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Sheriff’s Report | June 8 – 13, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| TUESDAY, JUNE 8 21-004709 Vehicle Prowl 07:31:23 06/08/21 A Deputy on Orcas responded to a vandalism call at the Public School. Some buses had been tampered with.
WSF weekly report has nothing for Orcas Landing, but Mukilteo has stuff going on, and a new Maritime High School
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| New school will be key to our workforce development We’re proud to be involved with the new Maritime High School, which will open in September in Des
Navy wraps up third sound monitoring period; no final report yet
||| FROM MIKE WELDING for NAS WHIDBEY ISLAND ||| NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. - The Navy completed its third week of real-time sound monitoring at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island as directed by
Could Portsmouth to Cherbourg in 40 minutes mean Anacortes to Orcas in 11 minutes?
Seagliders will whisk 150 passengers to France at speeds of 180 mph by 2028 ||| FROM THE DAILY MAIL ||| 'Seagliders' will transport passengers across the Channel in just 40 minutes by 2028, if a
Governor’s “Smart Communities” Awards nominations now open
Annual awards recognize outstanding work in community planning and development ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| Olympia, WA --- The Washington State Department of Commerce today called for nominations for the 15th annual Governor's Smart
County Council meets tomorrow, agenda posted
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COUNCIL ||| San Juan County Council Agenda PRELIMINARY AGENDA: Discussion items may be added and/or the order or content changed at the discretion of the Council Chair. If there is
Special 3-day candidate filing opens up due to ‘void in candidacy’ for some positions
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Whew! You almost missed your chance to run for office. Fortunately, you’ll get a second chance. During the candidate filing period in May, several of the offices open
Inslee announces reopening guidance, renews call for climate action
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Reopening guidance Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday announced more details on what COVID mitigation measures will remain in place after the state's economy fully reopens June
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