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Reminder | Ballots are due by Tuesday
||| FROM CAMOLYN ARMSTRONG, SAN JUAN COUNTY ELECTIONS MANAGER ||| Orcas voters will cast their vote for the Orcas Island Health Care 10-year temporary levy lid lift measure.
Rep. Larsen Calls for Kilmar Abrego García’s return to U.S.
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF US REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement on the Oval Office meeting between President Trump and the President of
If Kilmar Abrego García is doomed, we all are
It’s the administrative error from hell — and that should terrify all of us. ||| FROM WASHINGTON POST ||| Where it stands right now is that Kilmar Abrego García appears to be out of options.
Start of summer reservations delayed until April 22
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Due to technical issues with the WSF reservation waiting room, the summer 2025 release has been moved out one week to Tuesday, April 22 at 10 a.m. We apologize
Winter is over! What did you think? | Take the Winter Schedule Survey
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY FERRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ||| After a lengthy process of writing a new ferry schedule for the San Juans' routes, the SJC Ferry Advisory Committee would love to know what you
Summer vehicle reservations open on Tuesday
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Vehicle reservations for the summer 2025 schedule (June 15 through Sept. 20) will be available at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 15. For the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route reservations,
We the People March in Eastsound on April 19
||| FROM DAVID TURNOY ||| April 19 is another national day of action to protest the madness being propagated by our national government. The Friday Harbor Indivisible group is holding a march that day, and
This Washington border county is desperate for Canadians
||| FROM NBC NEWS ||| People have roamed across the 49th parallel on the west flank of North America for hundreds of years. Lately, many are thinking twice. Canadians frequently stop by Blaine, Washington, for
Sheriff’s Report | April 2 – 8, 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 25-001801 Theft 07:08:40 04/02/25 A Lopez Deputy responded to a report of a farm stand money box being stolen. The incident is under investigation.
WSF Weekly Report | Life-saving Walla Walla crew; new rescue boats; summer reservations start Tuesday
||| FROM JOHN MEZINA for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from John Proud to spend time on Saturday with a group who are vital to providing safe and reliable service but are rarely seen
Statement from Washington Wildlife First on Governor Ferguson’s appointments to Fish and Wildlife Commission
||| FROM HEATHER NICHOLSON for WASHINGTON WILDLIFE FIRST ||| Until this week, Washington had been a beacon of light in a world growing progressively darker for fish and wildlife. Under the leadership of former Governor
Jury instructions for April 14-25, 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| For the jury period beginning Monday, April 14th through Friday, April 25th, all jurors are required to report to the San Juan County Courthouse lobby for jury service
Larsen, Meeks, Neal introduce resolution to force vote on Trump tariffs
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, DC - Representatives Rick Larsen, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure, Gregory W. Meeks, Ranking Member of the House Foreign
Health Care District Public Levy Lift informational town hall tomorrow
||| FROM HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD ||| San Juan County Public Hospital District #3 dba Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) is proposing a Levy Lift Ballot Measure in the April 22nd, 2025 Special Election.
An estimated 1000 islanders gather to say ‘Hands Off’
||| FROM DARRELL KIRK ||| On Saturday, April 5, nearly 1000 islanders gathered to express their strongly-worded thoughts and feelings about the policies and actions of the Trump administration. View more pics.
2025 Comp Plan Update: Transportation Element, Plan Intro, & Administration piece ready for review
Public comments regarding the draft transportation element and others can be submitted by April 17 for review at the Planning Commission meeting on April 18. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County
