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Latest from Lekanoff | Vision for the future; housing stability; juvenile justice reform
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| As we enter the final week of the 2025 legislative session, I am holding close the values that guide me—community, cooperation, and compassion. These final days
Rep. Alex Ramel | 9 Days Left: Inside the final sprint of the 2025 legislative session
||| FROM REP. ALEX RAMEL, 40TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT ||| I hope this message finds you well as we move into spring. With just over a week left in the legislative session, I wanted to take
WSF Weekly Report | Pizza box in the rain; reservations to open next week; work zone cameras
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve Sometimes, it’s the small gestures that reveal who we are becoming as an organization. Ordinary Sailor Evan Tarbell recently bought pizza for
Letter to Editor | More thoughts on OIHCD levy lift
||| FROM BOB THOMAS ||| USE OF LEVY LIFT FUNDS As with all Orcas commissions, once funding is established the Commissioners have authority for the legal use of the funds. Notwithstanding goals stated in Levy
LWVSJ Observer Corps | County Council April 15, 2025
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The council held public hearings and approved ordinances to add members to the county Law and Justice Council; to amend sections of the code regarding
Ready to run? Candidate filing week is May 5 through May 9
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Have you ever dreamed of running for office? Are you looking for new ways to get involved in your community? Candidate Filing Week might just be your chance!
Jury Duty: April 21-25, 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| For the jury period beginning Monday, April 21st through Friday, April 25th, jurors in groups 2, 3 and 4 are required to report to the San Juan County
LWVSJ Observer Corps | San Juan County Council April 14, 2025
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| Kari Koski updated the Council on the Derelict Vessel program. Old boats are hard to dispose of and our county offers ideal conditions for people
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
