By RICHARD WALKER Journal of the San Juans Editor A draft action plan to improve the health of Puget Sound…
San Juan County Elections Supervisor Doris Schaller expects that, by the time the last mail-in ballots arrive, 90 percent of…
All county vets invited to traditional ceremony
The Nature Conservancy is urging support of the Puget Sound Partnership’s Action Agenda, which was released today (Nov. 6) for…
Council slashes ‘project’ fees by 90 percent, retains base fee of $23
Many stores and offices around the Island will soon display unique, beautiful, fanciful, whimsical fish created by island artists. These wonderful fish will be the “main event” at the annual Orcas Island Education Foundation (OIEF) Food for Thought Benefit Auction.
Oct. 30 was the “final” extension date for the County to make its case to the Growth Management Hearings Board (GMHB) that it had met the requirements for Eastsound’s Urban Growth Area (UGA).
Richard Fralick received 771 votes, Mindy Kayl received 654 Tuesday. Fralick will succeed Alan Lichter, who lost in the primary. Pratt and Rosenfeld were elected to San Juan Island Council seats.
Many ballots already in.
Skagit Valley College (SVC) is hosting an Information Session for Prospective Nursing Students with faculty and advisors from the SVC Nursing Program on Wednesday, Nov.12 at the San Juan Center in Friday Harbor. The two-hour session is in Room D and begins promptly at 11:45 a.m., concluding by 1:45 p.m. (this time frame is to accommodate ferry travelers from throughout the islands).
Leadership San Juan Islands (LSJI) announces that the deadline for applications for its 2009 program is Nov. 7.
