OPALCO has redundancy in mind ||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| At 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 24, all of San Juan County lost power again – after experiencing a
Public meetings with WSF folks are on tap in January
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Save the date! We’re hosting a series of virtual public meetings. On 1/11 and 1/12, WSF staff will be answering questions and giving an update on what’s happening at
Larsen secures $31,529,221 for 15 local projects in omnibus spending package
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| [On Friday, December 23], Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted for the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus spending package, which included funding Larsen secured for fifteen projects in the
Sheriff’s Report | December 14 – 20, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 22-008794 Domestic Dispute or Assault 07:52:59 12/14/22 Deputies responded to a report of a Domestic in Friday Harbor. After gathering information from the parties
Our ferry schedule is currently discombobulated
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| For Friday, December 23, the #3 Samish & #4 Sealth are tied up for the rest of the evening which will cancel the remaining vessels' scheduled sailings. In order
Winter weather, power outage(s). Be safe!
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for SAN JUAN COUNTY ||| Just some quick info and reminders to the islanders as we settle in for another cold and dark night: The latest updates on the outage will
WSF Weekly Report | It’s pretty much all about the weather
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Holiday season ferry travel Planning a ride with us this holiday season? Prepare for busy sailings and long waits if boarding in a vehicle. Riders are also encouraged
Melting snow is stormwater – protect your property and drains
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| With high levels of expected snow melt (stormwater), San Juan County’s Public Works Department encourages residents to be proactive in monitoring and reporting potential blockages to culverts and
Rep. Larsen elected as Ranking Member of Transportation Committee
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. –Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the below statement after being elected by his colleagues to serve as Ranking Member of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee
Eight elected officials to be sworn in January 5, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is pleased to announce the swearing-in of eight elected officials on Thursday, January 5, 2023. The ceremony will take place in the Superior Court Courtroom
WINTER STORM WATCH: WIND CHILLS MAY BE 10 BELOW
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| * WHAT...For the Wind Chill Advisory, very cold wind chills. Wind chills as low as 10 below zero. For the Winter Storm Watch, heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow
WSF tips for navigating the weather and the holiday traffic
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| SEATTLE – Hundreds of thousands of people will be dashing through the sea in white and green ferry boats through the end of the year. Travelers planning a ride
