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State announces new COVID relief funds to support nonprofits helping youth
Commerce joins forces with School’s Out Washington to fund nonprofits straining to provide after school and summer programs, mentoring and social-emotional supports ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| OLYMPIA, WA – The need
Eastsound Water announces “virtual” annual meeting plan
||| FROM PAUL KAMIN FOR EASTSOUND WATER ||| Due to the ongoing Covid 19 Pandemic, Eastsound Water has developed an alternative format for our 2020 Annual Meeting this fall. The normal public gathering is simply
Planning Commission discusses Comprehensive Plan Amendments
||| BY STEVE BERNHEIM, REPORTER ||| Friday morning, September 17, San Juan County’s Community Development staff met with the Planning Commission to give an update on the six-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and to deliver
County burn ban has been lifted
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| As of today, Sunday, September 20, the Burn Ban in San Juan County is lifted. Please be safe when enjoying recreational campfires.
Governors Inslee and Whitmer release statement on Trump administration rejecting plan to send masks to every U.S. household
||| from Governor Jay Inslee's Office ||| Today, Govs. Jay Inslee and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan issued the following statement after reports that the Trump administration rejected a plan to send hundreds of millions of
Sheriff’s Report | September 9-15, 2020
||| from San Juan County Sheriff's Office ||| Wednesday, September 9, 2020 20-007746 Agency Assistance 14:56:45 09/09/20 A San Juan Deputy responded to a report of an agency assist. A report was made. 20-007747 Citizen
Gov. Inslee statement on death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
||| from the Office of Governor Jay Inslee || “We have lost one of the greatest American patriots to ever serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was so much more than a
Navy updates 2015 environmental impact statement
||| from Julianne Stanford for Navy Region Northwest ||| SILVERDALE, Wash — The U.S. Navy has completed a final supplement to the 2015 Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS)
Letter to Editor | 21st century? We can’t get cell service at our house
||| from Sandra Parker ||| My husband and I live on the east side of Orcas Island in Washington state. We have been T-Mobile customers for the past two years. We chose T-Mobile because we
Council takes another look at Prune Alley redevelopment
||| BY MINOR LILE & MATTHEW GILBERT, ORCASONIAN REPORTERS ||| Prompted by an open letter from former EPRC member and local architect Fred Klein, the County Council raised some last-minute questions regarding Prune Alley’s extensive
How and why to avoid butt dialing from your cell phone, especially to 911
||| by Lin McNulty, Editor ||| It's known as pocket dialing, or, even more colloquially, as butt dialing. It's when your cell phone dials all on its own because it's been activated by sitting
SJ Fire concurrently transports two moms in labor, two different islands, to Anacortes
||| from Chuck Dalldorf for San Juan Island Fire & Rescue ||| This time, it wasn’t the stork who made the middle of the night call to assist two pregnant mothers. Just before 3:00 a.m.
State Health Dept. releases initial case investigation and contact tracing performance metrics
||| from State Health Department ||| OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) today published new data related to COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing efforts in Washington state. These data will now be
Auditor: Registered voters do not need to request a mail-in ballot
||| from Milene Henley, San Juan County Auditor ||| San Juan County voters have been receiving postcards from the U.S. Postal Service encouraging voters to “plan ahead” for the November 3 General Election. Unfortunately, two
WA governor sends open letter to White House occupant about climate change
||| from Governor Jay Inslee's Office ||| Gov. Jay Inslee sent an open letter to President Donald Trump today, it reads in part, "Mr. President, I hope you had an enlightening trip to the West Coast, where
Rick Hughes responds to open letter questions
||| from Rick Hughes, County Councilmember ||| Link to Tom Eversole questions. Thank you for these questions, Tom Eversole. Seniors are indeed a large portion of our population. Over 30% are currently 65 and older.
