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Washington Conservation Voters endorse ranked-choice voting
Environmentalist group says YES to San Juan County Charter Amendment Proposition 3 ||| FROM BEN CHAPMAN for FAIRVOTE WASHINGTON ||| The Washington Conservation Voters is calling on voters in San Juan County to join the
Weekly Update: Lopez Village Stormwater Improvement Project
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Public Works is excited to provide the public with updates on the Lopez Village Stormwater Improvement Project. This project began in late September and is
Reminder: Overnight closure of Olga Road, November 2-3
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Public Works Department announces the overnight closure of Olga Rd on November 2-3. The road will be closed for 12 hours while a culvert is
Inslee and legislators roll out more reproductive freedom bills for 2023 legislative session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Today, Gov. Jay Inslee and lawmakers announced several policy proposals that will be part of a 2023 legislative package to strengthen access and protection for patients
Our weekly update from the Governor
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Inslee and legislators roll out more reproductive freedom bills for 2023 legislative session Gov. Jay Inslee and state legislators doubled down on efforts to protect
Here’s how the road levy lid lift impacts the road fund over time
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County publishes examples that explain potential outcomes of the road levy. November's ballots will include Resolution No. 20-2022 - a proposition to increase the county road levy to
Sheriff’s Report | October 19 – 25, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19 22-007655 Fraud 09:17:22 10/19/22 A San Juan Deputy responded to a report of fraud. An unknown individual emailed the victim's payroll and attempted to
Rerun: What’s this Ranked Choice Voting thing all about?
||| FROM SHARON ABREU ||| Voting is one of our most important civic activities. While Washington works hard to stay at the forefront of good election practices, there’s one way we could do better. Ranked-choice
Heritage Foundation: Ranked Choice Voting is a bad choice
Ranked choice voting is a scheme to disconnect elections from issues and allow candidates with marginal support from voters to win. It obscures true debates and issue-driven dialogs among candidates and eliminates genuine binary choices
Letter to Editor | Call your legislators to remedy this new tax levy
||| FROM DAVID ECKLUND ||| Our property change of value increased 100% for tax year 2023. Many residents incurred the same or higher. Why? Because buyers paid sellers the inflated prices they were asking and
Fire danger level downgraded to LOW
||| FROM CHAD KIMPLE, SAN JUAN COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL ||| Effective Wednesday October 26, 2022, San Juan County, WA fire danger level is downgraded to LOW. This change lifts the burning restriction as outlined in
Washington students leaving money on the table by forgetting the FAFSA
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) opened on Oct. 1. Students nationwide are applying for aid that might support their college education or career
Conservation Land Bank to host county-wide public meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Got questions for Your Conservation Land Bank? We want to hear from you! We will host a county-wide public meeting on Wednesday – November 9, 2022, from 5:30 pm -
Overnight closure of Olga Road, November 2-3
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Public Works Department announces the overnight closure of Olga Rd on November 2-3. The road will be closed for 12 hours while a culvert is
Letter to Editor | Ranked Choice Voting is wrong for and unneeded in SJC
||| FROM TONY P. GHAZEL, BILL APPEL, TOM STAR, and PAUL DOSSETT ||| Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), the latest fashion in election tinkering, is unneeded in our county. Our current system works well and our
Inslee and legislators begin rolling out reproductive freedom policies for 2023 legislative session
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| As increasing numbers of states begin to enact abortion bans and federal lawmakers vow to pursue a national ban, Gov. Jay Inslee and Democratic lawmakers met
