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Brian Lynn Borquist, 41, of Friday Harbor, has been charged with possession…
Brian Lynn Borquist, 41, of Friday Harbor, has been charged with possession…
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(Warning: This story contains disturbing details about the alleged sexual assault against…
Joshua Daniel Treleven, 37, of Friday Harbor is charged with trafficking in…
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After several severe storm warnings and the canceling of many community events, the final numbers show gusts reached 70 miles per hour on the coast and 40 in the interior of Western Washington. Eastsound experienced wind gusts up to 32 mph on Friday, and 39 mph on Saturday. As for the severe weather warning, most islanders are asking, "Where did the storm go?"
On Oct. 1, Washington State Ferries began transitioning from its previous food vendor, Olympic Cascade Services, to Centerplate. Olympic Cascade Service has until Oct. 10 to vacate the San Juan Island ferries.
At 8:45 this morning, a Kenmore plane with four passengers went down in Cattle Pass off the shore of San Juan Island. Good Samaritan aboard the vessel Northern Rose recovered four people, one woman and three men, in the water. According to San Juan County Sheriff Ron Krebs, all the plane crash survivors are alive with minor injuries and are being treated at a nearby hospital. One person has a slight laceration and the others have possible hypothermia. According to a KIRO 7 news report the Kenmore Air flight departed from Lake Union at 8 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 30.
It's been called "a dirty act done publicly;" it "grabs you by the throat and never releases," and it disturbs.
