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Letter to Editor | Lame ducks should not choose County Manager
||| FROM MINNIE KNYCH ||| San Juan County Manager, Mike Thomas, retired in February. The three member SJ County Council immediately appointed Mark Thompkins as the interim manager during the search for qualified candidates is
Sheriff’s Report | April 10 – 16, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 24-002040 Accident-NonInj 10:21:55 04/10/24 A Deputy on Orcas was dispatched to an accident non-injury on Cedar Hill Rd. There were no signs of intoxication
Real and personal property taxes due April 30
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS || San Juan County Treasurer, Rhonda Pederson, would like to remind county property owners that the first half of property taxes and personal property taxes are due April 30.
WSF Weekly Report | Reservation system now has a waiting room
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve When I was offered the opportunity to move from the cruise industry to Washington State Ferries, one of the things that excited
Search for new County Manager enters public participation phase in early May
In total, the job posting yielded 39 applications from around the country. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is moving forward in its interview process for a new County Manager which
A busy summer ahead for Airhawks, Orcas Aviation Association
||| FROM ROBERT WAUNCH for AIRHAWKS FLYING CLUB ||| The Airhawks Flying Club and the Orcas Aviation Association (OAA) are looking at a very busy summer of flight training and Mercy Flights. Four (4) Airhawks
$316 Million in funding announced to modernize U.S. ferries
||| FROM GCAPTAIN.COM ||| The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced the availability of $316 million to support and modernize passenger ferry services across the country. The funding, part of President
County appoints acting health officer while search begins
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council appointed Dr. Herbie Duber as the County’s new acting Health Officer. Dr. Duber is the Washington State Department of Health Regional Medical Officer for
LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council April 15, 2024
||| FROM LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OBSERVER CORPS ||| During public access, two members of the Marines Resources Committee, a salmon expert, a whale expert, and the Friends of the San Juans supported applying for a
Orcas airport to participate in military training
||| FROM CHIP LONG for PORT OF ORCAS ||| As a public-use airport Port of Orcas is occasionally called upon to support training or other mission-connected activities conducted by the Navy, Coast Guard, Department of
2024 candidate filing week approaches
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| If you have ever wanted to be an elected official, now is your chance! Candidate filing for positions open for election in 2024 is about to begin. During
OIFR Q1 Chief’s Report
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| Fire Chief Holly vanSchaick and staff responded to 76 calls in March, for a total of 224 calls for the first quarter of 2024. Our
County publishes revised engagement guide for reviewing OPALCO’s proposed solar project
San Juan County’s Department of Community Development (DCD) is postponing the public hearing examiner meeting for OPALCO’s Bailer Hill micro-grid and battery installation project while waiting for all additional information requested of the applicant on
‘Burning’ issues remain after 2013 Exchange fire
||| BY JOHN TITUS, SPECIAL TO theORCASONIAN ||| People who have lived in San Juan County long enough are familiar with the original “Exchange,” a recycle/re-use operation, designed to take useful items out of the
Fire Commissioners Meeting
||| FROM KAT BARNARD for ORCAS FIRE & RESCUE ||| San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 Board of Fire Commissioners 2nd Regular Meeting of April Agenda Monday – 4/15/2024, 3PM In person: 45 Lavender
Sheriff’s Report | April 3 – 9, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 24-001870 Theft 09:26:50 04/03/24 A Deputy on San Juan Island took a report of theft of a Pride Foundation sign out of a yard.
