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San Juan County complete burn ban goes into effect tomorrow, 5 p.m.
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for SJC FIRE DISTRICTS & COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL ||| With continuing dry weather conditions, San Juan County Fire Districts and the County Fire Marshal’s office are enacting a complete burn ban
Census redistricting data | What to expect and when
||| FROM DR. RON JARMIN for U.S. CENSUS BUREAU ||| Since releasing the apportionment results in April, we’ve had several teams working hard on the next set of 2020 Census data — the redistricting data.
ADVISORY: Inslee and agency leaders to discuss digital inclusion to connect people to social safety net
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee will meet with state agency leaders on Wednesday, July 28, to hear about how state agencies are working toward ensuring digital equity and
Congressman Rick Larsen speaks out on Capitol Police testimony
||| FROM REP. RICK LARSEN ||| “On January 6, violent domestic terrorists stormed the Capitol building, attacked law enforcement and threatened the exercise of our democracy. Today, the House January 6th Committee hears sobering testimony
Sheriff gives peek into how department, community may be impacted by new state laws
||| FROM SHERIFF RON KREBS, SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF ||| San Juan County Sheriff Ron Krebs As of 12:01 a.m. on July 26, the State of Washington enacted a group of laws aimed
Effective today, WA law enforcement agencies have new laws charting their responses
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| A package of five new laws in the State of Washington aimed at law enforcement reform and accountability that were signed by Gov. Jay Inslee in May are
Sheriff’s Report | July 14 – 20, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE || WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 21-006097 Accident-Injury, Traffic 08:24:11 07/14/21 A Deputy on Orcas responded to a motorcycle accident with injury on Dolphin Bay Rd. The rider had hit
Latest from Lekanoff | Child tax credit, drought, coastal infrastructure
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| An expanded Child Tax Credit included in the American Rescue Plan is now available for most families! For every child under 6, families will receive $3,600/yr and for
WSF Weekly Report | Fall reservations open next week; looking for public input on fare increase
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Construction crane at Seattle’s Colman Dock moving into small area of vehicle holding lanes If you pass through our Seattle terminal, you’ll soon notice a construction crane adjacent to
Larsen: American WINGS Act gives high school students STEM skills to soar
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) introduced legislation to help U.S. high school students access in-demand jobs in growing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) industries. The American Workforce
Canadians not happy about Biden border-crossing decision
U.S. border closure makes 'no sense' as Canada starts to reopen for fully-vaccinated Americans: critics 'What the U.S. administration has done today is to continue to divide families, and prevent people from coming to the
Rep. Larsen also urges U.S.-Canada border reopening
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WHATCOM COUNTY, WA – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the below statement after the Biden administration announced an extension of temporary cross-border travel restrictions through August
Inslee statement on federal decision to maintain U.S.-Canada border closure
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today issued the following statement regarding the federal government's recent announcement of continued U.S.-Canada border closure. "I am extremely disappointed by the federal government’s
Inslee issues emergency drought declaration, other proclamations tied to extreme heat, firefighting
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee authorized the state Department of Ecology to issue an emergency drought declaration for most of the state Wednesday. A historically dry spring and summer, followed
Board of Fire Commissioners will meet on Monday
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| Regular Meeting Agenda San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 Monday – July 19, 2021 5:30 p.m. Online / by phone via ZOOM: Dial
Orcas deputies respond to early morning fatality accident
||| FROM SHERIFF RON KREBS ||| At 07:36 a.m. on Saturday, July 17, deputies responded to a report of a vehicle upside down in the pond on the corner of Mt. Baker and Terrill Beach
