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Rick Larsen to visit Friday Harbor
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| One last reminder - tomorrow Representative Larsen is launching his 2024 campaign in San Juan County. This is the fourth event in the Kickoff Week series
WSF Weekly Report | Public meetings; summer service; sailing stats
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve If I’m being honest, I’ve spent most of my career as a mariner, so the art of public speaking feels a little
Guest Opinion | Everyone is right; Everyone is wrong; Everyone loses; No one wins
||| FROM GREG AYERS ||| We lost a chief, a leader in the fire department, also her second in command and 2 board members. This is a large loss that 3 remaining commissioners will need
EWUA addresses two important issues
||| FROM TERI NIGRETTO for EASTSOUND WATER USERS ||| Dear Members and water users, There are two Important items we need to address Director Misconduct We write today to notify you that that two of
County streamlines job application process with new software
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is pleased to launch a new software program that will make applying for a County job easier and faster. The new applicant tracking system, powered
Community Water Taxi, Island Water Taxi partner to serve community during ferry outage
||| FROM ED ANDREWS ||| Members of the Community Water Taxi (CWT) and the owner-operator of Island Water Taxi, LLC sprang into action on Saturday, June 15th when the inter-island ferry went out of service
Water Board members look to recall Water Board members
||| FROM CAROL ANN ANDERSON, RON CLAUS, and JIM COOK ||| The three of us, Board members of Eastsound Water Users Association, have recently called for the recall of our fellow Board members Teri Nigretto,
Chief vanSchaick leaving OIFR; Commissioners Fuller and Biddick resign
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| Effective June 30, 2024, Chief vanSchaick will be leaving OIFR. During her tenure, OIFR’s volunteer numbers increased significantly, and voters approved a new five (5)
Mayor Jackson recognizes Juneteenth 2024 with proclamation
||| FROM RAYMONT C. JACKSON, MAYOR, TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| WHEREAS, on New Year's Day ot 1863, using his war powers as President, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all persons held
Land Bank meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on June 21, 2024, from 8:30am – 11:15am at the Orcas Island Library, located at 500 Rose
Update | County awaits funding for infrastructure resiliency work on Lopez Island
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County continues to wait for updates regarding its grant application to engage in sea level rise adaptation and infrastructure resiliency work on Lopez Island. San Juan
Rep. Larsen statement on House-passed defense policy bill
Larsen votes “no” on FY25 NDAA, outlines support for bipartisan path forward ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the below statement after voting “no”
Sheriff’s Report | June 5 – 11, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 24-003222 Malicious Mischief 10:22:08 06/05/24 A Deputy took a call regarding vandalism in Eastsound in which person(s) had spray painted a building. A report
WSF Weekly Report | Women in leadership; summer schedule; fighting human trafficking
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve Throughout my maritime career, I’ve had the honor of working with many women who have charted new courses and broken barriers in
Rick Larsen to launch 2024 campaign in Friday Harbor
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| Next week, Representative Larsen is launching his 2024 campaign with Kickoff Week - a series of five events, one in each of the 2nd District’s five
San Juan County proceeds with Courthouse preservation efforts
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is taking steps to protect the historic courthouse in Friday Harbor. After a 2022 study deemed the building “structurally deficient” the County is seeking grant funding to
