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Celebrate the coming of Fall with a Great Islands Clean-Up!
-- from Orcas Recycling Services (ORS)-- Volunteers throughout the San Juan Islands will get together on Saturday, September 29th to participate in the third-annual Fall Great Islands Clean-Up (GICU). All over the County volunteers will
Letter to Editor | Businesses Hurt by Affordable Housing Shortage
-- from Suzanne Olson -- Many local businesses are struggling to find enough staff to keep their doors open and their shelves full. We have a shortage of affordable housing all year round, and it’s
Letter to the Editor: Three Reasons to Re-elect Randy Gaylord
--- from Pete Moe, Executive Director, Orcas Recyling Services/The Exchange -- Six years ago, when The Exchange was competing for the contract to run the Orcas Transfer Station, Randy was among the first to recognize
Letter to Editor | Why I Support Nick Power
-- from Rita Latsinova -- I have been an appellate lawyer in Washington for 25 years and I will be voting for Nick Power for Prosecuting Attorney. My reasons are both professional and personal. On
Letter to Editor | Power as Prosecutor Makes Us Cringe
-- from David Dehlendorf (San Juan Island), Judy Scott (Orcas Island), Learner Limbach (Orcas Island), and Mac Langford (Lopez Island) -- We cringe every time someone states that he/she supports Nick Power for Prosecuting Attorney
Guest Opinion: Sen. Grassley Should Give Kavanaugh’s Accuser the Investigation He Says #Metoo Vicitms Deserive
-by Ally Coll Steele -- Ally Coll Steele [On Sept. 21] I joined six former Hill staffers—who all, like me, experienced sexual misconduct while working in Congress—in urging federal lawmakers to finalize sexual
Letter to Editor | Support for Randy Gaylord
-- from Jack B. Coe, Esq. -- Having managed lawyers with some of the largest law firms in Seattle and across the Nation, I can say with first-hand certainty that Randy Gaylord has put together
WSF Long Range Plan in Final Draft Stage
-- from Jim Corenman, Chair, San Juan County Ferry Advisory Committee -- Washington State Ferries recently released the draft for their Long Range Plan (LRP) looking out the next two decades to 2040. This has
Letter to Editor | Port Ignores Community Input
-- from Susan Malins -- The Port of Orcas presented DOWL's alternative options for their Master Plan choices & requested comment. The vast majority of citizen comments favored “No Build/No Growth" with minor improvements, for
Port’s Ambitious Plan Will Remake North Orcas
-- by Matthew Gilbert, Orcas Issues Reporter, updated Sept. 25 at 9:30 p.m. -- After a tumultuous few months of public meetings and public outcry, the Port of Orcas presented its 20-year Master Plan at
Letter to the Editor: Time to Retire Gaylord
-- from Don Pollard -- Let’s retire Randy, Randy Gaylord should be thanked for his services for the past two-plus decades. But his trail of mistakes in judgement and obfuscation of events should not be
Letter to the Editor: Progressive Power Supports Whistleblowers and Victims
-- by Marci Flannery -- I’m writing this letter to urge my fellow citizens to vote for Nick Power for Prosecuting Attorney in the upcoming election this fall. I’ve been a resident of San Juan
Guest Opinion: Gaylord Tries to Hide “Nonfeasance”
--by Alex MacLeod-- Given known facts, it is curious the lengths to which prosecuting attorney Randy Gaylord has gone to cover up his failure to check out a tip that might have kept the county
Sheriff’s Report | September 12 – 18, 2018
-- from San Juan County Sheriff's Office -- Wednesday, September 12, 2018 18-007061 Aircraft Problem 08:21:39 09/12/18 A Deputy was dispatched to a downed aircraft at a local runway on San Juan Island. The pilot
Sheriff Looking for 2nd Degree Rapist
-- from Ron Krebs, Sheriff -- Wanted for rape of a child 2nd SEAN MICHAEL HUNTER (A.K.A. Sunshine) DOB: 01/15/1994 6’00”, 180 lbs. Brown/red hair, blue eyes, five dots tattooed down the bridge of nose
Health Care Commission Hears Survey Summary, Pushes to Meet Budget Deadline
-- by Susan McBain, Orcas Issues reporter -- The Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) commissioners received an in-person briefing on results of the recent survey of community health care preferences from Steve Smith of
