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Sheriff’s Report | June 29 – July 5, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| TUESDAY, JUNE 29 21-005462 Found Property 07:22:17 06/29/21 A Deputy was dispatched to a Found Property in the Friday Harbor area. A cell phone was turned in
We still won’t admit why so many people believe the Big Lie
Six months after the insurrection it triggered, it’s clear that the stolen-election nonsense is just a drop in a tidal wave of bullshit. ||| FROM THE DAILY BEAST ||| How could so many Americans believe
Fair winds, farewell | Departing NAS Whidbey commander shares some words about noise complaint system
||| FROM CAPT MATT ARNY, COMMANDING OFFICER, NAS WHIDBEY ||| NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. – I’m filled with conflicting emotions as I prepare to “depart the pattern” and embark on a new journey.
Council pre-empts Charter Review Commission with climate re-organization
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| Last month, the Charter Review Committee released the outcomes of its lengthy deliberations, and among its proposed amendments was an independently-elected position to run a new Climate
Inslee declares wildfire state of emergency, limited burn ban
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee today declared a statewide state of emergency relating to the growing risk of wildfires, including a statewide prohibition on most outdoor and agricultural burning through
WSDOT’s multimodal mobility analysis reporting moves to an interactive, online dashboard
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ||| OLYMPIA – People use the transportation system in different ways and to better understand how, the Washington State Department of Transportation is shifting its analysis from a print
Auditor: Let’s take a look at our county financial situation following pandemic
How did we do? ||| FROM F. MILENE HENLEY, SAN JUAN COUNTY AUDITOR ||| San Juan County Auditor, F. Milene Henley I have always been amazed by four-way stops. Drivers learn as teens
Eastsound Water releases annual consumer confidence report
||| FROM DAN BURKE for EASTSOUND WATER ||| It’s the time of the year when water systems send out their annual Consumer Confidence Reports (CCR) to their customers, and I wanted to take the opportunity to say
OK. WSF has more to say about this upcoming holiday weekend
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Customers should be prepared if their travels this holiday weekend include riding aboard a ferry. Some routes will be sailing on their holiday sailing schedules. Customers can note specific
We know about first responders, but these are our critical first, first responders — and they are hiring
In this job, you get paid to tell cops where to go ||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| If all hell breaks loose at your home or in your neighborhood and you call 911
Ferry changes ahead of Fourth of July weekend travel
Some schedules modified; COVID-19 guidelines adjusted; San Juans look normal ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| SEATTLE – If your Independence Day weekend travel plans include a Washington State Ferries ride, be prepared for several
Sheriff’s Office investigates after PeaceIsland Medical Center goes into lockdown
||| FROM SHERIFF RON KREBS ||| On Wednesday, June 30, the Peace Island Medical Center (PIMC) in Friday Harbor went into lockdown and alerted the Sheriff’s Office of a concerning voicemail left on the hospital
Tick Talk | Kwiaht launches two-year study of ticks on island
Specimens? Bag ‘em, and contact Kwiaht for pickup ||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| Lopez-based conservation biology laboratory Kwiaht has launched a two-year study of the distribution and hosts of local ticks, and of
Inslee issues housing stability “bridge” proclamation
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee [on Tuesday, June 29] issued a housing stability ‘bridge’ emergency order, Proclamation 21-09, intended to bridge the operational gap between the eviction moratorium (which
Inslee statement on today’s economic reopening
“Let’s keep it up, Washington – get vaccinated and stay safe.” ||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement [Tuesday, june 29] ahead of Washington’s upcoming June 30 reopening for
Asian giant hornet trapping starts July 1; you are invited to participate
||| FROM CASSIE CICHORZ for STATE AGRICULTURE DEPT. ||| Citizen scientist trapping for Asian giant hornets is starting in just days, and we wanted to invite you to participate in trapping again this year! Detailing
