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Elections officials will test logic and accuracy of ballot tabulating equipment
||| FROM CAMOLYN ARMSTRONG for COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE ||| A “Logic and Accuracy” test of ballot tabulating equipment used in San Juan County for the April 27, Special election is scheduled for Tuesday March 23,
Update from Public Works on Prune Alley street improvements
||| FROM JESSE DOUGLAS SEITZ for SAN JUAN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ||| Construction Start Date T.B.D. Spring 2021 OPALCO Joint Utility Relocation Efforts The project includes pedestrian and accessibility improvements, transportation infrastructure, storm
Fire Commissioners are ZOOM meeting tomorrow
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE COMMISSIONERS ||| Regular Meeting Agenda San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 Monday – March 15, 2021 5:30 p.m. Online / by phone via ZOOM: Dial
Larsen votes to expand gun background checks, close Charleston loophole
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted for a pair of commonsense, bipartisan bills to require universal background checks for all commercial sales with limited
WSF weekly update looks forward to start of modified peak season
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Modified peak season vehicle reservations available Planning a summer ferry trip on our Anacortes/San Juan Islands or Port Townsend/Coupeville routes? Vehicle reservations are now available for our modified peak season, which begins
Rep. Lekanoff provides update on legislative session half-way point
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| Join Us March 20 for a Virtual Town Hall! We've passed the halfway mark in session, and your 40th District legislators wanted to take some time to
Sheriff’s Report | March 3 – 10, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3 21-001832 Wanted Person 13:10:23 03/03/21 San Juan Deputies located a subject with a warrant. The subject was taken into custody and was booked into
Inslee statement on Biden signing the American Rescue Plan Act
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today after President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act. “The passage of the American Rescue Plan Act is
Council approves VR moratorium but limits length/scope
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP-ED REPORTER ||| A February 23 public hearing on an emergency moratorium on new vacation rental permits was extended to the County Council’s regular March 9, and although the comment
Larsen supports American Rescue Plan passage to deliver real relief to Northwest Washington
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) voted to deliver further relief to Washingtonians struggling with the economic and public health impacts of the ongoing
Alex Ramel: Update on floor debates, bills passed
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. ALEX RAMEL ||| Two Weeks of Floor Debates For the past two weeks we have been working to pass bills out of the House of Representatives before March 9,
How this journalist fell in love with journalism and why he has hope for America
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH for RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM.ORG ||| Even after five decades with the New York Times and making documentaries for PBS, taking on a new media like YouTube is no joke. So
San Juan County seeks arguments against upcoming ballot measures
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is seeking volunteers to write opposing arguments for measures on the ballot in the April 2021 Special Election. Four measures will be on the ballot.
Upcoming State Park free day coincides with agency’s 108th birthday
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE PARKS ||| OLYMPIA – Washington State Parks invites visitors to help celebrate the agency’s 108th birthday on Friday, March 19, by enjoying a state park for free that day. March 19
Charter Review Commission has scheduled two upcoming town hall meetings
It happens once in a decade ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ||| The San Juan County Charter Review Commission (CRC) will be conducting two Town Hall meetings, on March 12 (5:30 - 7:30 PM) and March
Sheriff’s Report | February 24 – March 2, 2021
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 21-001598 Fraud 10:58:21 02/24/21 A Lopez Island Deputy was called regarding an attempted fraud involving a realistic looking letter purportedly from national sweepstakes company
