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Guest Opinion: Is the Cherry Point Coal Terminal Doomed?
-- by Michael Riordan, updated April 5 at 3:30 p.m. -- Existing piers near Cherry Point. If permitted, the coal terminal would go just beyond the Point. Five years ago, word began leaking
Eastsound Planning Review Committee Agenda
Thursday, April 7 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall -- from Pat Ayers for the EPRC-- The Agenda for the Regular Meeting of the Eastsound Planning & Review Committee (EPRC) is
Guest Opinion: Is Broadband Internet Really Just a “Side Benefit” of Fiber Optic Cable Buildout?
--by Steve Jung -- OPALCO has been good to me. I’ve been impressed with the reliability and relatively low cost of the primarily “green” electricity it delivers to the home my wife and I built
Ranker Report: Success in Regional Public Health Issues
-- from the office of Senator Kevin Ranker -- Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island,[on April 1, 2016], issued the following statement regarding two [recent] public health victories.. “The decision by SSA Marine to halt the
Join the Fun in Moran Park Clean Up
Saturday, April 9th 9am to 4pm at Moran State Park -- from Jackie Daigle -- Friends of Moran in 2011 Come lend a hand at the Annual Clean Up Day at Moran State
Special Fire Commissioners Meeting on Monday
Monday, April 4, at 5:30 pm in the Eastsound Fire Hall A special meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners (BOFC) for San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 (Orcas Island) will be called to
County Council to Meet on Orcas Today
Tuesday, April 5 from 10:30 AM until 3:30 PM at the Eastsound Fire Station -- from Ingrid R. Gabriel, Clerk to the San Juan County Council -- The San Juan County Council is holding a
Sheriff’s Report | March 23 – 29, 2016
March 23, 2016 16-001571 Weapons Offense 01:18:00 03/23/16 A Lopez Island deputy was called to investigate a series of gunshots in the Whiskey Hill area in the middle of the night. After an extensive check of the area,
Guest Editorial: The Creek and The Culvert
-- by Tom Welch -- Cascade Creek has, like most creeks, small beginnings. It’s an ignonimous little tumbler as it scoots over, around, under and through the rocks, logs, sticks, eddies, falls and stillwaters. Suddenly,
Guest Opinion | One More Caucus Thought
-- from David Turnoy -- If you have been following the discussion about the caucus on Orcas Issues, you will know that the majority of those making comments favor moving to counting the Democratic primary instead
Flotsam & Jetsam: Islands to Be Connected by Bridges
With this article, we are starting a semi-regular humor column, written by Orcas High School teacher Maurice Austin from recent events of local interest. Thanks for your humorously imaginative columns, Maurice! What's next? -- by
Inslee on Passage of Supplemental Operating Budget
-- from Jaime Smith -- Legislators today concluded their most important order of business — passing a supplemental budget that keeps our books balanced and our state agencies fully open for business to serve the
Ranker: Budget Makes Some Strides Forward, But Not Enough
-- from Rick Manugian -- Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, issued this statement today upon the Legislature’s passage of the 2016 Operating Budget. “You never get everything you want with a budget, but that’s the
Madden Surbaugh’s Successful School Lunch
Chef Zach and Chef Madden serve lunch to high school student Pasha Bullock -- from Ashley Randall -- The public school cafeteria was buzzing with the voices of 363 students and adults enjoying
Inslee Prohibits Non-essential State-funded Travel to North Carolina
-- from Jaime Smith -- Gov. Jay Inslee today issued a memo to state agencies prohibiting non-essential state-funded travel to North Carolina in light of that state’s legislation allowing discrimination against transgender men and women.
County to Test Election Equipment; Public Invited
Wednesday, April 6, 10:45 a.m., County Elections Office -- from Milene Henley, Auditor -- A “Logic and Accuracy” test of ballot tabulating equipment used in San Juan County for the May 24, 2016 Presidential Primary is
