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Orcas Recycling’s contract moves forward
After a few bumps in the road and some insistent communications to San Juan County council members from…
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Court case forces assessment increase
The present $5 per parcel assessment for San Juan Islands Conservation District programs in San Juan County will…
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Town and county amending dog ordinances
In response to a recent Washington Court of Appeals ruling in a Pierce County case, San Juan County…
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County disperses tourism grants
The San Juan County Council approved funding recommendations for tourism facilities grants totaling $411,000 for the coming year…
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Agritourism business profiles
Agritourism is the latest buzzword for economic development and tourism professionals in San Juan County.
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SVC graduates eight students
The San Juan Center of Skagit Valley College featured five graduates at or under 20 years of age…
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Bumps in the road for Orcas transfer station
Just when one Orcas transfer station problem gets solved, another problem takes the stage.
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Sheriff gets green light to acquire new boat built by federal funds
San Juan County Sheriff Rob Nou on Tuesday presented the County Council with more than 20 pages of…
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Search for county manager: and then there were two
A day and a half of closed-session interviews with applicants for the open county manager position has reduced…
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Council airs dissatisfaction over aerial photos contract
Controversy over a contract for high-tech aerial photographs of San Juan County clouded the final meeting of the…
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Contract snags slow handover of Orcas, San Juan dumps
Eighteen months after voters rejected the County Council's plan for financing solid waste disposal operations with a property…
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County readies for overhaul of land-use enforcement rules
A new San Juan County Code Enforcement Ordinance is ready for public comment and council action.
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Feds to weigh whether captive whale deserves ‘endangered’ status
Eighteen years after Howard Garrett, Ken Balcomb, and then-Governor Mike Lowry initiated the movement to return L-pod member…