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San Juan County to use ‘best available science’ for Critical Areas Ordinance update
Grab your field glasses. Break out the microscope, and rinse off those petri dishes. The county has thrown…
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San Juan County ‘never discussed’ closing Eastsound’s Exchange recycling center
Parcel fees. Price hikes. Property taxes. Gate fees. Nearly all options will be back on the table when…
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County courthouse to undergo remodel
Unfettered access into the historic wing of the county courthouse – a given for more than 100 years…
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Solid waste fee increases scuttled for now; transfer stations will close on Fridays
It’s back to square one in the quest to find a stable source of funding for San Juan…
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Friday Harbor, San Juan County to explore combined housing authority
An ad hoc working group, a business plan and a little more time so that everyone can get…
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County Council scales back future solid-waste facility at Sutton Road
The bells and the whistles will have to wait. But the financial fog began to clear, to some…
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Council ponders paying for new scientific studies to help steer CAO
San Juan County may be headed back to the beginning in an effort to resolve a long-running tug-of-war…
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Lopez teen gets 15-36 weeks detention for collision that killed Canadian man
Up to 36 weeks. That’s how long a Lopez Island teen will be confined to a state-run juvenile…
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Self-haul garbage fees could go up 44 percent
Islanders who self-haul could soon be paying as much as 44 percent more to unload garbage and trash…
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Lopez teen pleads guilty to vehicular homicide
A Lopez Island teen who struck and killed a jogger, and maimed a 7-year-old girl, while behind the…
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State Ferries sets its sights on the San Juans for reservation-system rollout
Edmonds-Kingston is out, and the San Juans are in. Ferry service in the San Juan Islands is now…
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Opponent of San Juan fireworks ban says ballot language was changed without his knowledge
The ballots are counted and results have been certified. But there’s at least one issue from the November…
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County 2010 budget balanced, but on shaky ground
The San Juan County Council on Monday put its stamp of approval on a revenue and spending plan…