Approval of 1/10th of one percent increase could come at Dec. 2 public hearing
Council slashes ‘project’ fees by 90 percent, retains base fee of $23
To some, the pending elimination of a juvenile probation job may sound like a reasonable move in these tight budgetary times.
Sheriff, deputy prosecutor go to bat for probation officer
It was just six months ago that the U.S. Border Patrol’s second-highest ranking official in the region was in Friday Harbor defending citizenship spot checks at the Anacortes ferry terminal and the agency’s enforcement of federal immigration law.
The San Juan County Council last week delayed its decision on whether to raise the price islanders pay for the control of noxious weeds following a tug of war over the potential fee increase.
In the game of volleyball, momentum can turn on a dime.
A Seattle man who raided a local woman’s bank account to finance a shopping spree was sentenced to five months in jail after pleading no-contest to three counts of felony theft.
An Orcas Island man will serve four months in jail, or on work crew, in connection with the break-in and theft of computer equipment from an Eastsound business in July.
Following a series of town hall meetings last week on San Juan, Lopez and Orcas islands, the County Council’s stormwater sub-committee set aside three proposed funding tools and opted for a hybrid instead on Oct. 13.
Three options to be discussed on Lopez and Orcas (see the Oct. 15 issue of the Sounder).
Two-year sunset clause on periodic UDC, Comp Plan amendments
Those in Eastsound and Lopez villages would pay $200-plus a year under “preferred” method
