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Planning Commission recommends moratorium on new vacation rental applications
||| FROM STEVE BERNHEIM, ORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| The San Juan County Planning Commission has recommended a moratorium on applications for vacation rental permits. The recommendation was adopted at the Commission’s monthly meeting on Friday, November
Alaska OKs reforms to break partisan gridlock
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH for RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM ||| Washington – Given the constantly grim news about the coronavirus overwhelming America and the interminable imbroglio over Donald Trump’s inability to accept defeat, how about
WSF: Thanksgiving weekend ferry travel will not be normal
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| With statewide restrictions in place to help slow the spread of COVID-19, this will not be a normal Thanksgiving for ferry travel. If you absolutely must ride our ferries, please wear
Port of Orcas to meet in regular session Monday
||| FROM PORT OF ORCAS ||| REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Nov 23rd, 2020 5:00 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84572624414?pwd=ckV6RmZMd1UwZ0ppL0gvY2FxM1pVQT09 Meeting ID: 845 7262 4414 Passcode: 893293 One tap mobile +12532158782,,84572624414#,,,,,,0#,,893293# US (Tacoma) +13462487799,,84572624414#,,,,,,0#,,893293# US (Houston) CALL
Fishermen rescue woman who jumped off state ferry near Bremerton
||| FROM KOMO NEWS ||| BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — The Coast Guard says a woman who jumped off the state ferry Chimacum during a Monday crossing was recovered and brought to St. Michael Medical Center
Fire Commission will meet on Monday
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| Regular Meeting Agenda San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 Monday – November 16, 2020 5:30 p.m. Online / by phone via ZOOM: Dial #
Sheriff’s Report | November 4 – 10, 2020
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 20-009430 Wanted Person 08:24:22 11/04/20 A Deputy on San Juan Island located and arrested a male on multiple active felony warrants. The male
WSF installation of physical distancing floor decals is working its way north
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| To remind riders and employees to practice safe physical distancing, new floor decals are being installed in all our terminals and vessels. Crews began last week on our Point
Deer Harbor Plan committee to meet Nov. 18
||| FROM SHEILA GAQUIN for DEER HARBOR PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE ||| Here’s the agenda for the Deer Harbor Hamlet Plan Meeting for Nov. 18 at 4pm, one week later than normal due to the Nov.
Looking forward to 2021? You’re not the only one
||| FROM ANDREA HENDRICK |||
Planning Commission mulls resource lands, clusters, urban growth
Public Calls for Vision Revision ||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, ORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| The San Juan County Planning Commission met October 16 to receive a briefing from the County’s Community Development staff on the state of
Sheriff’s Report | October 28 – November 3, 2020
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 20-009209 Attempted Suicide 14:15:09 10/28/20 Deputies on Orcas responded to a suicidal subject near Eastsound. The person was located, help was given and a
Cindy Wolf extends sincere thanks to supporters, community
||| FROM CINDY WOLF, SAN JUAN COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBER-ELECT ||| I want to extend my sincere thanks to all of my campaign supporters, volunteers and staff, and especially to the voters, for electing me as
Third rescue in two months for WSF Puyallup crews
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| For the third time in two months, our Puyallup crewmembers were a part of a successful water rescue! On Sunday, the crew on board the vessel saved two jet skiers and their
Rick Hughes concedes election
||| BY MINOR LILE, ORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| In a statement posted on Facebook on Nov. 4, incumbent Council member Rick Hughes conceded the race for the County Council District 2 seat to challenger Cindy Wolf.
Inslee statement on historic re-election for third term
||| FROM GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement tonight as voters re-elected him, making him only the second governor in state history to be elected to three consecutive terms. "Our
