While the economy may be traveling south in a hurry, there’s no shortage of noxious weeds headed San Juan County’s way.
The days of dead zones and spotty cell phone coverage could be nearing the end.
The San Juan County Council on Sept. 23 approved a request by the planning department which will allow – at least temporarily – the unified development code to be modified more than once a year.
A Lopez Island man who acted as his own attorney while facing a drug-related felony will serve 10 days in jail, or on work crew, after pleading guilty to a lesser offense.
Allegations that a large stand of old growth trees was illegally harvested during a recent logging operation on Orcas Island may well prove to be false.
State law may well favor allowing public roads to be use as a conduit for carrying water – or electricity – from one parcel of land to another, even if both are privately owned.
State transportation officials are considering new sources of revenue that might help the Washington state ferry system better cover its costs.
Transportation Commission airs solutions at Sept. 18 meeting in Friday Harbor
Smoking no longer would be allowed in county parks or at the fairgrounds in Friday Harbor, or on any county-owned property, for that matter, if the local Board of Health has its way.
Whether the San Juan County Comprehensive Plan and its development regulations are revised, changed or updated more than once a year might not matter much to most islanders.
This time around the state Shorelines Hearing Board was not so generous.
The whereabouts of an Orcas Island man accused of multiple felonies and of misdemeanor assault remain unknown.
An Orcas Island woman whose spin in a stolen car came to a abrupt halt when the brother of its owner spotted her behind the wheel was sentenced to 10 days for auto theft.
