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Salish Current: Council candidates outline positions on vacation rentals, COVID rules, more
||| FROM SALISH CURRENT ||| With issues ranging from strengthening the county’s economic base to balancing vacation rental inventory in an area inhabited year-round by tourists and second-home owners — not to mention year-round residents
Inslee announces updates to Safe Start re-opening plan
||| FROM GOVERNOR INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee [yesterday] announced several updates to Washington's Safe Start reopening plan. The changes seek to align guidance and adjustments to regulations of several industries. "We’re doing this now
County’s 2020 Home Fund round is now closed
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Approved by voters in November 2018, the San Juan County Home Fund is projected to generate $15.2 million over a 12‐year period to develop, produce, and/or preserve affordable
District 2 candidates respond: Is SJC prepared for “unanticipated growth”?
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| First, a lengthy preamble for context. In “How Climate Migration Will Reshape America,” journalist Abrahm Lustgarten, looking at the not-too-distant future, writes that “The millions of people moving
Inslee statement on Trump comments downplaying dangers of COVID-19
||| FROM GOVERNOR INSLEE'S OFFICE ||| Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today on President Trump’s tweet downplaying the threat of COVID-19. “The president’s reckless comments reflect exactly the same nonsense thinking behind his failed
Salish Current queries candidates for 40th & 42nd District House, Senate positions
||| FROM SALISH CURRENT ||| Policies and funding decisions set at the state level have profound influence on our daily lives — and our long-term safety, health and well-being. Where do the candidates vying for
Letter to Editor | These Orcas women support Ryan Palmateer for County Council
||| FROM JANET ALDERTON, ET. AL * ||| As long-time residents of Orcas Island who care deeply about both our environment and our community, we are so pleased that Ryan Palmateer is running for San
Upcoming Port budget hearing will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE FOR PORT OF ORCAS ||| BUDGET HEARING AGENDA October 6th, 2020 6:00 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82507547088?pwd=VmJRNlRWSUhvWVFzWHZJblN1Zmx4QT09 Meeting ID: 825 0754 7088 Passcode: 491840 One tap mobile +12532158782,,82507547088#,,,,,,0#,,491840# US (Tacoma) CALL
County Council candidates to participate in Spring Street School youth forum
||| FROM KATIE FLEMING FOR FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| The Environmental Systems class at Spring Street International School will be holding a Youth Forum on October 12 from 1-2 p.m. They will ask
Medicare open enrollment underway with upcoming workshop
||| FROM JULIE MCKEE FOR ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| Medicare Open Enrollment runs from October 15 – December 7. During this time, plans can be reviewed and changes made for 2021. Attend a free online presentation
Notice: Orcas Fire to hold 2021 budget hearing
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE FOR ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, October 19, 2020 at 5:30
Letter to Editor | I strongly support Christine Minney for Council position
||| FROM CHUCK DALLDORF ||| I am a full-time resident in Friday Harbor and I strongly support Christine Minney for San Juan County Council in the upcoming November election. Council is a nonpartisan position (there’s
Sheriff Krebs: Unlawfully removing political signs is a misdemeanor
||| FROM SHERIFF RON KREBS ||| With the political season upon us, the Sheriff’s Office has seen a rash of political signs either being stolen, vandalized or outright destroyed. We would like to remind everyone
Sheriff’s Report | September 23 – 29, 2020
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| Wednesday, September 23,2020 20-008166 Abandoned Vehicle 13:22:17 09/23/20 A Deputy on Orcas Island received a complaint of several vehicles with expired registration in the Crane Island parking
Council candidates Minney and Palmateer address issues on Orcas Island
||| BY MINOR LILE, REPORTER ||| Over the course of the last several months, the Orcasonian has run a series of Q&A articles with District 2 candidates Rick Hughes and Cindy Wolf (see here and
2020 Assessor change of value notices mailed on October 1
||| JOHN KULSETH, COUNTY ASSESSOR ||| The Assessor’s Office mailed the 2020 Change of Value Notices on October 1, 2020. The notices show market value as of January 1, 2020 based on sales between January
