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Fall is Here | Let’s check your heat sources and smoke & CO detectors
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| With the changing of the seasons comes an opportunity to check in on our household heating units, wood stoves, and fireplaces. This is a great time to check
Letter to Editor | Will County Council stand by its proclamation on rights of southern residents?
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| Dear Council Members, In 2023, this body took a forward-thinking step by passing the Proclamation of the Rights of the Southern Resident Orcas. In it, you recognized that these beings have
Time to Batten Down the Hatches | Preparing your vessel for fall and winter
Have you prepared your boat for fall? ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| “We all want hold onto the last boating days of summer, but in doing so we get caught off guard when
Larsen Op-Ed | Republicans in Congress are doubling down on a health care crisis of their own making
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) published an opinion piece in the Everett Herald about the Republican health care crisis and potential government shutdown. "At a time when
News Brief | Oregon says ‘no’ to troop deployment, files suit
||| FROM SEATTLE TIMES ||| "So far, Hegseth had ordered 200 Oregon National Guard troops to be placed under federal control and mobilized in Portland, according to The Oregonian.” ORIGINALLY FROM SEATTLE TIMES "Our message
News Brief | Oregon says ‘no’ to troop deployment, files suit
||| FROM SEATTLE TIMES ||| "Oregon has filed a lawsuit to block Trump from deploying the National Guard to Portland a day after Trump authorized federal troops to protect what he dubbed “War ravaged Portland.”
News Brief | Extended fall sailing schedule for Anacortes/San Juan Islands route returns after 20 years
||| FROM KOMO-TV ||| "For the first time in 20 years, the fall sailing schedule for the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route will stay in place through winter and spring, according to Washington State Ferries (WSF)."
Orcas Island Fire & Rescue launches new community website
||| FROM BEN LUNA for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| Orcas Island Fire & Rescue is pleased to announce the launch of its redesigned website at www.orcasfire.org , now live and serving the community
News Brief | Trump sending troops to Portland, Oregon
||| FROM SEATTLE TIMES ||| "The White House did not immediately respond to a request for details on Trump’s announcement, such as a timeline for the deployment or what troops would be involved." ORIGINALLY FROM
Rep. Larsen | Democrats holding fast to avoid a health care crisis
Republicans would rather see a government shutdown than bargain on restoring health care coverage. ||| FROM U.S. REP RICK LARSEN ||| At a time when families are already struggling with high prices and a weak
Sheriff’s Report | September 17 – 23, 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 25-006410 Wanted Person 12:46:37 09/17/25 A Friday Harbor female was arrested on her San Juan County arrest warrant for failure to appear for a
Systemwide WSF community meetings rescheduled to Tuesday, Oct. 14
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| We’ve rescheduled our upcoming virtual community meetings to Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. WSF staff will answer questions and provide updates on the latest at
Latest from Lekanoff | Strengthening schools, infrastructure, indigenous voices
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| As we welcome the turning of the seasons, I’m reminded how resilience lives in the everyday work of our communities. From harvest fields to salmon streams,
WSF Weekly Report | 500,000 more riders than last summer; online meetings rescheduled; system-wide kudo
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve Our busy summer sailing season wrapped up Saturday. We carried almost 500,000 more riders than last summer, thanks in part to offering
Meeting Recap | Community discusses sheriff substation move on Lopez with officials, staff
The County will utilize a surplus building from Island County and extra space at the County’s existing Public Works property along Fisherman Bay Road to site the new substation. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS
Sounding ferry horns to salute Seattle Mariners, 5 p.m. today
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| At 5 p.m. today, all ferries underway will sound their horns to salute the Seattle Mariners on winning the American League West title — their first in 24 years!
