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Your voice, your input needed now before upcoming Planning Commission meeting
Planning Commission meets Friday June 18! ||| FROM ISLAND STEWARDS ||| The San Juan County Planning Commission is set to decide if the county should create a "Truth in Planning" component to the Comp Plan.
Sheriff’s Report | June 1 – 7, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| TUESDAY, JUNE 1 21-004490 Burglary - Residential 09:31:41 06/01/21 A Deputy was dispatched to a Residential Burglary in the San Juan Island area. The reporting Deputy contacted
Forum seeks common ground on vacation rental regs
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| On June 9, the San Juan Islands Community Network (SJICN) hosted a Zoom panel on the subject of vacation rentals, the first in a three-part series focusing
WSF Weekly Update highlights crew shortages, vessel shuffling, ferry of the future drawing
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Three-boat service to return to “Triangle” route Our Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth route is scheduled to return to its normal three-boat schedule tomorrow, June 11, after being down a
Larsen: Bold, FDR-like surface transportation bill creates jobs, fights climate change in NW Washington
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Early this morning, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee completed consideration of the INVEST in America Act, a bold, FDR-like surface transportation bill that will invest nearly
Yakima back in service starting tomorrow following successful repairs
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| The 144-vehicle capacity Yakima will replace the 124-vehicle capacity Cathlamet on the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route beginning tomorrow, June 11. Following successful repairs, the Yakima will join the Chelan,
Inslee sends letter requesting border opening between the United States and Canada
In case you missed it ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee sent a letter last week to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
San Juan County Council agenda for Tuesday, June 8
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| PRELIMINARY AGENDA: Discussion items may be added and/or the order or content changed at the discretion of the Council Chair. If there is a change in location, the
Charter Review Commission recommends climate czar, tourism plan
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| On June 1, the County’s Charter Review Commission (CRC) released the results of months of deliberations on desired changes to the current county charter. CRC chair Kevin
County Board and Advisory Committee Vacancies and Positions
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| District 1 - San Juan: Stuart, Johns, Cactus, Flattop, Ripple, Speiden, Battleship, Barren, Pearl, Henry, O'Neal, Brown, Turn, Dinner, Goose and San Juan comprising precincts 11, 12, 13, 14,
Sheriff’s Report | May 25 – 31, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| TUESDAY, MAY 25 21-004236 VIN Inspection 08:36:10 05/25/21 A Lopez Island Deputy completed junk vehicle affidavits at the request of a property owner to facilitate the disposal
WSF weekly update for 70th anniversary celebration (with Olga Symphony accompaniment)
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| It’s our 70th anniversary week! Tuesday marked 70 years since we began operations following the state’s purchase of the ferry system from Puget Sound Navigation Company (Black Ball Line). Since 1951,
Fire Commission set to meet in executive session
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| Special Meeting Agenda San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 Monday – June 7th, 2021 10:00 a.m. Online / by phone via ZOOM: Dial
Inslee announces vaccination incentives
If you're already vaccinated, you're already entered to win! ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today announced a suite of new incentives to help encourage unvaccinated Washingtonians to get
State explains its process, reasoning, alternatives for adjusting ferry fares
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ||| 2021-2023 Ferry Fare Setting The Commission has begun its process for adjusting ferry fares for the 2021-2023 biennium. The process will take a few months, and begins with
Chelan replaces Suquamish, so capacity reduced by 20 vehicles for next week
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| The 124-vehicle Chelan has temporarily replaced the 144-vehicle Suquamish on the Anacortes/San Juan Island route starting on June 3, due to unplanned maintenance. This will be a reduction in
