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Sheriff’s Office on the lookout for this burglary suspect on Orcas
||| FROM RON KREBS, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| On Thursday, September 29, 2022 at approximately 8:30 pm Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence on Harborview Lane of Orcas Island for a report of burglary
WSF weekly report shares a service restoration update (no mention of SJ route)
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| NTSB and FHWA officials tour Seattle/Bainbridge route, Colman Dock construction We hosted members of the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Highway Administration on two
Next County Council meet is scheduled for Orcas Island
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council invites the public to attend its meeting on Orcas Island on Tuesday, October 11. The meeting will be held at the Orcas Senior Center
State ferries says, ‘Welcome aboard for free!’ to youth
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| SEATTLE – Some say the best things in life are free. If you’re age 18 or younger, that will soon include a ride aboard Washington State Ferries. Starting Saturday,
Hop on to this FROG survey to tell WSF what you think
||| FROM STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ||| The Washington State Transportation Commission is conducting a new FROG survey and we want you to hear about your experience and satisfaction using Washington State Ferries during the past few months (June -
Sheriff’s Office on the lookout for Lopez mail thief
||| FROM RON KREBS for SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| On Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at approximately 11:45 a.m. a Lopez Island resident reported to the Sheriff’s Office they had seen a report on
Fire Marshall: Fire danger level downgraded to moderate
||| FROM CHAD KIMPLE, SJC FIRE MARSHALL ||| Effective September 27, 2022, San Juan County, WA fire danger level is downgraded to MODERATE. This change is due to cooling temperatures at night, a high dew
San Juan County publishes information about proposed road levy increase
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The upcoming November election includes Resolution 20-2022 – a proposition to increase the road levy. It is a one-time, permanent levy lid lift for the county road fund.
Request for Proposals for San Juan County lodging tax facilities / promotional grant program
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County has established a tourism facilities program, funded by a portion of the revenue collected under the State Lodging Tax excise statutes and is seeking proposals
Routine traffic stop ends with drug possession charges
||| FROM RON KREBS, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| On 09/24/2022, Deputy Norton of San Juan Island made a routine traffic stop on a Chrysler Aspen for a burned our brake light, expired registration over
Interim Watmough Preserve Stewardship and Management Plan now open for public comment
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is seeking public input on its Interim Stewardship and Management Plan (SMP) for the Watmough Addition on Lopez Island. You can download a copy
Governor Inslee’s week took him to Norway
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Inslee wraps Nordic trade mission with focus on electric ferries Gov. Jay Inslee tours an electric ferry operated by Nordled, one of Norway’s largest ferry operators.
Sheriff’s Report | September 14 – 20, 2022
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 22-006709 Found Property 13:27:26 09/14/22 An Orcas Island Deputy took a found property report. A wallet was booked into evidence for safe keeping. 22-006711
Port Commission meeting set for Monday
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| Port of Orcas Commissioners are scheduled to meet on Monday, September 26 at 5 p.m. to address 2022 09 26 Meeting Agenda. This meeting with be on
Opinion: Collapse of WA ferry system hits hardest in San Juan Islands
||| FROM ALEX MACLEOD, SEATTLE TIMES ||| Delayed sailings of Washington State Ferries hit an all-time high this year, as The Seattle Times recently reported, part of a steady decline in performance over the past
WSF Weekly Report | Bicycles, motorcycles will fill this Sunday’s ferries
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association Annual Meeting & Exhibition I just returned from the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association 90th Annual Meeting & Exhibition in Austin,
