Monday, November 18, 2024 FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY THE TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR GOVERNMENT Town citizens approved funding for street improvement projects for ten more years with the renewal of the Transportation Benefit District sales tax. “The Town is incredibly grateful for the community’s support in protecting this critical funding,” said Town Administrator Denice Kulseth. …
SanJuans.Today was the only news media to attend Saturday’s Fix Our Ferries legislative summit. We streamed the meeting live, and recorded it, too. The video below is part 1 (morning session) of the summit. The video below is part 2 (afternoon session/keynote address) of the summit. ORIGINAL: Friday, November 8, 2024UPDATED: Friday, November 15, 2024by…
Saturday, November 16, 2024 SanJuans.Today uses the new BlueSky social platform. It’s similar to the old Twitter because it was created by the old Twitter team. Instead of “tweets,” posts on the BlueSky platform are called “skeets!” In this post, you’ll see real-time notes created by SanJuans.Today News Director Jeff Noedel. To see all the…
FOLLOWING IS AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY THE AMERICAN STROKE ASSOCIATION Friday, November 15, 2024 Updated clinical recommendations, including lifestyle changes, prevention strategies and treatment options, to reduce the risk of a first stroke outlined in a new guideline from the American Stroke Association Guideline Highlights: Healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as good nutrition, smoking cessation and…
Friday, November 15, 2024by Jeff Noedel The high-powered CNN.com website (one of the highest trafficked websites in America) is featuring San Juan County’s move to the 32-hour workweek. The article features interviews with San Juan Island’s Kristen and Eric Rezabek, park manager Joe Ingman, Public Works employee Jenni Merritt, Matthew Steward, and County Manager Jessica…
Thursday, November 14, 2024by Jeff Noedel Despite one of the starkest choices between presidential candidates in decades, voter turnout across Washington was down. In San Juan County, turnout was the lowest in five presidential elections across 16 years. “I’m not in a position to express an opinion,” Camolyn Armstrong told SanJuans/Today. She is the County…
Thursday, November 14, 2024by Jeff Noedel The Hackett-Larson Post #163 of The American Legion has sued the Town of Friday Harbor in the Superior Court of Washington for San Juan County. The lawsuit was filed on October 15. The Legion post is represented by Carla J. Higginson with the Higginson Beyer law firm with offices…
Need more data and information to make knowledgeable decisions about your business or as a community leader? Join the EDC for their eighth annual Datapalooza! luncheon event on Wednesday, December 4th from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Orcas, sponsored by Island Market. The event will feature noted speakers Dr. Anneliese Vance-Sherman, Chief Labor Economist for…
FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY SAN JUAN COUNTY, WA GOVERNMENT The San Juan County Assessor’s Office mailed the 2024 Change of Value Notices on November 12, 2024. Changes reflect market sales between January 1, 2023 and April 30, 2024 with an assessment date of January 1, 2024. Properties with new construction are valued for improvements…
Wednesday, November 13, 2024by Jeff Noedel The Washington State Department of Commerce received 62 applications from cities, counties and public utility districts for the 2024 Connecting Housing to Infrastructure Program (CHIP), which closed on Oct. 31. One of the 62 applications is San Juan County requesting $340,000 for utility improvements at the site where 20…
A Heartfelt Thank You: Embracing Community and Unity I am deeply honored to be able to officially step forward as Councilperson-elect for San Juan County, District 2. I am truly grateful for your confidence and trust in me. I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt appreciation to all the candidates who participated…
ORIGINAL: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 @ 8:30 p.m.UPDATE 1: Thursday, November 7, 2024 @ 9:25 a.m.UPDATE 2: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 @ 5:00 p.m. With approximately 100 votes to be counted between now and November 25, a complete picture of the November 5 local elections are in focus. The final totals, including the anticipated 100…
San Juan County and representatives from the Local 1849 Union are pleased to present a comprehensive report of the 32-hour work week (32HWW) initiative at the one-year check-in. Survey results and department findings are available on the County’s Engage website. The results lay the groundwork for making any necessary systematic improvements as the County adapts to the 32HWW….
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY SAN JUAN COUNTY, WA GOVERNMENT San Juan County Department of Community Development invites qualified consultants to review our Request for Proposal (RFP) to update SJC’s Best Available Science and Critical Areas Ordinance in accordance with the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA). All RFP submittals are…
Sunday, November 10, 2024 President Joe Biden did something historic two weeks ago. It came up quickly and experienced a very short news cycle due to the impending presidential election. On Friday, October 25, the general election was just 11 days away and it eclipsed almost everything in the news. Biden appeared at an event…
