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Guest Opinion | When did questioning behavior at OIFR become personal?
||| FROM AMANDA MONTAGUE ||| I feel compelled to respond as a former OIFR Commissioner and someone who cares deeply about the Department to the "Firehouse Foundations" piece written by Mia Kartiganer and the comments
UPDATED! Candidate for Congress Jason Call to visit Orcas and San Juan Islands
Jason Call will be on Orcas Island this coming Tuesday [new time at 1:15 p.m] at the Village Green ||| FROM DAVID TURNOY, CHAIR, SAN JUAN COUNTY DEMOCRATS ||| Progressive candidate for Congress Jason
Letter to Editor | Check out this presentation on Ranked Choice Voting
||| FROM SHARON ABREU ||| I encourage you to tune into FairVote Washington's NW Chapter's one-hour online presentation on Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) happening on Jan. 27 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. I've been a supporter of
Hey, we had a Tsunami Advisory this morning
||| FROM DAVE HALLORAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Good morning, in the news today is a volcanic eruption near the Tonga Islands. The Tsunami Warning center (tsunami.gov) has issued an Advisory for the
OIFR reports on last week’s Cascade Way structure fire
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| Orcas Island Fire and Rescue responded to reports of a fully involved house fire in the 100-block of Cascade Way on Sunday, January 9 at
Sheriff’s Report | January 5 – 11, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 22-000098 Trespassing 11:57:09 01/05/22 A San Juan Deputy responded to a request to trespass an individual from a local business. A trespass notice letter
Until further notice, no Provisions (Cafe) at Anacortes terminal
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| The Provisions Cafe at the Anacortes terminal is closing until further notice. Vending machines are available at the terminal and on board the vessels. Updates will occur when more
Latest from Lekanoff | Welcome to 2022 legislative session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| Welcome to the 2022 Legislative Session Just like last session, we’ll be doing most of our work virtually to help keep the public, staff, and lawmakers
Larsen announces WA share of bridge repair funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| EVERETT, WA – On Friday, January 14, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) will join City of Everett staff to announce Washington will receive approximately $121 million for Fiscal
Weekly WSF update | As COVID-19 still affects service, system-wide meetings, transport of pregnant woman from FH
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Breakthrough COVID-19 crew cases affecting service The highly contagious omicron variant is affecting transportation agencies around the world – airlines, bus services and marine transport. We
2021 ferry ridership nears 75% of pre-pandemic levels
For second year in a row, vehicles outnumber passengers in 2021 ||| FROM IAN STERLING for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| SEATTLE – Annual ridership aboard Washington State Ferries rebounded from 2020 pandemic numbers by almost 3.3 million
Letter to Editor | OIFR is not timely in fulfilling public records requests
||| FROM BRIAN EHRMANTRAUT ||| Orcas Fire has a problem with Public Records Act compliance. Hopefully they can learn to do better in the future. Nearly two months ago, I made a very simple request
Firehouse Foundations | A look into what’s behind the fracas at OIFR
||| BY MIA KARTIGANER , SPECIAL TO theORCASONIAN ||| There are some curious and valid questions being put forth by this community out of concern for the well-being of everyone at the Orcas Island Fire
Letter to Editor | Behavior at last night’s Fire Commission meeting was appalling
||| FROM ALI BOE ||| It was disheartening (to put it mildly) to see how a recent tragedy was discussed in this public meeting [Board of Fire Commissioners]. I came to the meeting grieving for
Applications open for Dakota Creek Industries 2022-2023 trade apprenticeship program
||| FROM CARRIE KING for DAKOTA CREEK INDUSTRIES ||| Dakota Creek Industries is very proud to publish our first Apprentice Program Application for the July 2022-July 2023 session. Dakota Creek Industries will be apprenticing four
2022 annual docket application period is January 1 – March 1
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The deadline for proposed amendments to the San Juan County Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Code (UDC) is 4:30 pm on March 1, 2021. The “Annual Docket
