San Juan County is formally adding Twitter as a means of communicating with citizens. County Manager Mike Thomas said that the county’s tweets will include urgent bulletins as well as links to news releases and items of common interest. Twitter users can receive the messages by following @SanJuanCountyWA.

San Juan County’s Department of Emergency Management also provides announcements via Twitter to users who follow @sjcdem.

The county continues to post current news items and notices on its main web page http://sanjuanco.com and maintain special interest email lists.