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EDC will host a listening session on Thursday with State Rep. Alex Ramel
||| FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Alex Ramel The San Juan County EDC will host a listening session with State Representative Alex Ramel (WA-4o) on Thursday December 10, 2020, from 5p-6p PST. The
Another ‘stab-in-the-back’ myth?
||| FROM ORCAS CURRENTS BY JENS KRUSE ||| IN MARCH OF 2017, I gave a presentation at Orcas Center, in which I described a series of events that transformed the German Weimar Republic of 1919–1933
Couldn’t get to The Green on Sunday? Tuesday is another chance to sign this important anti-discrimination petition
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| Below is the same article that appeared on the Orcasonian on Saturday. We held our signing event on Sunday and got many signatures, but we know a lot of people
Stop by The Green on Sunday to sign this important anti-discrimination petition
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| Manuel Ellis Two and a half months before George Floyd’s life was cruelly ended by a policeman kneeling on his neck, Tacoma resident Manuel Ellis was killed by
Sheriff’s Report | November 25 – December 1, 2020
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 20-010019 Burglary,NonRes 10:52:33 11/25/20 A Deputy on Orcas Island was dispatched to a business burglary near Eastsound. A report was filed. 20-010020 Trespassing 11:45:25
County Canvassing Board directed to recount Orcas East Precinct votes in Governor race
||| FROM COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE ||| OFFICIAL NOTICE OF San Juan County Canvassing Board Meetings San Juan County has been directed by the Office of the Secretary of State to recount Orcas East Precinct votes
Rep. Larsen outlines priorities for next COVID-19 pandemic relief bill
||| FROM REP. RICK LARSEN'S OFFICE ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) urged Congress to address the continued public health crisis and deliver real relief for Washingtonians, families and small businesses. In
2021 to bring changes to vital records ordering requirements
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY NEWS ||| Important Note: Starting January 1, 2021, a new vital records law and rules go into effect that changes the ordering requirements for birth and death certificates. For increased security of personal information, only
Thanksgiving weekend WSF ridership down 50% from 2019
||| FROM NICOLE MCINTOSH for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I’m thankful to all who followed statewide restrictions to limit travel over Thanksgiving weekend. We had just under 175,000 riders from
There’s a new San Juans emergency preparedness guide online
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| As part of an ongoing effort to increase community preparedness and self-sufficiency in the islands, the Department of Emergency Management has created a new online
Unions praise Governor Inslee for addressing concerns of frontline workers in new proclamation
||| FROM STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION ||| Representing more than 64,000 nurses and frontline health care workers, the Washington State Nurses Association, SEIU Healthcare 1199NW and UFCW 21 applaud Governor Jay Inslee for listening to and
Guest Opinion | 2020 campaign spending goes through the roof
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH ||| Washington – The flood tide is still rising, but already the Mega-Money tsunami of Election 2020 is going into the record books as the most expensive election in American history
Sheriff’s Report | November 18 – 24, 2020
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 20-009806 Harassment 09:21:26 11/18/20 A San Juan Deputy responded to a report of a telephone harassment. The caller stated the suspect has a dispute
SJC courts issue emergency orders: All jury trials postponed
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SUPERIOR & DISTRICT COURTS ||| On Friday, November 20, 2020, San Juan County Superior and District Courts entered emergency orders postponing all jury trials until after January 15, 2021, due
Inslee announces additional COVID-19 financial support
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee ... announced additional financial support funds for families and businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor was joined by Lisa Brown, Department of Commerce
Sheriff’s Report | November 11 – 17, 2020
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 20-009644 Trouble Unknown 10:07:30 11/11/20 A Lopez Island Deputy was sent to check on a 911 hang up call. The call was inadvertently
