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Port Commission will meet on Monday
||| FROM CHIP LONG for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, October 27th at 4:00 p.m. online via Zoom and in-person at the airport
WSF Weekly Report | Crew rescues kayakers; winter reservations start 10-28; new policy for transporting damaged EVs
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve One of the things that makes me proudest to lead Washington State Ferries is the extraordinary dedication and swift response of our
LWVSJ Observer Corps | County Council October 20, 2025
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| Friends of the San Juans made public comment on the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan asking for clarifications on multimodal corridors and for revisions
Jury Duty for 10/27 – 10/31? You’re excused
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| JURY DUTY: OCTOBER 27-31, 2025 All jurors summonsed for the week beginning Monday, October 27th through Friday, October 31st are excused. Thank you. View it on website
Letter to Editor | Why I’m picking which races to vote for
||| FROM BEA VONTOBEL ||| When my Voters’ Pamphlet arrived in the mail, I sat down to acquaint myself with its contents. I was surprised to see 18 uncontested nonpartisan races for office. I was
Deadline Approaching | Pay your property taxes before Oct 31
The second half of property taxes and personal property taxes are due Friday, October 31, 2025 ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The deadline is approaching to pay the second half of property and
Guest Opinion | No Kings?
||| FROM MISHA RAUCHWERGER ||| I come from immigrant families: fleeing the pogroms where the Czar was burning Jewish villages, and the holocaust. Situations far worse that what we are experiencing today. I became fascinated
WSF ferry terminals will close for 48 hours in Spring of 2027 | What timing is best for you?
Please take this quick survey to provide your input to WSF! ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY FERRY INFORMATION ||| Washington State Ferries (WSF) will upgrade equipment at the Lopez and Orcas Island ferry terminals in spring
News Briefs | Russia plans for 70-mile ‘Trump-Putin’ rail tunnel linking Russia and US
||| FROM THE MIRROR ||| A Kremlin envoy has suggested a 70-mile tunnel would be built under the Bering Strait and link the US and Russia. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE MIRROR The proposal suggests using
Sheriff’s Report | October 8 – 14, 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 25-006947 Trespassing 08:40:06 10/08/25 An Orcas Island Deputy responded to a trespass incident at a business in the downtown Eastsound area. The incident was
News Brief | Time versus money: Reporter unpacks WSF’s out-of-state contract
||| FROM KIRO NEWS ||| “The deal was interesting from the get-go, because there were competing values, of spending our tax dollars locally or getting more for our buck by going to a Florida shipyard."
Letter to Editor | Why I’m supporting OIFR bond levy
||| FROM BRIAN EHRMANTRAUT ||| Orcas Island Fire & Rescue’s fire engines have served this community well for decades, but the fleet is aging and needs urgent attention. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), which
WSF Weekly Update |
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve WSF's employees commitment to our customers keep us operating, with Friday being a great example. Let’s begin with our dedicated dispatchers. With
Headed for NO KINGS rally? Here are some reminders
||| FROM GRETCHEN KRAMPF |||
Momentum builds for NO KINGS peaceful protest on Saturday
||| FROM INDIVISIBLE SAN JUAN ISLAND TEAM |||
NYT | How to fight a Zombie fire: What can burn will burn
||| FROM DAVID WALLACE-WELLS for NEW YORK TIMES ||| Just before midnight last New Year’s Eve, an Uber driver in his late 20s, the French-born son of Baptist missionaries, dropped a passenger in the Pacific
