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Chief vanSchaick leaving OIFR; Commissioners Fuller and Biddick resign
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| Effective June 30, 2024, Chief vanSchaick will be leaving OIFR. During her tenure, OIFR’s volunteer numbers increased significantly, and voters approved a new five (5)
Mayor Jackson recognizes Juneteenth 2024 with proclamation
||| FROM RAYMONT C. JACKSON, MAYOR, TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| WHEREAS, on New Year's Day ot 1863, using his war powers as President, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all persons held
Land Bank meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on June 21, 2024, from 8:30am – 11:15am at the Orcas Island Library, located at 500 Rose
Update | County awaits funding for infrastructure resiliency work on Lopez Island
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County continues to wait for updates regarding its grant application to engage in sea level rise adaptation and infrastructure resiliency work on Lopez Island. San Juan
Rep. Larsen statement on House-passed defense policy bill
Larsen votes “no” on FY25 NDAA, outlines support for bipartisan path forward ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the below statement after voting “no”
Sheriff’s Report | June 5 – 11, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 24-003222 Malicious Mischief 10:22:08 06/05/24 A Deputy took a call regarding vandalism in Eastsound in which person(s) had spray painted a building. A report
WSF Weekly Report | Women in leadership; summer schedule; fighting human trafficking
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve Throughout my maritime career, I’ve had the honor of working with many women who have charted new courses and broken barriers in
Rick Larsen to launch 2024 campaign in Friday Harbor
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Next week, Representative Larsen is launching his 2024 campaign with Kickoff Week - a series of five events, one in each of the 2nd District’s five
San Juan County proceeds with Courthouse preservation efforts
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is taking steps to protect the historic courthouse in Friday Harbor. After a 2022 study deemed the building “structurally deficient” the County is seeking grant funding to
Good news from the Supreme Court today
||| FROM CONGRESSMAN RICK LARSEN ||| The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled to preserve access to mifepristone, a medication used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the United States. This is the first case
County offices to close for Juneteenth observance
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County offices will be closed to the public on Wednesday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth – the celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the
You can help stop Medicare fraud
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Medicare fraud costs an estimated $60 billion each year and ultimately raises the cost of healthcare for everyone. June 3-9 is National Medicare Fraud Prevention Week
After nearly 25 years, federal officials approve a limited Makah whale hunt
||| FROM KNKX NPR ||| The long wait is over. A federal official has given the green light for members of the Makah tribe to resume exercising their treaty right to whaling, based on a
LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council June 11, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| During public comment a Lopez resident thanked the council for meeting on Lopez and said regarding the new skate park, that rather than spending money on visual
Letter to Editor | Stephanie O’Day has experience necessary for County Council
||| FROM MERRI ANN SIMONSON ||| Stephanie O’Day would make an excellent County Council member due to her experience and knowledge gained from working with the County’s planning, permitting, and development departments over the last
SJC Democrats 2024 primary endorsements
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY for SAN JUAN COUNTY DEMOCRATS ||| After hosting most of the candidates for office this year over the last nine months at our meetings plus receiving detailed questionnaires back from the
