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||| FROM BARBARA MARRETT for ROTARY FOUNDATION OF THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS ||| August’s Annual Rotary Car Show brought in spectators from around the country, a record number of contributions, and an amazing lineup of vehicles. The net proceeds will go to the Joyce L. Sobel Family Resource Center, 36 Weekends (Nutrition for Island Children)
||| FROM CHAD KIMPLE, ACTING CHIEF, ORCAS ISLAND FIRE & RESCUE ||| Orcas Island Fire & Rescue was called for a structure fire Friday morning in the Orcas Road area near the Golf Course. OIFR Battalion Chief Greg Sawyer was first on the scene and confirmed a working fire and occupants were accounted for and
Washington State Ferries is low on vessels and crew. Nowhere is harder hit than the San Juan Islands where one in 20 trips were canceled this summer ||| FROM KNKX ||| San Juan Islanders are used to going to the mainland for doctors’ visits, though it often means spending often an eight-hour day traveling over
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what life here in San Juan County might look like as life-as-we-know-it crumbles with the ongoing and ever-increasing impacts of ecological breakdown. As the average time between U.S. billion-dollar disasters decreases, from 82 days in the 1980’s to 18 days in 2018-2022 and
||| CLIMATE EYES by STEVE BERNHEIM ||| The San Juan County Council met last Monday, September 18 to release its greenhouse gas study which attempts to quantify human-caused greenhouse gas emissions originating in the county as well as those human-caused emissions occurring elsewhere that are associated with county residents’ activities, and to accept a $300,000
||| FROM CHAD KIMPLE, SJC FIRE MARSHAL ||| The San Juan County Fire Marshal in conjunction with the San Juan County Fire Chiefs are allowing Recreational Campfires as of September 1st at Noon (12pm). Recreational and cooking fires, limited to 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet high, are allowed when safety precautions are followed.
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Fire Marshal has declared a ban on all recreational fires effective 12 p.m. Noon on August 14, 2023. Due to current atmospheric and field conditions, this ban on all recreational fires applies throughout San Juan County. Today is the first day with no reported
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Fire Marshal, in conjunction with the San Juan County Fire Chiefs, have modified the BURN BAN posted from July 21st, 2023. (View previous burn ban notice by clicking here.) Recreational and cooking fires, limited to 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet high, are allowed
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Fire Marshal has declared a ban on all recreational fires after consultation with the San Juan County Fire Chiefs. Due to current atmospheric and field conditions, this ban applies throughout unincorporated San Juan County. The following operations are prohibited during the burn ban: No
||| FROM DAN THIEME for HARNEY VIEW PARK & ROAD ASSOC. ||| Killebrew Lake Road Culvert Project Public Comments to San Juan County Council For June 20, 2023, Special County Council Meeting Submitted by the Harney View Park and Road Association Contact: Dan Thieme, Board Member and Secretary, dthieme@littler.com, (c) 206.910.5913 We Do Not Oppose