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WSF Report | One third of our 21 ferries are unavailable right now
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Edmonds/Kingston route on one-boat service due to limited vessel availability Chimacum went out of service Saturday after one of its main engines threw a rod. The significant
Orcas Island Fire and Rescue seeking candidates to join the volunteer ranks
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| All are invited to apply for the upcoming Volunteer Fire Academy starting January 6, 2024. At the end of the academy, graduates will be
County and Town send open letter to state officials regarding impacts of poor ferry service
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County and Town of Friday Harbor Councils are publishing an open letter sent to Washington State Governor Jay Inslee and Washington State Department of Transportation
WSF Alert: Winter schedule will be available next Tuesday
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Vehicle reservations for winter (Dec. 31 to March 23, 2024) on our Anacortes/San Juan Islands and Port Townsend/Coupeville routes will be available next week at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7. This
Notice: A Bat has tested positive for rabies in San Juan County
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| A bat collected in San Juan County was recently sent for testing to the Washington State Public Health Lab and was determined to be positive for rabies. Treatment
Letter to Editor | My vote for Kate Hansen is well-considered
||| FROM JUSTIN PAULSEN ||| The most difficult ballot decision in this election is the Orcas Fire and Rescue Commissioner race between Toni Knudsen and Kate Hansen. Our community would be well served to have
WA ferry fleet loses a Seattle-to-Bremerton boat; strain continues
||| FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES ||| Washington’s ferry system hit a low point over the weekend as yet another boat had to be taken out of service, leaving the fleet with just 14 working ships
Flotsam & Jetsam | Looks fine at a distance — until you get up close
||| FLOTSAM & JETSAM BY MAURICE AUSTIN ||| My father loved antique cars so much that he restored several Ford Model A specimens from the frame up. (One afternoon, we even drove little more than
Building For the Next Generation: County explores development of new public services center
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| As San Juan County celebrates its 150th anniversary as an organization, this milestone brings the responsibility to prepare for the next 150 years of providing the services, programs, and
Assessor sends 2023 change of value notices
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The Assessor’s Office mailed the 2023 Change of Value Notices on October 27, 2023. If your appraised value did not change from the prior year, you will not
Port meeting is tomorrow at 5 p.m.
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS PORT COMMISSION ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Meeting on Monday, October 30th at 5:00 p.m. This meeting will include held over agenda
Residents have mixed feelings over large ad on Wash. ferry
||| FROM KIRO 7 TV ||| For those who haven’t noticed already, the front of the Washington State Ferries (WSF) vessel Tacoma is adorned with a large Coca-Cola advertisement wrapped around the boat that promotes
WSF Weekly Report | Dedications, salmon drumming, meetings
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| On Monday, WSDOT Secretary Roger Millar and I had the honor of joining Gov. Jay Inslee, tribal, county and city leaders, as well as project staff and contractors at
Sheriff’s Report | November 18 – 24, 2123
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 23-008294 Malicious Mischief 05:28:31 10/18/23 A Lopez Deputy responded to a vandalism call. The interior of one of the public bathrooms in the village
Letter to Editor | Vote No on the fire levy and support the new Board of Fire Commissioner candidates
Eyes wide shut. ||| FROM CLARK CUNDY ||| Trust and Transparency: Nothing has really changed in my opinion about the fire levy. It’s still a VOTE NO for me, especially after I have done much
What you need to know about Aeromedical Services in San Juan County
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| San Juan County is fortunate to have access to three different medevac services. Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely
