San Juan Islander

Forest products and services directory being compiled	10 Apr 2013
WA Pesticide Monitors Hit the Streams for Another Season	11 Mar 2013
Soil Symphonic?	07 Mar 2013
Agricultural Summit in FH March 16	04 Mar 2013
Will Farm Bill 'Level the Field' for Organic Producers?	08 Jun 2012
Funds available for water conservation projects for residences and farms	14 May 2012
Bill to extend farm intern program passes Senate	13 Feb 2012
Rural cooperatives eligible for grants	27 Oct 2011
San Juan Farmers Market moving to Brickworks	03 Sep 2011
Amended Farm Internship bill heads back to Senate	16 Feb 2010
Farmers testify in favor of farm internship legislation	30 Jan 2010

Around the Web

Around the Web: Retro Reports	20 May 2013
Around the Web: Opposition to proposed affilitation with Catholic health care systems	29 Apr 2013
Around the Web: Water acts strange in space	22 Apr 2013
Around the Web: Two articles about Google Earth	25 Mar 2013
Around the Web: Questions to ask before your CT scan	21 Mar 2013
Around the Web: Lies my teacher told me	14 Mar 2013
Around the Web: What most schools don't teach	28 Feb 2013
Around the Web: Obama's week	09 Feb 2013
Around the Web - A Wanderer Dances the Dance of Stars and Space	31 Dec 2012
Around the Web 2nd Amendment Quiz	18 Dec 2012
Around the Web: Election Maps	12 Nov 2012
Around the Web: Getting Physical Ups Seniors' Brain Volume	23 Oct 2012
Around the Web: Don't be fooled by Common Sense	22 Sep 2012
Around the Web and on Mars	06 Aug 2012
Around the Web: Memorable Moments: The Spirit of the Olympic Torch Relay	01 Aug 2012
Around the Web: Video produced in EU to encourage girls to study science	25 Jun 2012
Improve your memory and IQ	23 Apr 2012
Around the Web: Ocean Currents	20 Apr 2012
Around the Web: Fat kills, and 2 other myths	12 Mar 2012
Around the Web: Top 1 percent captured 93 percent of growth since 2009	06 Mar 2012
Around the Web: NASA \| Temperature Data: 1880-2011	09 Feb 2012
Around the Web: Remapping Debate Series on how economics is taught in U.S. universities	08 Feb 2012
FHHS grad's company mentioned in the Economist	01 Dec 2011
Around the Web: Why that song is stuck in your head	14 Nov 2011
Remapping Debate: National parks: window on America	23 Oct 2011
Around the Web: Turning bacteria into clothes	22 Sep 2011
Around the Web: Meditations on Equestrian Art	16 Sep 2011
Around the Web: Lighting up	11 Sep 2011

Arts & Entertainment

FHMS band concert May 21 and FHHS band concert May 23	16 May 2013
The Life and Times of General George E. Pickett July 3 and August 7	20 May 2013
Barbershop Bonanza at SJCT June 2	20 May 2013
Shantala performs at XYZ Movement Arts Studio June 22	20 May 2013
Island Writers deadline for fair entries July 10	18 May 2013
FHES fundraiser: Geoffrey Castle Concert May 31 and June 1	20 May 2013
2nd annual San Juan Music Festival Aug. 31	16 May 2013
"George Bush and the Murder of John Kennedy. A Dark Legacy." May 20	12 May 2013
FHHS art student wins state award	06 May 2013
FH Film Festival “Stories from Around the Pacific Rim" Oct. 11-13	15 Feb 2013
Orcas Island artist's paintings are for the birds	22 Apr 2013
100 Years, 100 State Parks, 100 Artists	12 Apr 2013
Mixed media artist's exhibition through July 8 at IMA	25 Apr 2013
National Theatre Live:The Audience June 13 at Orcas Center	24 Mar 2013
IMA buys former SJEMS building for art museum	26 Apr 2013
Friday Harbor featured in part-time resident's e-book thriller	12 Apr 2013
Life and Times of General George Pickett July 3 and August 9	15 Mar 2013
Photos - Escape from Nemotex	19 Mar 2013
AUDITIONS for SJCT Music Series underway	12 Feb 2013
Hanson wins 2013 John Burroughs Medal Award for "Feathers"	12 Feb 2013
New art doors to Cancer Care Center at PIMC	04 Feb 2013
Cinda Sue Dow Art show through Feb	08 Feb 2013
Creative Writing Workshop with Judith Azrael begins Feb. 16	06 Feb 2013
Enjoy the photos of The Sound of Music	19 May 2012
Photos: A Pig...A Spider...A Friendship at SJCT	31 Mar 2012

Coast Guard

Celebrate Heritage Month in the San Juan Islands May 2013	03 May 2013
Coast Guard reminds Northwest boaters to take proper precautions as air temps rise	03 May 2013
Coast Guard assists two boaters taking on water near Vendovi Island	20 Apr 2013
Coast Guard rescues two men and dog in Penn Cove	26 Feb 2013
Coast Guard medevacs injured woman in San Juan Islands on Labor Day	04 Sep 2012
Coast Guard rescues man after sailboat catches fire near Spieden Island	25 Jul 2012
Boaters must consider the effects of prescription medication before leaving dock	19 Jul 2012
Coast Guard issues safety zone to ensure safety of transit, observers, environment	25 Jun 2012
A dog story to end the week	15 Jun 2012
New CG emergency towing system can be deployed from helicopter	15 Jun 2012
Start your boating summer safely with a free Vessel Safety Check from the U.S.C.G Auxiliary	13 Jun 2012
Washington needs boating leaders on our waterways	24 May 2012
Coast Guard, State Parks remind boaters to "boat responsibly”	16 Apr 2012
4 boats damaged at Anacortes marina fire; leaking fuel now an issue	11 Apr 2012
Barge St. Elias refloated, inspected, towed with escorts to Indian Island	11 Oct 2011
Barge with explosive ordnance refloated near Belle Rock	11 Oct 2011
Barge with explosive ordnance, vehicles aground on Belle Rock	10 Oct 2011

Community

Account set up for Andrea Berlatsky at Whidbey Island Bank	03 Feb 2012
San Juan Trails Committee "Trails Passport" has arrived	21 Jan 2012
Dial-a-Ride service available on San Juan Island	09 Mar 2012
Half a ton of food collected in APS-FH Community2012 Pet Food Drive	02 Apr 2012
Pedestrian hit by car back in school	25 Mar 2012
San Juan Trails Committee "Trails Passport" has arrived	21 Jan 2012
Kari Koski retires from Soundwatch program- party for her Jan. 31	27 Jan 2012
Koski honored for 18 years of work with Soundwatch	09 Jan 2012
How to help FH family with premature baby	11 Jan 2012
Account set up for Karina Serna at Islanders Bank	28 Nov 2011
Children’s Festival organizers needed	17 Nov 2011
STAR, Study Time and Afternoon Recreation expands	03 Jan 2012
Women’s Fund grants awarded	12 Dec 2011
4th of July Beach gate closed for winter	13 Nov 2011
Leos donate $500 to FHHS Arts program	23 Nov 2011
Generous winner sweeps up for Food Bank	23 Nov 2011
Mike Vouri in the New York Times	12 Nov 2011
Halloween 2011: princesses, robots, hotdogs and ....	02 Nov 2011
Islanders help hurricane victims	05 Sep 2011
Fair Races	22 Aug 2011
2011 Friday Harbor Parade	04 Jul 2011
$4k raised and 16,000 meals packed	30 Oct 2011
Truck crashes into Griffin Bay Bookstore	15 Aug 2011
Keys to a neighborhood	27 Jul 2011
Memories of Landis Pederson posted on Facebook	12 Aug 2011
FHHS students' greenhouse is here: call for volunteers	17 Sep 2011
Favorites at Fair are Old and NewTitles	05 Sep 2011
Islanders turn out to help one of their own	29 Aug 2011

Conservation

Nominate a Neighbor for a Good Steward Award	02 Mar 2013
Conservation District Election deadline Feb. 28	28 Feb 2012
Some in GOP Push for Conservation Causes	04 Apr 2012

Dining

Economy

Real Estate Update: Multiple offers on homes in $200-400K range	06 May 2013
Futurist: San Juans needs high-end facilities to attract international tourism in 2050	19 Apr 2013
Saving for Retirement: Better Late than Never	18 Apr 2013
Report: She Works Hard(er) for the Money	09 Apr 2013
Where are all the buyers?	08 Apr 2013
It's Booming: New Stats on WA's Outdoor Recreation Economy	15 Feb 2013
Real Estate business rebounds	24 Jan 2013
$49,378 federal job training grant for San Juan County	01 Jul 2012
Higher gas prices in west due to refinery production	14 May 2012
WA Supreme Court, FCC Side With Phone Customers	01 May 2012
WA Watches as Congress Wrestles with Oil Subsidies, Speculation	04 Apr 2012
Marine jobs and values work session draws Congressional, tribal support	22 Feb 2012
Economic Overview of San Juan County	31 Dec 2011
Wage-wise Washington is looking good...in 2010	28 Dec 2011
Report: Working Women Falling Behind in WA	20 Dec 2011
U.S. Job Acts potential effect on you and your wallet	23 Nov 2011
10 percent of county residents live in poverty	07 Nov 2011
Scorecard: WA Could Do More to Prevent Poverty	07 Nov 2011
26 percent of county residents receive social security	03 Nov 2011
Washington, On a Few Bucks a Day	19 Sep 2011
Can’t Pay Your Phone Bill? Telephone Assistance Program Helps Residents “Stay Connected”	07 Sep 2011
"Coddling" Washington's Millionaires?	18 Aug 2011
NW Businesses to Obama: More Salmon = More Jobs	10 Aug 2011

Editorial

How it all shook out (why my prediction was half right)	24 Apr 2013
Endorsements: Hughes, Stephens	12 Apr 2013
A culture of fear in the islands...really?	20 Mar 2013
Reasons to reject Charter Amendments	12 Oct 2012
Why a $300 prize matters	13 Jul 2012
It's a Charter REVERSAL Commission; not a Review	09 Apr 2012
Editoral: Distract to avoid discussion of the facts	02 Apr 2012
Don't make smaller council full-time; work per person is the same	08 Mar 2012
Charter fix: Follow it and reduce the number	02 Mar 2012
2011 Top Ten Stories	31 Dec 2011
Jones forgot common good	23 Nov 2011

Editorial Cartoon by Matt Davies

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Matt Davies Editorial Cartoon

27 Mar 2013

Education

New textbooks for SJISD American Govt. classes available for public review May 13-22	12 May 2013
Registration for Summer and Fall quarters begins May 13 for returning SVC students	14 May 2013
SJ Public School Foundations receives WASA Community Leadership Award	07 May 2013
Review determines LISD will receive Full energy grant	08 Apr 2013
State of the Schools: Lopez Schools Continue to Do Well	04 Apr 2013
New principal hired for FH ES	02 Apr 2013
FHES principal search: One candidate out, another one added	26 Mar 2013
SVC marine tech students to build boat under settlement with Anacortes firm	21 Mar 2013
Interviews with 3 FHES principal candidates - March 25, 28, 29	24 Mar 2013
Dustin Finney Environmental Studies Scholarship	18 Mar 2013
Calverly is spelling champ at FHMS	14 Mar 2013
Lopez School Awarded $728K State Energy Conservation Grant	13 Mar 2013
A school volunteer soars above the rest	11 Mar 2013
FHES principal asks parents to talk to children about strangers	08 Mar 2013
UPDATE: The team goes on to national competition	06 Mar 2013
WWU to Offset Possible Cuts in Federal Financial Aid to Western Students	26 Feb 2013
Bond for campus-wide renovation of Lopez Schools on April ballot	25 Feb 2013
Why mothers waken to their babies' cry and why knowing that may change your life	21 Jan 2013
Opportunity to rethink thinking	03 Jan 2013
Exceptional fundraising year for SJIPS Foundation	18 Dec 2012
FH Elementary School principal resigning effective end of school year	21 Nov 2012
"Pay It Forward" – A New Idea for Funding College	02 Nov 2012
College Financial Aid: A Continuing Challenge in WA	09 Oct 2012
Skagit Valley College will receive $243,587 for Sustainable Agriculture Education	23 Oct 2012
Preventing drug abuse through visual signs	14 Sep 2012
The bus was stuffed	05 Sep 2012
New School Offered Through Lopez Island School District	29 Aug 2012
Sally W. Bryan Scholarship Fund established	28 Aug 2012
Summit Learning Center open on Mt. Constitution	16 Jul 2012
21 graduate in the 90th Orcas Island HS Class of 2012	18 Jun 2012
57 graduate in FHHS Class of 2012	12 Jun 2012
10 Spring Street International School students graduated June 9, 2012	10 Jun 2012
FH HS & MS teams and their ROVs do their schools proud	01 Jun 2012
Expanded hours and courses this fall at SVC/SJ Center	25 May 2012
FHHS ranked #9 state-wide and # 317 nationwide	14 May 2012
No cuts to Lopez School District staff next year	03 May 2012
SJISD 2012-2013 school calendar released	04 May 2012
WA's Two-Year Colleges Juggle More Students, Less Money	27 Apr 2012
SJISD planning on staff reductions for 2012-2013	04 Apr 2012
FHHS, Spring Street School and FHMS ROV Teams Get Ready for Action	03 Apr 2012
Lopez School Board Renews Contract for Superintendent Evans	30 Mar 2012
Lopez Students Are World Travelers	31 Mar 2012
Some preschoolers TV time restricted by new state rules	25 Mar 2012
Comments on SJISD 2012-2013 school calendar sought	26 Mar 2012
Teacher on leave will be paid til Oct. 31	13 Mar 2012
Shaw and Lopez school boards looking at more collaboration	02 Mar 2012
Lopez Island School District successful in bond request	15 Feb 2012
Orcas Island School District Schools asking for M&O levy	13 Feb 2012
Cascade Warbirds offer two scholarship programs	02 Feb 2012
WSDOT seeking projects for the Safe Routes to School Program	25 Jan 2012
Will Legislature Make Education Funding "Job One?"	09 Jan 2012
Ballot due Tuesday for Lopez Schools levy	13 Feb 2012
Supreme Court rules state must fully fund K-12 education	05 Jan 2012
Expanded Preschool Storytime at SJI Library	05 Jan 2012
Ballots due Tuesday: SJISD asking for $3.7 million levy	13 Feb 2012
Less than 180-day school year suggested	17 Nov 2011
Nurse assistants class leads directly to local jobs	31 Oct 2011
SJISD Superintendent's Report by Rick Thompson	16 Oct 2011
Lopez School receives repair grant	13 Oct 2011
The next best thing to being there; DVDs of League presentations	15 Sep 2011
Greg Sawyer returns to class room with new kidney, more energy	01 Sep 2011
Graduation rates range from 67% to 93% in county	31 Aug 2011
Mentors needed for High School class	30 Aug 2011
SJISD seeks Facility Advisory Committee	05 Aug 2011

Emergency Services

Volunteers needed for Major Emergency Response Team	13 Apr 2013
Orcas Fire Dept. opting out of Marine operations program	17 Apr 2013
SJI EMS and MedEvac / Island Air Ambulance receive full 3-year CAMTS accreditation	06 Apr 2013
SJ Red Cross played key role in Guemes Fire response	31 May 2012
SJI Emergency Medical Services Receives Rotary Grant	22 Jan 2012
Learn about efficiencies of sprinkler systems from state fire marshals	19 Aug 2011
16 complete training for wildland firefighting	08 Aug 2011
20-yr-old drowned in Lawsons Pond on SJI	08 Aug 2011
County-wide fire danger up from low to moderate	08 Aug 2011
SJI EMT class starting in fall	27 Jul 2011

Environment

WA Backyard Birds Bound for Canada	20 May 2013
San Juan County “Sound Shoreline Science” Forums on June 4 in Eastsound	13 May 2013
Report: Feds Not Doing Enough about Pesticides and Endangered Species	03 May 2013
USDA and EPA Release New Report on Honey Bee Health	02 May 2013
Volunteers sought for survey of spawning forage fish areas	01 May 2013
Property Owners Needed for Voluntary Tideland Creosote Removal Project	17 Apr 2013
House Budget Calls for Coal Export Study	11 Apr 2013
Safe Shipping in the Salish Sea: A Trans-boundary Discussion of an Oil Spill on International Water Day	28 Mar 2013
WA and OR Governors ask Obama administration for full review of coal leasing and export	25 Mar 2013
It's Fix a Leak Week	18 Mar 2013
Puget Sound Energy among utilities sued for using coal power	07 Mar 2013
More than 124,000 comments received on scope of environmental review for proposed Cherry Point export terminal	06 Feb 2013
NWCAA seeks analysis of proposed export terminal’s effects on local air quality	22 Jan 2013
Tribe Members to Weigh in at WA Coal Plant Hearing	03 Dec 2012
Legislators call for emergency task force to identify statewide impacts of coal export proposal	09 Nov 2012
Drawing will select speakers at Cherry Point export terminal proposal public meeting in Seattle Dec. 13	10 Dec 2012
Bulk carrier crashes into B.C. dock, spilling coal	10 Dec 2012
Comments sought on next round of cleanup planned at former mill site in Anacortes	30 Aug 2012
Sportsmen and Tribes Pledge Opposition to U.S. Coal Industry Export Plans	01 Aug 2012
Petition filed to add Island Marble Butterfly to Endangered Species List	22 Aug 2012
Reduce your carbon footprint one toothbrush at a time	09 Jul 2012
Local Massage Therapist to cycle more than 550 Miles for Tree Research	09 Jul 2012
Did you feel it?	04 Jul 2012
Coal train derails in Pasco, 31 cars spill coal	03 Jul 2012
Funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund dropped from bill	03 Jul 2012
Ecology WCC crews collect 70 pickup loads of coastal marine debris	02 Jul 2012
Expanded derelict vessel program catches them before they sink	18 Jun 2012
Larsen Introduces Bill to Protect Green Mountain Lookout in Glacier Peak Wilderness	27 Jun 2012
Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012 introduced	21 Jun 2012
Ecology submits 2010 Marine Water Quality Assessment to EPA	13 Jun 2012
World Ocean Day June 8: Support of Law of the Sea Treaty encouraged	07 Jun 2012
View county shorelines in 70s, 90s, 2001 and 2006	06 Jun 2012
Seadoc Society got Mojo going	06 Jun 2012
Weather permitting, Deep Sea tow to Seattle set for Wednesday	06 Jun 2012
Work continues to lift vessel in Penn Cove on Sunday June 3	05 Jun 2012
Penn Cove oil spill response continues	03 Jun 2012
Let your inner scientist out: join in on the Indian Island marine health observatory field research days	01 Jun 2012
WA Fishermen protest mining plans for Alaska's Bristol Bay	31 May 2012
687 acre farm remains ag land due to SJPT purchase and donation by Dodie Gann	30 May 2012
Become a Sound Steward, training June 23	25 May 2012
Preparing for the Arrival of Japanese Tsunami Debris on our Shorelines	25 May 2012
For WA Oil Refineries, What Qualifies as Air Pollution?	24 May 2012
May 23 Ocean acidification blue ribbon panel meeting open to public and online	16 May 2012
Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd arrested in Germany	15 May 2012
SeaDoc starting own habitat mapping lab	14 May 2012
IOSA offers free training for Oiled Bird Search, Rescue and Basic Care	26 Apr 2012
Just about a ton of trash collected along SJI roadways	25 Apr 2012
Groups want to refloat derelict vessel program	01 Nov 2010
Ecology Public workshops focus on possible changes to state's fish consumption rates	27 Apr 2012
Shoreline Habitat improved along Lopez Island’s Barlow Bay	21 Sep 2011
SeaDoc Science Saving Snails	20 Sep 2010
Ways to participate in coal transport permitting process	20 Apr 2012
Water right purchased to protect salmon in Cascade Creek	22 Sep 2009
Free mooring buoy upgrades available to protect eelgrass	06 Apr 2012
Register now for The Whale Museum’s Spring 2012 Marine Naturalist Training Program	06 Apr 2012
Derelict sport fishing gear claims a well-known victim	06 Apr 2012
Seattle Land Use attorney hired by CSA	27 Mar 2012
Conservation Partners transfer ownership of Waldron Island Preserves	23 Mar 2012
Support for end of cruise ship discharge into Sound	13 Mar 2012
Turnings Cathedral - the origin of the Digital Universe. - April 12 March 8 at UW FH Labs	08 Mar 2012
Fish Projections: Are salmon outsmarting scientists?	05 Mar 2012
Interior Secretary: Federal lands in San Juans deserve immediate permanent protection	10 Nov 2011
Petitioners oppose coal export terminals in WA	01 Mar 2012
Report: In Environment, Biggest Groups Get Biggest Bucks	28 Feb 2012
San Juan Local Integrating Organization announces Request for Proposals	20 Feb 2012
Ecology monitored vessel that lost propulsion at mouth of Strait of Juan de Fuca	20 Feb 2012
Suit challenges air pollution standards as weak, outdated	20 Feb 2012
Youth spend day in court fighting for climate change protection	17 Feb 2012
Salmonberry School students 'talk trash' at SJC council meeting	14 Feb 2012
FOSJ hosts CAO Wetlands Forum Feb. 29 in ES	27 Feb 2012
If Salmon Could Write Valentines ...	14 Feb 2012
Coal Hard Truth Forum: Ships, Spills & Sea-Level Rise in FH Feb. 9	08 Feb 2012
NMFS sued after Navy training exercises along Pacific Coast	27 Jan 2012
San Juan County plans to assess wildfire risk	17 Jan 2012
Yes, Virginia, Reindeer Emit Methane Gas...	23 Dec 2011
Lawsuit seeks to curb development in WA floodplains	22 Dec 2011
SJC receives $405K salmon recovery grant	13 Dec 2011
IOSA on standby after burned boat sinks near Shipyard Cove	21 Dec 2011
SeaDoc Society Lectures on YouTube	12 Dec 2011
Higher level of environmental protection for Strait of Georgia	23 Oct 2011
6.4 Earthquake hits off the coast of Vancouver Island	09 Sep 2011
Citizens Petition Ecology To Change Geoduck Aquaculture Rulemaking	09 Dec 2011
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA's Fisheries Service propose Policy to improve implementation of Endangered Species Act	08 Dec 2011
Constructed wetland in Eastsound completed	08 Dec 2011
Court to State: Make WA Oil Refineries Clean Up Their Air	06 Dec 2011
New Bipartisan Support for salmon-saving "Solutions Table"	01 Dec 2011
Climate Change in WA: Could equal more fast moving wildfires	22 Nov 2011
Interior Secretary: Federal lands in San Juans deserve immediate permanent protection	10 Nov 2011
Sea Level Rise predictions mapped	30 Oct 2011
Clearing Washington’s air with diesel technology for school buses, maritime vessels and construction	10 Nov 2011
Number of threatened or endangered species in Salish Sea almost doubles in 2 years	26 Oct 2011
Compete in the Soils Challenge - Results at 2012 Fair	05 Oct 2011
Shoreline Habitat improved along Lopez Island’s Barlow Bay	21 Sep 2011
Cantwell, Larsen Introduce legislation to create National Conservation Area in SJC	15 Sep 2011
Canadian Commission tracking source of 2009 salmon decline	31 Aug 2011
Former county planner catalyst of dam removal project	24 Aug 2011
WA Gears Up for Elwha Dam Removal	24 Aug 2011
Final Chapter in NW Salmon Showdown?	09 May 2011
The Greatest Migration gives WA new view of endangered salmon	08 Nov 2010
$24k energy rebate for SJISD	05 Nov 2010
Groups want to refloat derelict vessel program	01 Nov 2010
State Noxious Weed Board considers changes to the 2011 weed list	05 Oct 2010
SeaDoc Science Saving Snails	20 Sep 2010
Beaverton Valley Marsh restoration is underway	17 Sep 2010
New DOE report recommends active water management	17 Sep 2010
Scientists and Obama Administration at odds over spill and salmon	12 Apr 2010
Celebrate Earth Day by cleaning up the planet	15 Apr 2010
NOAA Fisheries Awards $3.7 million to aid stranded mammals and for research	16 Sep 2010
5 year review of ESA classification of JKL pods announced	06 Apr 2010
Scientific Report: WA wolf plan doesn't add up	22 Mar 2010
Water right purchased to protect salmon in Cascade Creek	22 Sep 2009

Event Photos

Ferries

Peak season surcharge on ferries May 1	29 Apr 2013
Hyak converting to hybrid system	23 Apr 2013
Walla Walla's back	13 Apr 2013
House Transportation Budget Funds New Ferry Construction	04 Apr 2013
Investigation finds human error in Walla Walla motor failure	11 Mar 2013
Spring ferry schedule begins Sunday, March 24	23 Mar 2013
Comments about fall ferry schedule requested by FAC	04 Feb 2013
Decision made on part of potential ferry reservation system	01 Feb 2013
Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission Presentation	26 Jan 2013
Proposal from Rep. Morris would help replace outdated boat	21 Jan 2013
Ferries honored for successful fuel conservation program	05 Dec 2012
Two new Olympic Class ferries named picked: Samish and Tokitae	14 Nov 2012
Orcas Network's suggestion chosen for ferry name	14 Nov 2012
Walla Walla ferry knocked out of service indefinitely; will affect all routes	09 Nov 2012
Reservations expressed about reservations	28 Oct 2012
5-month long winter ferry schedule?	15 Oct 2012
Help wanted in quest to name new ferry "Tokitae"	22 Sep 2012
Ferry reservation committee named	30 Aug 2012
Update on WSF vehicle reservation system	03 Aug 2012
Volunteers sought for ferry reservation committee	11 Jul 2012
Award recognizes cost savings in ferry-construction program	10 Jul 2012
State ferries on-time performance tops 98 percent	02 Jul 2012
Senator Murray Secures Major Victory for Washington State Ferries	30 Jun 2012
Reserve now for Sidney ferry	28 Jun 2012
’Olympic’ selected as name of new class of 144-car ferries	20 Jun 2012
Summer ferry schedule starts June 17	17 Jun 2012
Reservation system launched June 6 for commercial vehicles in San Juans	08 Jun 2012
Second new 144-car ferry in progress	26 Apr 2012
Ferry fares increase May 1 to usual summer rates plus 3 percent	30 Apr 2012
Lopez wingwall refurbishment begins	13 Apr 2012
Keep up with the ferries	07 Apr 2012
Aging vessels moving slower as they make their way toward retirement	04 Apr 2012
Construction begins on next-generation ferry	23 Mar 2012
Under 14-feet sticker available after car is measured with laser	09 Mar 2012
Anacortes terminal passenger waiting area improvements	18 Feb 2012
Construction begins on 144-car ferry	18 Feb 2012
WSF moving forward with LNG for ferries	07 Jan 2012
Share your ferry tales for WSF 60th anniversary	23 Dec 2011
Task force recommends funding options for ferries	19 Dec 2011
Search unsuccessful for person who jumped off ferry	13 Dec 2011
New Washington state ferry boats win national award	09 Dec 2011
Web feature cuts the wait without missing the boat	07 Dec 2011
Grant sought for Hyak hybrid propulsion system	07 Nov 2011
Identify marine mammals using whale trail signs on ferries	23 Oct 2011
Sutton quits FAC	17 Aug 2011
Sidewalk needed on Front St. for ADA compliance	20 Oct 2011
Suggestions wanted to help simplify ferry fares	16 Oct 2011
View Anacortes ferry terminal restoration online	15 Oct 2011
How to check for WSF updates	11 Oct 2011
Souvenirs of 60 years of ferry service on sale now	10 Oct 2011
TVW documentary: Staying Afloat: Challenges Facing WSF	30 Sep 2011
New ferry fares begin Saturday, Oct. 1	30 Sep 2011
Celebrate WSF 60th Anniversary, share your ferry story	26 Sep 2011
Ferry fare increase and changes adopted	26 Aug 2011
Ferry tariff meetings Monday afternoon and evening	15 Jul 2011
Still time to offer your opinion on proposed ferry fare changes	27 Jul 2011

Fire

SJI Fire district votes to continue fire boat service	17 May 2013
Vehicle totaled in car fire, no one hurt	06 May 2013
Wildfire Awareness Week, May 5 - 11, 2013	06 May 2013
Deer Harbor Fire Station complete	23 Apr 2013
Volunteers needed for Major Emergency Response Team	13 Apr 2013
Home Saved After Guest House Catches Fire	18 Mar 2013
Orcas Island Fire Dept. initiates Rapid Stop on House Fire	02 Apr 2013
San Juan Island Fire Department Needs You	07 Mar 2013
Exchange on Orcas burns; total loss	11 Feb 2013
Firefighters Honored for Service in 2012	04 Feb 2013
SJI firefighters put down fire at American Camp	05 Jul 2012
Cty Wildfire Protection Plan discussed June 12	12 Jun 2012
Chimney fire in Jensen Alley house	17 Apr 2012
SJI firefighters honored for service in 2011	08 Feb 2012
Focus on Fire Safety: Fire Escape Plans	07 Jan 2012
Burn permits available now; season begins Oct. 1	28 Sep 2011
Source of Dixon house fire found	30 Sep 2011
Carmen Dixon's house destroyed in fire Tuesday night	15 Sep 2011
San Juan Island has ONE fire department	15 Aug 2011
San Juan fire crew heads east	08 Sep 2011

Fire calls

FIRE CALLS

19 Sep 2011

Groups/Organizations

Just under $3K raised for food bank at Jazz Concert	11 Apr 2013
Are You Aware Of The Secure Communities Program?	18 Mar 2013
San Juan County Broadband Forum online	18 Mar 2013
Soroptimist Notable Women’s Lunch presents awards	08 Mar 2013
Seattle Land Use attorney hired by CSA	27 Mar 2012

Health

Free skin cancer screening	20 May 2013
In Olympia, Mixed Messages for "Older Americans Month"	16 May 2013
WA Strives to Meet Refugee Mental Health Needs	12 May 2013
FDA approves Plan B One-Step emergency contraceptive without a prescription for age 15 and over	30 Apr 2013
Screen-Free Week: Raising “Free-Range Children” in WA?	29 Apr 2013
Apply by May 6 for Tooth Mobile	22 Apr 2013
Death and Taxes? This Week, Face Them Both	15 Apr 2013
It's National Walking Day – Take 30 Minutes of "Me Time"	03 Apr 2013
National Symposium on Child Abuse: New Research, More Teamwork	18 Mar 2013
Another successful Fish for Teeth clinic	31 Jan 2013
Consumer Alert: Health Care Scams Targeting Elderly	14 Jul 2012
Terri Brown is new Food Safety and Preservation Advisor	12 Jul 2012
Farm Bill Proposal Raises Concerns, All Along the Food Chain	11 Jul 2012
The ACA: In WA, It's About More than Insurance	29 Jun 2012
Healthcare mandate Constitutional	28 Jun 2012
FCC Calls for Cell Phone Safety Review	25 Jun 2012
The Healing Power of Your Voice July 12 at Lavendera	01 Jul 2012
Around the Web: "Microbial Wildlife Managers"	24 Jun 2012
Preparedness kicks in when bank employee needed it most	21 Jun 2012
Health Records: Round 'Em Up, Store 'Em Online	14 Jun 2012
Souvenir from Cancun: A big white smile	24 May 2012
Local Esthetician Earns Certification, extends spa treatments to those with cancer	14 May 2012
Throwing the baby out with the bath water By Craig Gurian	06 Jun 2012
Food Worker Test and Card Now Available Online	30 Mar 2012
Health Department Urges: “Cocoon” Island Babies from Pertussis	21 Apr 2012
Staffing needs for hospital determined by end of May	18 Apr 2012
Help Paul Mercer with medical expenses	29 Mar 2012
County offers 2012 homeowner septic inspection classes	20 Jan 2012
Court Orders FDA to Address Antibiotic Overuse in Livestock	29 Mar 2012
Earth Day 2012: Lots of Good Reasons to Dig in the Dirt	20 Apr 2012
Spring Sprint Triathlon Registration Open	29 Feb 2012
First Aid & CPR Classes Offered	06 Mar 2012
Flu Continues on Orcas, San Juan Island Parents Must Take Extra Care in Treating Their Children	02 Mar 2012
IIMC hired by PeaceHealth, Davis returning to AZ	27 Feb 2012
Eagles honored: Volunteer group flys cancer patients to mainland appts.	17 Feb 2012
Will WA's Basic Health Plan survive the legislature?	25 Feb 2012
Volunteer facilitator sought in SJC for Alzheimer's Assoc.	29 Feb 2012
Feb. is Heart Month: Learn the warning signs of heart disease	17 Feb 2012
Flu is here, not too late for shots	10 Feb 2012
Record accomplishments for SJ EMS in 2011	01 Feb 2012
Simple new guidelines for cancer prevention	27 Jan 2012
How to help FH family with premature baby	11 Jan 2012
Hospice of San Juan offers Grief and Loss Support Group beginning Jan. 20	31 Dec 2011
Flu Vaccine: Do it for you, Do it for Your Family	09 Jan 2012
Peer-Reviewed Medical News	06 Jan 2012
Help is available	24 Dec 2011
Free counseling available at WWU	05 Jan 2012
More cases of Whooping Cough confirmed in San Juan County	01 Dec 2011
Nat'l Cancer Institute: No link between cell phones and cancer	30 Nov 2011
Whooping Cough spreading in San Juan County - Vaccinations urged	09 Nov 2011
CDC: Current flu activity is low; outlook for vaccine is good	15 Oct 2011
Seven Pertussis Cases on San Juan Island	08 Oct 2011
SJ Healthcare offers Drop-In Flu Shots	10 Sep 2011
Avoid the rush, make immunizations part of your summer plans	13 Aug 2011
Healing Totem Headed to Exhibit at National Library of Medicine near Washington, D.C	07 Sep 2011

Housing

47 Years to Own Her First Island Home	24 Dec 2012
Building a future, a community and affordable homes	11 May 2010
$700K USDA grant awarded to Homes for Islanders	03 Jul 2012
Sun Rise achieves “Built Green” status	02 Feb 2012
Another 8 sweat equity homes in the future for HFI	08 Nov 2011
Campbell honored for outstanding volunteer work in affordable housing	03 Oct 2011

Information

Saar removed from Skinner and Saar law firm	08 Mar 2013
Photo of the Day March 8 International Women's Day	08 Mar 2013
Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 10	08 Mar 2013
New calendar has more features	06 Mar 2013

Library

Bethery von Dassow Joins Library as Adult Programming Coordinator	01 May 2013
Bat Detector for Loan from San Juan Island Library	09 Apr 2013
You belong at your library this National Library Week, April 8-14	09 Apr 2012
Handbook of the Birds of the World on the shelves at SJI Library	28 Feb 2012
San Juan Island Library unveils 2012-2017 Long Range Strategic Plan	08 Nov 2011
Library levy lid passes	16 Aug 2011
Library levy lid lift to maintain programs	28 Jul 2011

Local Business

Mulligan resigns from OPALCO Board	17 May 2013
County-wide real estate market a roller coaster	26 Apr 2013
Opalco responds to Lopez group's request for bylaw change	01 Mar 2013
Do you have the” Island Friendly Spirit”?	16 Jul 2012
In June, five stores will sell liquor rather than 4	26 Apr 2012
FH businesses interested in improvement district	18 Apr 2012
75 site campground planned on SJI	09 Apr 2012
Eye pressure meter donated to Islands Veterinary Clinic	06 Apr 2012
OPALCO rate increase will show up in March billings	28 Mar 2012
Chef Daniel Van Hamersfeld joins Vinny's Ristorante staff	25 Mar 2012
The Island Inn at 123 West sweetens Friday Harbor lodging with new guestrooms	25 Mar 2012
Martha Alvarado to manage KeyBank's FH branch	03 Feb 2012
Friday Harbor driving school enrolling students now	02 Dec 2011
Subs delivered to your door	04 Dec 2011
Businesses light up the town	23 Dec 2011
KO Sub Shop Opens	04 Jul 2011

Museums

Historic preservation grants awarded June 4	05 Jun 2012
Paver path project at SJI Historical Museum needs volunteers	10 Apr 2012
Orcas Historical Museum opening party today	24 May 2012
Crow Valley School Museum opening celebration on May 26	25 May 2012
Phase 2 of barn project begins at SJI Historical Museum	18 May 2012

National Parks: American & English Camps

National Park's programs include birding, history, dances, walks,	30 Apr 2013
SJI National Park Historical Park expands	04 Mar 2013
NPS Wescott Bay Public meeting Set for March 20 in FH	19 Mar 2013
NPS presents plan for expanded equestrian use of park Feb. 13	04 Feb 2013
Park and Partners To Trap, Neuter/Spay and Release Feral Cats at American Camp	11 Feb 2013
New Dinghy Dock Complete at English Camp	30 Dec 2012
Nat'l Park Prairie Stewardship plan meeting in FH June 27, 2012	26 Jun 2012
English Camp dinghy dock closed through June 24	16 Jun 2012
Begging fox creating traffic hazard near American Camp entrance	14 Jun 2012
Nat'l Park to cut down 339-year old dead Bigleaf Maple at English Camp	31 May 2012
New superintendent of SJI National Park	21 Mar 2012
San Juan Island National Historical Park = visitors, money and jobs	29 Feb 2012
San Juan island NHP Tourism Creates $18 million in Local Economic Benefit	26 Feb 2013
Feb 10, 2012 at Mullis Center UW design students share American Camp Research	10 Feb 2012
UW students/faculty to design new visitor center for American Camp	13 Jan 2012
Lopez Community Trail Network to benefit from NPS program	14 Jan 2012
No leeway on leash law in SJI National Parks	28 May 2011

National: BLM - Parks - Monuments

National Monument celebrated April 1	02 Apr 2013
Two Parties on Monday, April 1st to celebrate National Monument designation	31 Mar 2013
San Juans Gain National Monument Status	25 Mar 2013
Larsen: White House Got Our Message, Will Establish National Monument in San Juan Islands	22 Mar 2013
Federal lands in San Juans now National Monument	22 Mar 2013
Murray applauds National Monument designation for SJIs	22 Mar 2013
Cantwell, Murray, Larsen, DelBene Introduce Legislation to Preserve Federal Land on San Juan Islands	07 Mar 2013
One giant step closer to permanent protection for BLM land in SJC	03 Apr 2012
What does NCA designation do?-Several stories	23 Mar 2012
Cantwell Pushes for Ongoing Citizen Input in Effort to Protect Federal Land on San Juan Islands	23 Mar 2012
NCA or National Monument? One will protect sooner	29 Feb 2012
Economists: Preserve Public Lands for Western Jobs, Vitality	06 Dec 2011
Interior Secretary: Federal lands in San Juans deserve immediate permanent protection	10 Nov 2011

OPALCO

Cameron Schuh to lead 2013 Co-op Youth Rally	11 Mar 2013
Progress Report on OPALCO Broadband Initiative	05 Jul 2012
Six students to represent OPALCO at 2012 leadership camp	25 Jun 2012
Hearing May 22, 2012 on new wireless ordinance - affects OPALCO's broadband plan	18 May 2012
OPALCO Rate Change: Board Merges Limited Service with Residential Tariff	11 Sep 2011

Pet of the Week

Pet of the Week - May 13	12 May 2013
Pet of the Week - April 29	29 Apr 2013
Pet of the Week - April 22	22 Apr 2013
Pet of the Week - April 8	08 Apr 2013

PIMC - Hospital

Conflict of interest at PIMC Emergency Department?	21 May 2013
UW Medicine and PeaceHealth plan to form new affiliation	21 May 2013
PIMC gearing up for surgeries	16 May 2013
Access to healthcare before Board of Health today	15 May 2013
Around the Web: Hospital Mergers Reset Abortion-Access Battle	12 May 2013
PIMC annual report on May 15 hospital bd agenda	12 May 2013
PIMC's FAQs misleading	15 Apr 2013
Peace Island Medical Center to Add Saturday Clinic, Extend Weekday Access	12 Apr 2013
Attorney General asked for opinion about restrictions on healthcare at PIMC	11 Apr 2013
One take on why CHI/PeaceHealth cancelled merger talks	04 Apr 2013
CHI, PeaceHealth Suspend Discussions on Joint-Venture in Pacific Northwest	03 Apr 2013
Troubling information about healthcare restrictions in Catholic Hospitals	31 Mar 2013
Bd of Health to review access to healthcare	21 Mar 2013
Testing available soon at PIMC for CG, OPALCO etc.	19 Mar 2013
1 in 4 visits to PIMC to Emergency Room	14 Mar 2013
Religiously-affiliated hospitals only choice for many	07 Mar 2013
Island Hospital walk-in clinic open Saturdays	06 Mar 2013
Why it's different if you go in through the ER door	21 Feb 2013
PIMC response to Letters about billing issues	15 Feb 2013
PeaceHealth responds to controversy	24 Jan 2013
Hospital district board may ask for for AG Opinion later	22 Jan 2013
Forms filed to transfer control of local hospital	18 Jan 2013
Life-changing numbers at PIMC	20 Dec 2012
Patient registration time and other questions about PIMC answered	10 Dec 2012
San Juan County Public Hospital District Board response to ACLU letter	01 Dec 2012
Peace Island Medical Center custom fit	19 Nov 2012
Hundreds toured PIMC November 17	17 Nov 2012
Peace Island Medical Center Emergency Services information	17 Oct 2012
Hospital Board releases letter in response to Coalition	03 Oct 2012
Coalition's concerns "just nuts" - hospital commissioner George Foster	01 Oct 2012
Letter presented to the Hospital Board Sept 18	18 Sep 2012
Meeting Sept. 18 about subsidy and limits on healthcare at new hospital; letter to board	13 Sep 2012
IIMC Saturday Urgent Care/Walk-in Clinic Discontinued as of Oct. 1	12 Sep 2012
PIMC board named; Ribbon cutting Nov. 17, 2012	30 Aug 2012
Reproductive Health: The PeaceHealth Perspective	30 Aug 2012
Layers of uncertainty	27 Aug 2012
Role of Catholic Church in local hospital up in the air	22 Aug 2012
Catholic Health Initiatives, PeaceHealth to form Integrated Regional Health Care Network	19 Aug 2012
ACLU asks hospital district to renegotiate contract with Peace Health	01 Jul 2012
Staffing needs for hospital determined by end of May	18 Apr 2012
IIMC doctors hired by PeaceHealth, Davis returning to AZ	27 Feb 2012
Islanders can personalize Peace Island Medical Center	05 Aug 2011
PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center groundbreaking set for July 23, 2011	11 Jul 2011
San Juan County residents invited to discuss design process for new Peace Island Medical Center	27 May 2010
Architectural Firm Selected for Design of Peace Island Medical Center	31 Mar 2010
State Approves Certificate of Need for New PeaceHealth San Juan Island Hospital	30 Jan 2010
San Juan Valley Road site chosen for hospital	08 Jul 2009
Contract signed for Critical Access Hospital	19 Mar 2009
PeaceHealth offers 50-year contract; final contract will be available for public to review	20 Jan 2009
PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center finalizes land purchase	30 Sep 2010
Community Hospital Committee, PeaceHealth recommend further study for expanding Island healthcare services	28 May 2008
Feasibility Assessment Overview of Findings and Recommendations	28 May 2008
Cable: "Financial analysis - it works"	28 May 2008
Telephone survey underway Jan. 17-28, 2007 for community hospital feasibility	15 Jan 2007
Community hospital may be built on San Juan Island	04 Oct 2006

Politics

Democracy Corner Open House July 1	22 Jun 2012
"79 percent of voters skeptical of political ads"; fact checking sites available	09 May 2012

Politics - Democrats

Politics-Republican

County Republicans pleased with action at state Republican convention	04 Jun 2012
SJC County Republican select delegates to State Convention	27 Mar 2012

Ports

Marilyn and Les LaBar honored at FH Airport Museum Sunday	26 Apr 2013
Doing the right thing pays off	06 Mar 2013
Larsen secures funding to enhance port security in Northwest Washington	04 Feb 2013
Port of Friday Harbor Lands Another Airport Grant	05 Jul 2012
$3.3 million grant for FH airport modernization	08 Jun 2012
FH Port Commission holds prelim waterfront planning workshop March 21	21 Mar 2012
Port of FH installs LED streetlights	23 Dec 2011
Adams and Berry continue on to Port of Lopez general election	16 Aug 2011
$1.3 million construction project at FH Airport	08 Sep 2011
Locals benefit during and after improvements at OI airport	16 Sep 2011
Port's promotion brings boaters back	15 Oct 2011

Recreation/Tourism

6-time champ Washington leads pack again as ‘Bicycle-Friendly State’	01 May 2013
Volunteers invited to join Washington Coast Cleanup Day Saturday	16 Apr 2013
Eastsound receives national accolades for Arts	04 Apr 2013
Gov's budget a win for recreation economy	28 Mar 2013
WWRP Projects Funded in Governor Inslee’s Budget by County	28 Mar 2013
WWRP Projects NOT in Governor Inslee’s Budget (but at $90M) by County	28 Mar 2013
SJ Island Fitness getting salt water pool	28 Mar 2013
San Juan Island Voted Top Island by TripAdvisor	26 Mar 2013
FANS Group Opens Annual Campaign	18 Mar 2013
It's Booming: New Stats on WA's Outdoor Recreation Economy	15 Feb 2013
Friday Harbor's art a new draw for visitors	19 Mar 2013

Remappingdebate.org - republished with permission

Can those aged 45 to 64 be saved from misery in retirement? How?	10 May 2013
Abandonment of poor: much worse than you thought	09 May 2013
Loss of support for guaranteed income reflects radical shift in values	25 Apr 2013
Loss of support for guaranteed income reflects radical shift in values - page 2	25 Apr 2013
Democrats hide when asked about ending high-income loophole to assure Social Security’s future	17 Apr 2013
Keeping the “best care” option out of the health spending equation	01 Mar 2013
The role of the New Democrats in the explosion of managed care	20 Feb 2013
Managed cost, mismanaged care	13 Feb 2013
Managed cost, mismanaged care (continued)	13 Feb 2013
Does Congress have to tear down before it can build up?	06 Jul 2012
Spectacular new ways to slice and dice unemployment data since 2007	27 Jun 2012
Fear mongering from the Congressional Budget Office?	20 Jun 2012
Commentary: On population, U.S. remains in full denial mode	03 May 2012
What about bending the quality curve?	02 May 2012

Rescues

NAS Whidbey SAR Plucks Injured Man off Mount Baker	28 Mar 2013
Orcas man rescued by emergency responders	29 Jun 2012
Hubbard a hero on Hawaiian vacation	01 Mar 2013
No one injured when weld break causes problem during landing	26 May 2012
(Updated) Bellingham man dies after Boston Whaler capsizes near Sucia	19 May 2012
Three OK after canoe flips in water off Orcas island	31 Oct 2011
Woman falls overboard; rescued by FH Port employees	15 Sep 2011
Coast Guard recovers crew from grounded fishing vessel near Decatur Island	27 Aug 2011

Rules and Regulations

SEPA rule advisory committee meets April 11 in Lacey	09 Apr 2013
Burnett justifies 16 years of non-compliance	28 Jun 2012
In SJC: Break the rules; Become the victim	15 Feb 2012
Requirement for $109 bldg permit sets off furor over future of Jones's farm	21 Nov 2011
For the Record: The Closing of Jones Family Farms Store	22 Nov 2011
Broadband, cell phone tower ordinance public hearing 1 p.m. April 2	31 Mar 2012
Continued hearing to adopt wireless ordinance 9 a.m. June 26	25 Jun 2012
Ecology continues work on updating the Surface Water Quality Standards	29 Mar 2012
Ecology works to improve safety of underground storage tanks	27 Mar 2012

San Juan County

Notification of release of Level 3 sex offender (and links to 2011 stories about Stewart)	20 Feb 2013
Judge to give ruling in writing before election	20 Feb 2013
Lopez fire district levy passes	12 Feb 2013
County is GMA compliant	11 Feb 2013
Jarman recovering in hospital	09 Feb 2013
Primary election: Byers/Hughes and Pratt/Jarman split home islands	14 Feb 2013
CSA Petitions for Review of the Critical Areas Ordinance	06 Feb 2013
Meet San Juan County’s New Fairgrounds & Events Manager	04 Feb 2013
Car crash victim flown to mainland hospital	04 Feb 2013
Friends of San Juans file appeal of CAO to Growth Board	04 Feb 2013
Council delays SMP process despite cost to taxpayers	29 Jan 2013
Council has 3 MRC positions to fill in February	24 Jan 2013
Odlin Park Improvements Moving Forward, Camping Discounts Offered	15 Jan 2013
Council: MRC oversteps its authority	08 Jan 2013

San Juan County Administration

Council to select county manager Tuesday, May 21	17 May 2013
Meet the county manager applicants at open houses May 13	12 May 2013
SJC Deputy Director resigns of as June 29	30 May 2012
Interim Administrator's contract approved, transition in place	24 May 2012
Jean is county Council's choice for interim administrator	11 May 2012
County Administrator Pete Rose Resigns	02 May 2012
Pete Rose selected as new county administrator	08 Jun 2006
Charter transition Interim County Administrator winds up his work	20 Jul 2006
George Johnson awarded $105K in settlement; another $145K for attorney	24 Feb 2012
David Kelly hired as county Deputy Director of Administration	26 May 2010
County hires new deputy director of administration, Adina Cunningham	28 May 2008

San Juan County Assessor

Assessor’s office begins 2012 appraisal cycle	25 Jan 2012
County changing to annual revaluations	02 Nov 2011
$300K collected from former Current Use property owners	29 Aug 2011
$22K in tax breaks given to three property owners	17 Aug 2011
More Current Use approvals on agenda for Tuesday afternoon	15 Aug 2011
No mandated enforcement by state legislature for Open Space programs	15 May 2011
Open Space programs: Are taxpayers getting the benefits they are paying for?	13 Jan 2010
25 percent of county in Open Space programs	04 Jan 2010

San Juan County Auditor

Corporate-style annual report available for county's 2011 fiscal year	28 Jun 2012
Auditor cites budget facts pertaining to prosecutor's press release	22 Dec 2011

San Juan County Budget

Sales tax increase for law enforcement on August ballot	08 May 2012
County government 2012 first qtr financial report released	04 May 2012
Layoff in prosecutor's office will disrupt justice	21 Dec 2011
Council delays budget decisions, law and justice positions unfunded	15 Dec 2011
Two-day old county budget subject to $360K change	01 Dec 2011
Public hearing on building permit and park fee increases Nov. 29	28 Nov 2011
Administrator presents preliminary budget proposal to county council	20 Oct 2011
San Juan County's 2012 draft budget available	18 Oct 2011
San Juan County's 2012 draft budget available	18 Oct 2011

San Juan County Charter

Vote will proceed, Supreme Court denies injunction request	03 Apr 2013
Are Peterson, Miller and Stephens entitled to full terms under Charter?	29 Mar 2013
Charter bans redrawing of district boundaries by Council or Initiative	28 Mar 2013
Charter limits ability to change district boundaries to CRC	27 Mar 2013
5-member county council elected by districts a possibility	24 Mar 2013
Appeal will be filed in Charter case; may go direct to WA Supreme Court	27 Feb 2013
Judge rules in favor of county, Charter Amendments upheld	27 Feb 2013
Judge to give ruling in writing before election	20 Feb 2013
Judge to hear Charter case Feb. 19 in SJC Superior Court	18 Feb 2013
Complaint filed to void Charter Propositions 1, 2, and 3	04 Dec 2012
3 Charter Amendments submitted for Nov. 6 ballot	10 Jul 2012
CRC makes three recommendations and issues findings	29 May 2012
Charter Review Commission meets June 9	07 Jun 2012
Basics of charter eliminated; findings on April 28 meeting agenda	27 Apr 2012
Charter Review Commission meets in FH Sat. March 17	16 Mar 2012
Charter update; next meeting March 10 on Lopez	08 Mar 2012
Charter Review Commission meets March 3 at Orcas Hotel	02 Mar 2012
Charter Review Commission meets in FH Sat. Feb. 25	23 Feb 2012
Charter Commission favors reducing number of council members	25 Jan 2012
Charter Review meeting schedule - next meeting Jan. 28	23 Jan 2012
Charter Review Commission members set	15 Nov 2011
First Charter Commission meeting January 7	26 Dec 2011

San Juan County Community Development and Planning

1st part of comparison of new and current SMP released	06 May 2013
Shoreline Master Program Update	26 Apr 2013
SMP Update Open Houses: March 18 SJI; March 19 LI; March 20 OI	18 Mar 2013
Court upholds E WA GMHB CAO decision	18 Jun 2012
Council Authorizes Shoreline Report Revisions	11 Jun 2012
View county shorelines in 70s, 90s, 2001 and 2006	06 Jun 2012
Changes to Ag and Recycling regulations public hearing May 22	19 May 2012
Join the great Wetland Tour of 2012 on May 7	05 May 2012
Shoreline Form was result of a Lack of Communication	03 May 2012
Draft wetlands ordinance sent to council	01 May 2012
Broadband, cell phone tower ordinance CONTINUED public hearing 1 p.m. April 2	31 Mar 2012
Planner leaving for Colorado	21 Mar 2012
Here's the problem	15 Mar 2012
Planning Commission meets March 16 in council chambers	15 Mar 2012
Public hearing on CAO wetlands section March 6; changes to development definition in future	05 Mar 2012
More CAO documents online	23 Feb 2012
Deadline for comments on SMP core document extended to April 30	18 Mar 2012
Cleaning up the county code	27 Jan 2012
Council adopts Voluntary Stewardship Plan for Agriculture option for critical areas	10 Jan 2012
New building permit and plan review fees effective Jan 3	24 Dec 2011
Changes to non-conforming 75 percent rebuild rule in the works	28 Dec 2011
New building permit and plan review fees effective Jan 3	21 Dec 2011
Voluntary Stewardship Program Decision deadline Jan. 22	11 Dec 2011
Increases for park fees and building permits approved	30 Nov 2011
CAO update public hearing continues Dec. 12	10 Dec 2011
Public hearing continued on CAO ordinance	06 Dec 2011
County Council special meeting focused on CAO Nov. 28	26 Nov 2011
For the Record: The Closing of Jones Family Farms Store	22 Nov 2011
Requirement for $109 bldg permit sets off furor over future of Jones's farm	21 Nov 2011
Hold everything: A new version of CAO wetlands amendments needed	16 Nov 2011
Draft Wetlands Ordinance posted	27 Oct 2011
State Supreme Court clarifies DOE's authority re SMP	22 Aug 2011
Send in your shoreline image, please	20 Aug 2011
Best Available Science 2.0 released	01 May 2011
BAS report identifies negative impacts on water quality	19 Jan 2011
400-page BAS available online	18 Jan 2011
Early start to council Tuesday meeting to discuss CAO Work Plan	06 Jun 2010
County asks for cooperation in developing "Best Available Science"	02 Jun 2010
Comments deadline Oct. 14: Shoreline Inventory and Characterization report released	05 Oct 2011
Off-premise signs will disappear	27 Jul 2011

San Juan County Council

3-member council sworn in today	14 May 2013
Money to burn over privacy worries and politics	07 May 2013
So little time, such a full agenda	06 May 2013
Aerial Photography will go ahead	23 Apr 2013
Meet the six candidates for County Manager May 13	01 May 2013
28% of county in Current Use programs - council discusses enforcement tomorrow	22 Apr 2013
Council discusses revising fees April 22	22 Apr 2013
CAO implemtation, code enforcement, charter amendment and more on April 9 agenda	08 Apr 2013
County Council workshop Monday on Code Enforcement and Solid Waste	07 Apr 2013
Forlenza back home	04 Apr 2013
Sheriff's office investigating Rosenfeld/Forlenza altercation	31 Mar 2013
County Council reviewed committee policy Feb. 25	25 Feb 2013
County is GMA compliant	11 Feb 2013
Community Conversation on SJI Feb. 6, Lopez Feb. 7	06 Feb 2013
Council delays SMP process despite cost to taxpayers	29 Jan 2013
Council meeting park fees, long-range planning	29 Jan 2013
County may be GMA compliant	14 Jan 2013
San Juan County committees - too many?	14 Jan 2013
Jarman and Forlenza take oath December 28	30 Dec 2012
Rick Hughes sworn-in as SJC Council member Dec. 28	28 Dec 2012
Council looking back on productive year	20 Dec 2012
Dec. 18 council meeting: Last one for current council + public hearing on recycling rates	17 Dec 2012
Recycling rate increase added to council agenda	27 Nov 2012
New wireless communications facilities ordinance approved	26 Jun 2012
One giant step closer to permanent protection for BLM land in SJC	03 Apr 2012
Council decision on BLM land letter at 11:15 a.m. April 3	03 Apr 2012
Solid waste and budget calendar on March 19 cty Council agenda	18 Mar 2012
Council meets March 13; Orcas and Lopez Solid Waste Sites on agenda	12 Mar 2012
Public hearing on cellphone towers Feb. 27	25 Feb 2012
County considers $3 million lease improvements for private business	07 Feb 2012
Draft ordinances for broadband, background documents on hot topics	31 Jan 2012
Get involved in county government, join an advisory committee	15 Dec 2011
Participate in council meeting from Orcas and Lopez Library	31 Oct 2011
Option 1 for redistricting preferred by council	23 Sep 2011
Tell council what you think without traveling to FH	19 Sep 2011

San Juan County Courts

Charges split between adult and juvenile court	02 Nov 2011
Possible resolution of murder/arson case today	02 Nov 2011
No plea in murder/arson case	14 Apr 2011
Arraignment April 14 for son accused of murdering mom	14 Apr 2011
15-year-old arrested in stabbing death of fire victim	08 Apr 2011
Son held on charges of murder and arson	07 Apr 2011
Sheriff will release fatal fire crime info this afternoon (April 7)	07 Apr 2011
ATF, State Crime lab investigating fatal fire	07 Apr 2011
Woman dies in early morning house fire	03 Apr 2011

San Juan County Critical Areas Ordinance

CSA files pre-hearing brief	30 Apr 2013
CAO implementation delayed until March 1, 2014	10 Apr 2013
CSA Petitions for Review of the Critical Areas Ordinance	06 Feb 2013
Council considering delaying effective date for CAO implementation	14 Mar 2013
Friends of San Juans file appeal of CAO to Growth Board	04 Feb 2013
CAO Workshops for Design Professionals Scheduled	26 Jan 2013
Effective date of CAO might be delayed until May	17 Jan 2013
Council deliberates on CAO all day Monday	03 Dec 2012
CAL, reconsideration of UDC amendments and more on Oct. 9 agenda	08 Oct 2012
Aug 28 Public hearings: SW, Ag Lands, CAO	28 Aug 2012

San Juan County Elections

Special 3-day candidate filing period May 22, 23 and 24	20 May 2013
20 unopposed, 11 positions unfillled, primary necessary	17 May 2013
Results the same in latest county election count.	01 May 2013
Candidate Filing Week – May 13 through May 17	12 May 2013
It's Jarman, Hughes and Stephens	25 Apr 2013
Stephens elected; Hughes and Jarman leading by 100 votes	23 Apr 2013
Lopez school bond issue defeated	23 Apr 2013
Chance Election results tonight won't be conclusive	23 Apr 2013
District 1: Bob Jarman	19 Apr 2013
What happened at the LWVSJ forums	12 Apr 2013
District 1: Lovel Pratt	19 Apr 2013
Eaton rules ballot tracking software part of "election system"	06 Apr 2013
Split Decision from Judge on Ballot Lawsuit	06 Apr 2013
Judge rules in favor of county, Charter upheld	27 Feb 2013
It's Byers, Hughes and Pratt, Jarman	12 Feb 2013
Lopez fire district levy passes	12 Feb 2013
Primary election: Byers/Hughes and Pratt/Jarman split home islands	14 Feb 2013
Jarman recovering in hospital	09 Feb 2013
Ballots due Tuesday, April 23; everyone votes for all candidates	23 Apr 2013
District 2: Rick Hughes	19 Apr 2013
District 2: Greg Ayers	04 Feb 2013
District 2: Lisa Byers	19 Apr 2013
Sales tax increase for law enforcement on August ballot	09 May 2012
Ranker and Morris face opponents; Lytton unopposed	21 May 2012
Two candidates each for three council seats; Judge unopposed	21 May 2012
Pratt running for re-election to county council	30 Apr 2012
Statement by Marc Florenza candidate for County Council	29 Jun 2012
Rick Hughes running for county Council member - District 4	03 May 2012
County Council member Fralick won't seek re-election	03 May 2012
Charter and Council elections on same ballot raises questions	12 Apr 2012
All three ballot measures pass	14 Feb 2012
Charter Review Commission members set	15 Nov 2011
Vote count update: Land Bank passes by 426	15 Nov 2011
No outcomes change with updated vote counts	15 Nov 2011
Orcas levy approval 60-39 percent	08 Nov 2011
Solid waste parcel fee losing 68-32 percent	08 Nov 2011
Oct. 31 last day for in-person voter registration	30 Oct 2011
11 percent of ballots returned	28 Oct 2011

San Juan County Emergency Management

Earthquake faults in SJC

19 Apr 2012

San Juan County Health and Community Services

Food Worker Test and Card Now Available Online

30 Mar 2012

San Juan County Land Bank

19 maps to Land Bank Preserves released	02 Mar 2012
Turtleback paid for regardless of vote; and without county general funds	18 Oct 2011
Land Bank changes way it counts property value	07 Oct 2011
Shoreline Habitat improved along Lopez Island’s Barlow Bay	21 Sep 2011
Beaverton Valley Marsh restoration is underway	17 Sep 2010
Land Bank Opens Historic Driggs Park in Friday Harbor	24 Sep 2011
Renewal of Land Bank REET qualifies for Nov. 8 ballot	12 Aug 2011
Lost Oak Trail completes loop for south side of Turtleback	27 Jul 2011
Equestrians from three islands celebrated opening of Turtleback Mountain Preserve	30 Apr 2010

San Juan County Lodging Tax

Lodging tax legislation no longer allows capital expenses	26 Feb 2013
County Council to discuss LTAC process Tuesday June 26	25 Jun 2012
5% of $350K in Lodging Tax funds to go for something new	12 Jun 2012
New activities sought for $350K Lodging Tax Program Grants; deadline due April 6	04 Apr 2012
County's lodging tax distribution discussed	23 Oct 2011

San Juan County Marine Resources Committee

Six candidates for MRC	22 Apr 2013
Marine Resources Committee retreat April 3	01 Apr 2013
Council has 3 MRC positions to fill in February	24 Jan 2013
SJ Marine Resource Committee meets Feb. 6	06 Feb 2013
Council: MRC oversteps its authority	08 Jan 2013
MRC January 9 meeting minutes	27 Jan 2013
MRC update marine work hours, ocean acidification	26 Dec 2012

San Juan County Parks

County Parks Department conducting Tree Work at Odlin	25 Mar 2013
Odlin Park Improvements Moving Forward, Camping Discounts Offered	15 Jan 2013
Meet San Juan County’s New Fairgrounds & Events Manager	04 Feb 2013
Private donations needed to complete Brann Cabin restoration	09 Dec 2011

San Juan County Planning Commission

Planning Commission deliberates about CAO regs June 7	06 Jun 2012
Answers to some wetlands regs questions - discussed June 4	04 Jun 2012
Planning Commission April 5 CAO wetlands mtg available online	04 Apr 2012
Planning Commission March 30 CAO wetlands mtg available online	29 Mar 2012

San Juan County Prosecutor

SJC files response to challenges to CAO	20 May 2013
Judge: Council's CAO committee did not violate OMPA	14 May 2013
Judge to issue decision about validity of search warrant May 8	25 Mar 2013
Search warrant for unpermitted residence challenged in court	20 Mar 2013
George Johnson awarded $105K in settlement; another $145K for attorney	24 Feb 2012
Layoff in prosecutor's office will disrupt justice	21 Dec 2011
Colton Harris-Moore's letter to Judge Churchill	19 Dec 2011
Colton Harris-Moore sentenced to 87 months	16 Dec 2011
Colton Harris-Moore sentenced to 7 years 3 months	16 Dec 2011
Harris-Moore pleads guilty, sentencing underway	16 Dec 2011
Colton Harris-Moore pleads guilty, sentenced to	16 Dec 2011
Colton Harris-Moore to be arraigned on 31 counts Dec. 16	16 Dec 2011
Records in Johnson case released	29 Dec 2011
Supreme Court denies review of Johnson's request for injunction	01 Nov 2011

San Juan County Public Works

Mt. Baker Road & Trail project rescheduled for Spring 2013	14 Jun 2012
Informational field trip shows effect of Mount Baker project on Land Bank preserve	27 Apr 2012
SJC's fault receives nothing from $153 million in state fund infrastructure grants	24 Apr 2012
Shoreline Habitat improved along Lopez Island’s Barlow Bay	21 Sep 2011
Mount Baker Road and Trail Improvement Projects Construction This Summer	20 Mar 2012
New Buck Bay Bridge open	18 Oct 2011
New Public Works Director onboard today	16 Oct 2011
No one hurt when truck rolls into water at Roche Harbor	03 Oct 2011
County boat: Working platform and safe crew carrier	03 Oct 2011
Retired Naval Officer in command of Public Works starts Oct. 17	14 Sep 2011
County replaces 2 aging boats with 1 new boat	27 Sep 2011
Questions about county boat?	27 Sep 2011
New county boat increases efficiency, reduces expenses	02 Sep 2011

San Juan County Sheriff

$789K grant awarded for boat, may not be fully utilized due to politics	16 May 2013
Scam Alert	23 Apr 2013
Man dies after diving in Griffin Bay this morning	09 May 2013
See drug dealing, call the sheriff	15 Mar 2013
Friday Harbor man arrested on charges of dealing cocaine	05 Mar 2013
Notification of release of Level 3 sex offender (and links to 2011 stories about Stewart)	20 Feb 2013
Car crash victim flown to mainland hospital	04 Feb 2013
A break-in at Orcas gym and Orcas Elementary school	16 Jul 2012
SJI man arrested for intent to deliver heroin	16 Jul 2012
Explosive in mailbox shuts down part of Lopez for five hours	25 Jun 2012
Click it or it could cost you $124	15 Jun 2012
Telephonic harasser arrested	05 Jun 2012
Island women victims of sexually explicit calls	21 Apr 2012
FH woman allegedly sells cocaine while on bail for drug trafficking	11 May 2012
Safe blast by bomb squad Friday	07 May 2012
Sheriff, Deputy Prosecutor Receive Safety Award	20 Apr 2012
Fraud Alert: Don't cash checks for strangers, it'll cost you	23 Mar 2012
Pedestrian airlifted to hospital, driver arrested for DUI	13 Mar 2012
Sheriff's office tip line accepts anonymous calls	02 Mar 2012
SJI Anti-Tweakers and Thieves Town Meeting Feb. 25	23 Feb 2012
April 9 trial set for hit run driver; victim paralyzed	23 Feb 2012
Search on for driver in two-vehicle crash	18 Feb 2012
Explosive compound safely transported to PW yard; detonated	02 Feb 2012
Missing woman's body found on Waldron Island	01 Feb 2012
Mt. Vernon man arrested on 4 counts of trafficking in drugs in SJC	24 Jan 2012
Orcas man dies after 50-foot fall	13 Jan 2012
Faylor on electronic monitoring after arraignment on four drug charges	11 Jan 2012
Advice: Make Yourself Visible in the Dark	10 Jan 2012
Arrest made on SJI for sale of heroin and cocaine	07 Jan 2012
Five car pile-up in Friday Harbor Jan. 2	03 Jan 2012
New school zone warning lights in place on Park Street	15 Dec 2011
FH pilot makes safe emergency landing (article corrected)	13 Dec 2011
Deputies honored for actions	19 Nov 2011
Info sought on west side burglary	29 Nov 2011
Missing man's body found in water at Blakely marina	13 Nov 2011
Search dogs, Coast Guard assist deputies, Waldronites in search	21 Oct 2011
Missing person sought	19 Oct 2011
Colton Harris-Moore indicted in Federal Court in Seattle	15 Dec 2011
DOC Denies Sex Offender’s Request to Move to San Juan County	16 Mar 2011
"99% certain" sex offender not to be allowed to move to SJI	15 Mar 2011
Letter from David Stewart's wife (posted in 2011)	10 Mar 2011
Search underway for Colton Harris Moore on west side of Orcas Island	18 Mar 2010
Colton Harris-Moore caught in the Bahamas	11 Jul 2010
Harris Moore not found, intense search called off	18 Mar 2010
Barefoot Burglar suspected of flying stolen plane to Orcas	11 Feb 2010
Suspect named in series of burglaries	22 Sep 2009
Search for Colton Harris-Moore in Eastsound unsuccessful	28 Feb 2009
Fire boat to the rescue	19 Apr 2007
Sheriff's boat Guardian recognized by state as licensed ambulance	30 Oct 2009

San Juan County Sheriff's Log

San Juan County Solid Waste

Community Design workshops for Exchange buildings begin June 2	20 May 2013
ORS Update: Take-It-Only Days at The Exchange	30 Apr 2013
The Exchange: A step towards renewal	08 Apr 2013
Solid Waste update: Lopez, San Juan and Orcas	15 Mar 2013
Update on Orcas Island Transfer Station: Status of Contract, Reuse and Site Cleanup,	08 Mar 2013
Solid Waste Disposal in 2013… An Island-By-Island Review	29 Jan 2013
Cimmaron plan includes self-haul; commingled recycling sorted by employees	16 Jul 2012
The Exchange's plan continues self-haul on Orcas; focuses on waste reduction	16 Jul 2012
2 bids received in response to Orcas Solid Waste RFP	13 Jul 2012
Orcas transfer station open despite scale problem due to storm	13 Jul 2012
Request for proposals to lease SJI Solid Waste Transfer site go out July 18	12 Jul 2012
Update on Solid Waste and how to join county email list	30 Jun 2012
Recycling route collection starts in September	26 Jun 2012
Glitch in Lopez glass disposal plan	25 Jun 2012
SJI SW lease still in the works	22 Jun 2012
$810K county solid waste bond purchased by Islanders Bank	18 May 2012
A dose of reality about the dump	07 Apr 2012
Solid waste and budget calendar on March 19 cty Council agenda	18 Mar 2012
Separate Lopez Solid Waste District discussed March 19 & 20	18 Mar 2012
Council discussion of SW Plan March 19 & 20, comments can still be sent	15 Mar 2012
Salmon, solid waste and 4th quarter budget review reports	28 Feb 2012
Comments on County Solid Waste Plan Due by March 16	28 Feb 2012
Level of Service under route-based SW system discussed	11 Jan 2012
First draft of solid waste plan online (story updated)	09 Dec 2011
Solid waste changes expected end of August	30 Nov 2011
Solid waste parcel fee losing 68-32 percent	08 Nov 2011
Consequences of Solid Waste Vote spelled out	26 Oct 2011
Expanded recycling center may be coming to rural neighborhood	25 Oct 2011
Preview of future under Solid Waste Plan	20 Oct 2011
Council votes on clarification of Plan A and Plan B Tuesday	10 Oct 2011
SW Plan B: curbside pickup and privatization	08 Aug 2011

San Juan County Treasurer

Half of property taxes due today	30 Apr 2013
Property tax bills hit mailboxes this week	03 Feb 2013

Science

Geology drives science	09 Apr 2013
Landforms on Mars	15 Mar 2013
Amplified Greenhouse Effect Shifts North's Growing Seasons	11 Mar 2013
NASA's Van Allen Probes Reveal a New Radiation Belt Around Earth	01 Mar 2013
Happy Valentines Day	14 Jan 2013
$100K boost for county GIS	22 Jan 2013
Curiosity Self-Portrait, Wide View is NASA's Photo of the Day	27 Dec 2012
A Ghost in Cepheus	31 Oct 2012
'Bathurst Inlet' Rock on Curiosity's Sol 54, Context View	02 Oct 2012
Color-enhanced image as satellite flew over Mars	14 Aug 2012
1st high-resolution color mosaic from Curiosity rover includes a white-balanced version	12 Aug 2012
2nd phase of geophysical survey about to begin - no killer whale encounters in 1st phase	03 Jul 2012

Sheriff's Log

Sheriff's log - July 12	17 Jul 2012
Sheriff's Log June	29 Jun 2012
Sheriff's Log - May 4	04 Feb 2012
Sheriff's Log - April	04 Feb 2012
Sheriff's Log - March	04 Feb 2012
Sheriff's Log - January-February 2012	04 Feb 2012
Sheriff's Log - November - December 2011	04 Feb 2012
Sheriff's Log September - October, 2011	04 Feb 2012

sports

FHHS Blackmon 300m 1A Tri-District Champ	20 May 2013
Galt's full-court 3-pt shot at the buzzer wins game	18 Mar 2013
It's Coach Ledford for FHHS	18 Mar 2013
Wolverines baseball team wraps up season at tri-districts	12 May 2012
Many soccer opportunities this summer	07 Jun 2012
Four FH track members compete in tri-districts May 17 and 19	17 May 2012
Meeker going to state golf tourney	17 May 2012
Meridian ends FH softball's season at tri-district	12 May 2012
Wolverines baseball team wraps up season at tri-districts	12 May 2012
Wolverine Spring Playoff Update for all teams	09 May 2012
SJI Field of Dreams fundraiser to finish community multi-use field	29 Mar 2012
Falcons beat Wolverines in softball opener	12 Mar 2012
Four Wolverines named to NW 1A/2B All League Teams	09 Mar 2012
Lady Wolverines coach Janguard named Coach of the Year	09 Mar 2012
Neah Bay ousts Lopez Island	03 Mar 2012
Spring Sprint Triathlon Registration Open	29 Feb 2012
Almira/Coulee-Hartline beats Lopez at state tourney	02 Mar 2012
Lopez girls advance to elite eight in state	26 Feb 2012
Dunn finishes 1st, Brumsickle 4th in regionals Saturday	13 Feb 2012
Life Christian ends Friday Harbor’s hoop season	14 Feb 2012
Eight Wolverines to compete in regional wrestling meet Saturday	10 Feb 2012
Wolverines wrestlers victorious over LaConner at home	10 Feb 2012
King’s knocks Friday Harbor girls from postseason play	10 Feb 2012
8th Annual Frank Wilson Memorial Fishing Derby starts Wednesday, Feb. 1	02 Feb 2012
Friday Harbor bounces Nooksack Valley, advances to Tri-District Tourney	13 Feb 2012
Friday Harbor tops Orcas Island, clinches league title	07 Feb 2012
Bellingham man wins $10K in fishing classic, Hodges of FH tied for 2nd	04 Feb 2012
13 Wolverines boys in romp past Vikings	07 Feb 2012
Bellingham man still in lead with a 16 lb.6 oz fish	04 Feb 2012
Wolverines cut down Loggers in girls basketball	31 Jan 2012
Chad Hoffman takes home $1K Saturday in fishing derby	24 Jan 2012
Wolverine basketball Boys and Girls: 4 games, 4 wins	28 Jan 2012
Wolverines vs Cedar Park Christian Jan. 6	05 Jan 2012
Lynden Christian boys conquer Friday Harbor	20 Jan 2012
Lyncs defeat Wolverines in girls basketball	20 Jan 2012
Wolverine girls fall to Lions	20 Jan 2012
Friday Harbor boys top Mount Baker	02 Jan 2012
Mounties beat Wolverine girls	02 Jan 2012
Puget Sound Anglers Resurrection Derby donates $6900 to Orcas Island Hatchery	22 Dec 2011
FHHS wrestlers faced two teams in matches, one team in exhibitions Dec. 9	19 Dec 2011
FH Girls Soccer Fishaut awarded Coach of the Year; OI team Sportsmanship	19 Nov 2011
Wolverines helping others	14 Oct 2011
Wolverine girls shut down Lions late, (photos added)	16 Dec 2011
Grandfather and Grandson team net $10K Whopper in Resurrection Salmon Derby	05 Dec 2011
December Resurrection Salmon Derby offers $10K 1st Place Prize	06 Oct 2011
Father and son take top two prizes in Nielsen/Barr fishing derby	03 Oct 2011

State Government

Senate committee OKs tougher DUI laws, but funding still unclear	14 May 2013
Volunteers Needed to Evaluate Grants for Parks, Trails and Boating	13 May 2013
Lt. Gov. believes Dems should stop voting by proxy for ailing GOP senator	13 May 2013
Spencer Spit Park closed for week beginning Sunday, May 12	11 May 2013
State Workers to WA Lawmakers: "Choose Kids, Care, Courage"	06 May 2013
Take the surprise out of your trip east of Snoqualmie Pass; know before you go	08 Apr 2013
WA Lawmakers Probe Government Immunity in Lawsuits	04 Apr 2013
New state holiday considered	03 Apr 2013
Bill to allow monthly payments of delinquent property tax considered	03 Apr 2013
WA Lawmakers Debate Employee Privacy in Digital Age	26 Mar 2013
State Parks launches official mobile app for Centennial 2013	19 Mar 2013
Bill to develop actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions passes state senate	14 Mar 2013
Supreme Court rules 2/3 vote requirement of I‐1053 Unconstitutional	28 Feb 2013
Bill requiring standard for science used in setting policy passes house	26 Feb 2013
WA's Liquor Enforcement Officers Ask for More Training	18 Feb 2013
This Week, WA Lawmakers Ride the "Age Wave"	11 Feb 2013
The ACA: In WA, It's About More than Insurance	29 Jun 2012
Ranker and Morris face opponents; Lytton unopposed	21 May 2012
Sen. Ranker's comments on end of special session	11 Apr 2012
Orcas student participates as page in state legislature	09 Mar 2012
Boosting Voter Participation – with Teen Preregistration?	07 Mar 2012
A legislative storm about stormwater runoff	02 Mar 2012
Morris, Lytton bill to aid local business clears House	14 Feb 2012
WA Legislators Not "Feeling the Love" This Valentine's Day	14 Feb 2012
Bills under consideration in state legislature	13 Feb 2012
Bill to extend farm intern program passes Senate	13 Feb 2012
A Homegrown Bank for Washington?	06 Feb 2012
Court rules on Jefferson County's CAO's property rights and buffers	29 Jan 2012
Portion of proposed oil barrel tax earmarked for ferries	27 Jan 2012
Supreme Court rules state must fully fund K-12 education	05 Jan 2012
Bill allowing adoption of marine management plans in segments introduced	17 Jan 2012
Rep. Lytton introduces package of education bills in Olympia	17 Jan 2012
Ranker introduces ferry crime bill	17 Jan 2012
40th District delegation calls for WA Ctr for Marine Innovation	16 Jan 2012
Schooling reduced, building standards relaxed for farmworkers under proposed bill	16 Jan 2012
Will Legislature Make Education Funding "Job One?"	09 Jan 2012
Ten free days in state parks in 2012	07 Jan 2012
State Employees' 2012 Wish List: More Revenue, Fewer Layoffs	27 Dec 2011
Morris appointed to national energy task force	26 Dec 2011
Prefiled state Senate bills include wetlands, stormwater, oil spills	21 Dec 2011
Two vehicles could use Discover Pass under proposed bills	08 Dec 2011
Ranker introduces legislation re SMA	20 Dec 2011
Legislation concerning objections to liquor licenses introduced by Morris	20 Dec 2011
Rep. Morris turns down special session per diem	15 Dec 2011
Predictions for WA's special legislative session	28 Nov 2011
Special Session ends, budget bill submitted to governor	15 Dec 2011
Washington state fifth in nation in underemployment	17 Nov 2011
Governor's budget cuts into core services	06 Nov 2011
Coastal Atlas shows 172 beaches in SJC	15 Nov 2011
Judge Ousts Feds' Third Plan to Save Salmon	02 Aug 2011
Discover Pass nets Sen. Ranker Legislator of the Year Award	14 Jun 2011
State Supreme Court clarifies DOE's authority re SMP	22 Aug 2011
New Robo-call Scam targets bank cardholders	21 Sep 2011
Tax breaks versus budget cuts as special session approaches	21 Nov 2011
WSDOT's new map helps drivers go with the flow on Snoqualmie Pass	05 Oct 2011
Discover Pass bill signed into law; Sen. Ranker's Universal park pass bill	13 May 2011
Major six-day closure on I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass starts Sunday	14 Oct 2011
Winter State Park closures in place	03 Nov 2011
Governor's budget cuts into core services	06 Nov 2011
Advocates: Budget Plan "Shreds the Safety Net" for WA Elderly	28 Oct 2011
WA Bucks National Trend by increasing voter access	11 Oct 2011
Stormy Sailing for WA's New Stormwater Permit Rules?	19 Oct 2011
Tell state officials what you think about transportation and how to pay for it	28 Sep 2011
DSHS asks public to weigh in on budget cuts	26 Sep 2011
Washington's New Biennial Budget Crunch	16 Sep 2011
State Parks facing more cuts	14 Sep 2011
Rural Business Enterprise Grant program deadline Jan. 17	21 Nov 2011
Tax breaks versus budget cuts as special session approaches	21 Nov 2011
Special Session ends, budget bill submitted to governor	15 Dec 2011
Will Legislature Make Education Funding "Job One?"	09 Jan 2012
Farmers testify in favor of farm internship legislation	30 Jan 2010
Amended Farm Internship bill heads back to Senate	16 Feb 2010
Ranker's bill to remove "non-conforming" adopted	22 Jul 2011

State Government - Representative Morris

Morris appointed to national energy task force	26 Dec 2011
CenturyTel's cable project faced legislative and muddy barriers	04 Oct 2004
Rep. Morris leads legislative effort to save San Juan residents millions in utility bills	26 Jan 2008
Bill's success clears way for islands' access to broadband	14 Mar 2002

State-Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals rules in favor of King County resident re critical area

02 Apr 2012

Town of Friday Harbor

Position open on Town's Historic Preservation Review Committee	25 Feb 2013
Town's Partners in Preservation Awards May 23	18 May 2012
Lacher earns leadership award from AWC	15 Mar 2012
Town's Shoreline Master Plan Update ready for comment	06 Oct 2011
Town awards $110K in LTAC funds; $800K in reserves	21 Oct 2011
Town revenue sources report and budget online	17 Nov 2011
North Bend Administrator to replace King Fitch	02 Dec 2011

Town of Friday Harbor - Administration

First sign of change in town operations	22 Jun 2012
North Bend Administrator to replace King Fitch	02 Dec 2011
Town Administrator King Fitch is retiring	26 Sep 2011
Town hires county's risk manager as Town Attorney	26 Jan 2011

Town of Friday Harbor - Council

Town of Friday Harbor - General

"Fluke" Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at noon today	14 Feb 2013
Public art work a Fluke in Friday Harbor	10 Jan 2013
Town receives $746K for street and sidewalk improvements	18 Nov 2012
Town of Friday Harbor SMP ready for review	10 Aug 2012
Town residents receiving annual Water Quality Report by July 1	31 May 2012
Free Christmas tree pickup for town refuse customers	31 Dec 2011
Town revenue sources report and budget online	17 Nov 2011
Kiwanis was on Spring Street to raise money for needy	29 Nov 2011
Local businesses affected by non-profit on Small Business Day	28 Nov 2011
San Juan Island has ONE fire department	15 Aug 2011

Town of Friday Harbor - Lodging Tax

Town awards $110K in LTAC funds; $800K in reserves

21 Oct 2011

Town of Friday Harbor - Planning

Town SW Plan likely complete in late summer; curbside recycling available now	12 Apr 2012
Planning Commission March 30 CAO wetlands mtg available online	29 Mar 2012
Planning Commission March 30 CAO wetlands mtg available online	29 Mar 2012
Town's Shoreline Master Plan Update ready for comment	06 Oct 2011

Transportation

Travel voucher program funded through 2015	09 May 2013
Low-cost round town shuttle service under consideration	16 Apr 2013

U.S. Senator Cantwell

Cantwell Pushes for Ongoing Citizen Input in Effort to Protect Federal Land on San Juan Islands

23 Mar 2012

US Government

More jets over the islands next week	16 May 2013
Challenges Facing New Interior Secretary	19 Apr 2013
Tax Refund Thefts On The Rise	31 Mar 2013
Murray Delivers $85 Million Budget Win for Naval Air Station Whidbey Island	11 Apr 2013
Senator Murray’s Statement on President Obama’s VA Budget	11 Apr 2013
Soldier Missing from Korean War Identified	10 Apr 2013
Larsen: Navy Intends to Make $127 Million Job-Creating Investment at NAS Whidbey Island	10 Apr 2013
Online chat with Sec. Salazar available	03 Apr 2013
Senator Murray's Statement on the Passing of Booth Gardner	16 Mar 2013
Larsen Reintroduces Bill to Provide Permanent Protection to Samish Land in Skagit & San Juan Counties	15 Mar 2013
Navy Identifies Three Officers Killed in EA-6B Crash	12 Mar 2013
US Navy EA-6B Crashes in Washington State	11 Mar 2013
Sen. Murray will receive National Congress of American Indians 2013 Congressional Leadership Award	05 Mar 2013
Larsen votes against bill that continues sequester cuts	06 Mar 2013
Federal Court rules Sea Shepherds are pirates	27 Feb 2013
Murray's speech on impact of sequestration at 2 p.m. PST (live on cspan2	26 Feb 2013
Criminal Coffee owners indicted by feds	15 Feb 2013
A Washington CEO as Interior Secretary?	08 Feb 2013
Larsen Statement on Nomination of Sally Jewell to Lead Interior Department	06 Feb 2013
Federal funding for ferries guaranteed in new transportation bill	30 Jun 2012
Senator Murray Secures Major Victory for Washington State Ferries	30 Jun 2012
Healthcare mandate Constitutional	28 Jun 2012
Senator Murray’s Statement on Supreme Court’s Decision on the Affordable Care Act	28 Jun 2012
Larsen Legislation Would Provide Permanent Protection to Samish Land in Skagit & San Juan Counties	27 Jun 2012
Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012 introduced	21 Jun 2012
WA Sportsmen, Native Americans denounce House-Passed Border Bill	20 Jun 2012
Cantwell: bill would bring oil spill response into 21st century	16 Jun 2012
Everett mail processing facility closure postponed to 2013	13 Jun 2012
Larsen Votes Against Defense Bill that "sets irresponsible defense strategy"	19 May 2012
Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-2 Rangers to disestablish this week	15 May 2012
Info session about obtaining a Congressional nomination to military service academies May 22 in Mt. Vernon	11 May 2012
WA verdict spotlights military discrimination	02 May 2012
Larsen: Republican Budget Would End Medicare As We Know It	20 Mar 2012
Murray on Blunt amendment defeat: Woman and families won this battle, but we need to remain vigilant	01 Mar 2012
Aviators – the Coast Guard Auxiliary needs you	21 Jan 2012
Congress expected to pass legislation regulating web	02 Jan 2012
Larsen Statement on New Configuration of Second Congressional District	28 Dec 2011
AQ-138 returning from Iraq in time for holidays	21 Dec 2011
Larsen: Irresponsible Republicans Should Stop Blocking Bipartisan Deal to Protect Medicare, Assist the Unemployed and Provide Tax Relief to the Middle Class	20 Dec 2011
Dec. 15 is Bill of Rights Day: Do You Know Yours?	15 Dec 2011
U.S. Job Acts potential effect on you and your wallet	23 Nov 2011
Rural Business Enterprise Grant program deadline Jan. 17	21 Nov 2011
Vow to Hire Heroes Act awaits Obama signature	16 Nov 2011
Honor Veterans 11/11/11	10 Nov 2011
Net Neutrality and Occupy Wall Street – Making A Connection	08 Nov 2011
Report: Social Security Cuts would slice deepest into rural WA	03 Nov 2011
San Juan and Lopez islanders protest outside Courthouse	28 Oct 2011
Powerful explanation for Occupy Wall Street	26 Oct 2011
How to Support Occupy Wall Street	25 Oct 2011
Occupy Wall Street musically on San Juan Island	25 Oct 2011
Obama ends war in Iraq	21 Oct 2011
From 2001: San Juan County residents' reaction	08 Sep 2011
Community gathers to reflect on tragedy	11 Sep 2001
“Flexicurity”	07 Sep 2011
August 14 is the 76th Anniversary of Social Security	13 Aug 2011
Net Neutrality and Occupy Wall Street – Making A Connection	08 Nov 2011

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Weather

Tiny bit more snow, then a week of rain	20 Jan 2012
OPALCO holding strong in winter storm	18 Jan 2012
Cold weather boating requires extra caution, preparation	17 Jan 2012
A few days of snow = a lot of fun	20 Jan 2012
School schedule changes	17 Jan 2012
How to find out if it will be school snow day	17 Jan 2012
Safe Winter Travel in WA Means Being Prepared	16 Jan 2012
How to find the DEM info	16 Jan 2012
Checking on road conditions	18 Jan 2012

Whales

DNA study needed to ID stranded killer whale	25 Apr 2013
Comments sought on application for research project on orcas	25 Apr 2013
Fisheries Service Accepts Petition to Include a Captive Killer Whale in Overall Killer Whale Protected-Species Listing	25 Apr 2013
Where are K and L pods?	11 Mar 2013
Register by March 21 for Killer whale protection workshop	10 Mar 2013
Where is K pod?	21 Feb 2013
Stranded killer whale update	19 Feb 2013
136K sign petition against delisting southern resident pods	29 Jan 2013
Will CA Farm Water Needs Trump WA Orca Survival?	28 Jan 2013
Whale update: dead calf; K25 tagging	15 Jan 2013
Follow satellite-tagged whale K25 online	01 Jan 2013
Whale Museum suggests naming a whale "Sandy"	22 Dec 2012
Orca protection year-end update from NOAA	21 Dec 2012
Orca protection zone up for discussion again	04 Dec 2012
Report Released on The Effects of Salmon Fisheries on Southern Resident Killer Whales	01 Dec 2012
NOAA accepts petition to delist J,K and L pods from Endangered list	27 Nov 2012
Killer whale info: Recovery program; sound studies; sightings	16 Oct 2012
Three Orca Calves named	22 Sep 2012
Whale news: L112, student learning opportunities and more	21 Sep 2012
Lawsuit filed to take J, K and L pods off endangered species list	03 Aug 2012
Killer Whale 'Springer' 10th anniversary celebration returns to Telegraph Cove	05 Jul 2012
Springer returns with family to BC waters	03 Jul 2012
Land Based Wildlife Tours return this summer	02 Jul 2012
2nd phase of geophysical survey about to begin - no killer whales encounters in 1st phase	17 Jun 2012
Whale rules updated to coordinate with fed regulations	15 Jun 2012
1st phase of Marine Geophysical Study includes protection for whales	15 Jun 2012
10th anniversary of rescue of orphaned orca Springer events June 12 and 23	11 Jun 2012
Source of physical trauma causing L112's death unknown	16 May 2012
Updates from NOAA on killer whales, including comment period on proposed Canadian regulations	01 May 2012
Another sonar incident in Puget Sound	02 Mar 2012
Exploding whales	03 Feb 2012
Female orcas, L112, washed up onshore Feb. 11	20 Feb 2012
Another newborn orca as of Dec. 17	27 Dec 2011
Newborn orca found dead on beach	17 Nov 2011
Fireproof killer whales and social capital	06 Oct 2011
L90 not struck by boat Friday	27 Aug 2011
Stranded Killer whale calf found on Henry Island	05 Aug 2008
Council pursuing several paths to orcas ordinance	23 May 2007
County to draft local regulations to save whales from harassment	16 May 2007
Local orcas depleted not endangered	26 Feb 2006
Killer whales will be protected as Endangered	16 Nov 2005
Local orcas listed as endangered	16 Nov 2005
Federal Court: Whales can't sue on their own behalf	22 Oct 2004
Demonstration of boat noise May 28, 2004	28 Aug 2004
Report recommends 'endangered' status for Puget Sound's orca population	04 Mar 2004
Cause of porpoise deaths remains uncertain	10 Feb 2004
Federal Court restricts global deployment of Navy sonar	28 Aug 2003
NOAA Fisheries Takes Steps to Protect Killer Whales; Determines that ESA Listing Not Presently Warranted	26 Jun 2002
County lacks legal authority to regulate whale watching	20 Aug 2001
Orcas are one step closer to endangered species listing	08 Aug 2001
Whale studies are conjectural	10 Jun 2001
Petition filed to list local orcas as endangered species	02 May 2001
Project Haro to be First Study On Killer Whale Deaths	30 Mar 2001

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