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Creativity sparks innovative use of state’s energy emergency management tool for coronavirus response
New tool helped ensure cold storage for vials of vaccines during winter power outages ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| The Washington Department of Commerce, home to the State Energy Office, plays a pivotal
Customers may have received earlier notification regarding ferry reservations due to glitch
Check your reservations for Monday June 5 - Thursday June 10 ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| ANOTHER UPDATE May 29: Customers may have mistakenly received a notification regarding overbooked sailings from June 7-10 due to
Island Hospital hosted Representative Rick Larsen at Island Primary Care – Orcas
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Island Hospital hosted Representative Rick Larsen at Island Primary Care - Orcas Thursday for a round table discussion and tour of the clinic. Together with leaders from
Sheriff’s Report | May 18 – 24, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2021 21-004045 Communications Problem 13:58:30 05/18/21 A Lopez Island Deputy took a report regarding suspicious email and electronic communications with unknown third parties. 21-004053
Latest from Lekanoff | Honoring Coast Salish Peoples and our National Guard servicemembers
Happy Fantastic Friday! ||| FROM REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| Honoring Coast Salish Peoples Last week, I joined San Juan County officials, representatives from our local tribes, and community members on Orcas Landing to unveil a
In time for big weekend, Dockside food kiosk at Anacortes landing will now re-open
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Starting Friday, May 28, the Dockside food kiosk located near the vehicle holding lanes in the Anacortes terminal will re-open after being closed due to COVID-19. The kiosk will
WSF issues usual Memorial Day alert, but most schedules not the same as normal
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Memorial Day weekend ferry travel If your holiday weekend plans include a ride on our ferries, double check our sailing schedules. Most routes will operate on timetables
Orcas Fire quickly extinguishes brush fire on Turtleback
||| FROM TANJA WILLIAMSON for SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| Late afternoon Wednesday, May 26, 2021, the Orcas Island Fire & Rescue responded to an isolated brush fire that moved from a neighbor’s burn
Rep. Larsen to visit OPALCO, airport, Wildlife Cycles, primary care clinic and critical infrastructure projects
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RiCK LARSEN ||| SAN JUAN COUNTY, WA – On Thursday, May 27, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) will visit Orcas Power & Light Cooperative (OPALCO) to meet with Executive Director
Check ferry schedules, plan for long waits for Memorial Day weekend travel
Several routes operating with modified service different from years past ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| SEATTLE – If a Washington State Ferries ride is part of your holiday weekend travel plans, double check sailing schedules and
State Parks, recreation land managers designate Juneteenth a free day
Designation means four free days in June ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE PARKS ||| OLYMPIA – May 24, 2021 – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission announces Juneteenth will now be a Discover Pass free day. In
Join this rally, march for Palestine solidarity coming up Saturday
||| FROM SANDY STREHLOU ||| You may already know that I am organizing a Palestine Solidarity rally and march. It starts at 11 a.m. next Saturday, May 29, at the SJC courthouse lawn. I hope,
An invitation to ‘sound the call’ in remembrance on Memorial Day
||| FROM KAREN SPECK for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY BAND ||| On Memorial Day, Americans remember those who have died in military service to the United States. The National Moment of Remembrance is an annual event
Here’s the San Juan County slate of local candidates for upcoming primary
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Online Candidate Filing for the upcoming primary election, open from 9 a.m. May 17 to May 21 at 4 p.m., has now closed. Upcoming deadlines of note for
Larsen, Payne: Investment in green ferries steers U.S. toward cleaner transportation future
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Reps. Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Donald Payne (NJ-10) introduced legislation to make it easier for ferry systems to invest in cleaner and greener ferries and combat climate change.
County Council regular meeting agenda posted for Tuesday
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COUNCIL ||| COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Legislative Hearing Room, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, WA, 9 a.m.CALL TO ORDER & FLAG SALUTE EXCUSED ABSENCES (if any) APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF
