The north end of San Juan Island received as much as two inches of snow late Thursday night, slowing traffic and sending county snowplows and sanders to the Roche Harbor area, where resort manager Brent Snow reportedly closed steep roads briefly until sand could be applied and roads cleared.
Responding to a directive from Gov. Jay Inslee, the Department of Health enacted new rules, effective Jan. 23, 2014, that bring any change of control of a hospital under the Certificate of Need process and require hospitals to fully disclose its policies for end-of-life care and reproductive care.
If you’re missing your 77-foot boat, “Attitude” (pictured), from its moorings in Roche Harbor, your boat has been towed away for demolition under the Derelict Vessel Removal program.
Wally Gudgell, the Orcas Island realtor and private island specialist who listed Allan Island in 2005 for $25 million, said that the recession has taken a significant toll on the value of private islands.
An emergency order to “immediately stop all clearing and grading activity” was posted Dec. 17 by the San Juan County Code Enforcement Officer at the False Bay property purchased earlier this year by Dave and Nancy Honeywell.
Planning Commission recommendations to amend wetland protection buffers in the Critical Areas Ordinances were received favorably by the San Juan County Council at its Dec. 10 council meeting, but action was deferred until February pending further consideration and a public hearing.
Lopez businesses apparently don’t want to have anything to do with marijuana – growing it, processing it or selling it.
Advocates of broadband expansion followed up on recent communications problems with renewed motivation to bring broadband technology to all San Juan County businesses and residents.
Everything you want to know about San Juan County government and the proposed 2014 budget can be found in 153 pages of the county preliminary budget document prepared for the county council by Auditor Milene Henley.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol will move into office space in the heart of downtown Friday Harbor sometime next year.
Cooperation between the two providers of emergency medical transport in San Juan County has become more difficult as of late.
Airlift Northwest and Island Air Ambulance Service has become more difficult as of late.
San Juan County Assessor Charles Zalmanek thought he had found a way to give local farmers a three-year grace period to make enough money from farming to keep their land assessed as “farm and agricultural land” for property tax purposes.
