A total of 12 people, ten passengers and two crew members, were onboard the Western Prince II when the 46-foot power vessel struck a reef off the southeast side of Crane Island,
Sunday, at about 3 p.m.
With roughly 4,400 ballots returned to the elections office for the April 23 election, fundraising and spending has slowed for all candidates.
PeaceHealth, the parent organization of Peace Island Medical Center, has suspended joint venture negotiations with health care giant Catholic Health Initiatives of Denver, Colorado.
Ballots are in the mail and the April 23 election will proceed.
The Washington state Supreme Court April 2 denied the first two motions in the appeal of the Superior Court decision in the charter amendment lawsuit case, Carlson, et. al. v. San Juan County.
If you thought the question about County Council numbers had been put to rest, then think again.
Second Congressional District Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Everett), U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell and the White House announced March 21 that more than 1,000 acres on dozens of the San Juan islands will be designated as National Conservation Lands by President Barack Obama on Monday, March 25.
Twenty-one years after it all began, San Juan County received a letter of congratulations from Washington State Growth Management Services for “completion of the comprehensive plan and development regulations update process.”
Washington state’s congressional delegation joined forces this week in reintroducing legislation that would designate 1,000 acres of land and some entire islands in the San Juans as a national conservation area.
Helen Venada received the thanks of county officials at the Feb. 26 county council meeting for 24 years of service, much of that time as solid waste coordinator for San Juan County.
On the key issue of the disproportionate populations of the three legislative districts, Meyer wrote, “residency districts, as opposed to voting districts, may be unequal in population and size.”
In 2012, that question was asked again and again by critics as the Charter Review Commission fashioned its amendments to the county charter.
Council members, candidates named necessary parties
On Jan. 30, Friends of the San Juans filed Petitions for Review against four elements of the updated CAO, approved by the San Juan County Council in December. Separate petitions were filed Feb. 4 on behalf of the Common Sense Alliance and the P.J. Taggaris Co. against the general, wetlands, and fish and wildlife sections, leaving out the geologically hazardous, frequently flooded Areas portions.
