Here’s a thought…
“Peace is not something we ask for — it’s something we practice, together.”
WALK FOR PEACE
Navy updates 2015 environmental impact statement
||| from Julianne Stanford for Navy Region Northwest ||| SILVERDALE, Wash — The U.S. Navy has completed a final supplement to the 2015 Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Final Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with proposed ongoing and future military readiness activities
Letter to Editor | Your Navy must be ready to respond
||| from Rear Admiral Stephen Barnett, Commander, Navy Region Northwest ||| As we’ve done for decades, your U.S. Navy conducts critical military readiness activities in the Pacific Northwest, and we are reapplying for authorizations to continue this training and testing for the next seven years, as our current authorizations expire
Letter to Editor | 21st century? We can’t get cell service at our house
||| from Sandra Parker ||| My husband and I live on the east side of Orcas Island in Washington state. We have been T-Mobile customers for the past two years. We chose T-Mobile because we needed a service that would cover the entire island where we live. As it turns
WSF COVID-19 service update
||| from Washington State Ferries ||| Football season and pumpkin spice mean autumn is almost here and normally we would be switching over to our fall sailing schedule. But as I’ve said many times this year, nothing about our service right now is normal. We will continue to operate our current
Council takes another look at Prune Alley redevelopment
||| BY MINOR LILE & MATTHEW GILBERT, ORCASONIAN REPORTERS ||| Prompted by an open letter from former EPRC member and local architect Fred Klein, the County Council raised some last-minute questions regarding Prune Alley’s extensive redevelopment plan at its September 15 meeting. Klein’s eleventh-hour letter contends that the finalized plan
Eat, shop, stay, play locally: Here’s the second in a series of stories about small business survival
Small businesses are relying more than ever on your support as they creatively cope with COVID. ||| from San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau, EDC and the Lopez, Orcas and San Juan Island Chambers of Commerce ||| When COVID-19 became a global pandemic in March, all of us were suddenly navigating
How and why to avoid butt dialing from your cell phone, especially to 911
||| by Lin McNulty, Editor ||| It's known as pocket dialing, or, even more colloquially, as butt dialing. It's when your cell phone dials all on its own because it's been activated by sitting on it. And the number most dialed with this rear maneuver is 911. Depending upon
SJ Fire concurrently transports two moms in labor, two different islands, to Anacortes
||| from Chuck Dalldorf for San Juan Island Fire & Rescue ||| This time, it wasn’t the stork who made the middle of the night call to assist two pregnant mothers. Just before 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 13, pagers beeped throughout San Juan Island announcing an urgent need for
OPALCO is prepared for wildfire prevention – are you?
||| from Orcas Power and Light ||| Safety is the primary objective at the core of everything OPALCO does. OPALCO continues to use an aggressive Right-of-Way Program (tree and brush trimming along power lines) and the latest technologies to reduce flammable material and mitigate fire risk. The long-term investment is
State Health Dept. releases initial case investigation and contact tracing performance metrics
||| from State Health Department ||| OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) today published new data related to COVID-19 case investigation and contact tracing efforts in Washington state. These data will now be available for the public to view via PDF and updated weekly. Results are available by week, starting
With an eye to the sky, ORS/The Exchange announces air quality closure policies
||| from ORS/The Exchange ||| In the interest of public health, and the health of our employees, ORS has developed a closure policy based on commonly referenced “Air Quality Index Scores,” or “AQI.” The Exchange reuse store will be closed if the AQI exceeds 200; and the entire Orcas Transfer
Friends gather to honor Dave Castor for his efforts to preserve Kokanee hatchery
||| from Didier Gincig ||| On Sept. 13th, friends gathered to honor Dave Castor for his many years of service to Moran State Park as a career park ranger and for his absolute dedication to the Kokanee salmon hatchery project at Cascade Lake. Over the years, many people have been
Auditor: Registered voters do not need to request a mail-in ballot
||| from Milene Henley, San Juan County Auditor ||| San Juan County voters have been receiving postcards from the U.S. Postal Service encouraging voters to “plan ahead” for the November 3 General Election. Unfortunately, two of the recommendations included in the postcards are not relevant to Washington voters. One of
A rare, legendary close-up Superpod with CWR’s Ken Balcomb
||| from Lodie Gilbert Budwill, Community Relations Coordinator ||| September 5, 2020. The day started out hazy with a lot of chop on the water. Visibility was poor for sighting whales from my location at Eagle Cove facing south. If it weren't for a distant breach, followed by a large
Recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| from State Department of Health ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 80,465 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on September 14. There have been 2,015 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. For the most recent tally of cases by county, demographics, and more, visit the Department of Health's dashboard and
Fire Commission will ZOOM-meet in Thursday’s scheduled meeting
||| from Kim Kimple for Orcas Fire & Rescue ||| Regular Meeting Agenda San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 Thursday – September 17th, 2020 1:00 p.m. Online / by phone via ZOOM: Dial # (253) 215-8782 / Meeting ID: 838 9586 2598/ Passcode: 873351 Commissioners: Tim Fuller, Janet Marlow,
