The San Juan County Public Hospital District No. 1 Commission meeting will take place today at 5:30 p.m. in the Frank Wilson EMS building, not Mullis Community Senior Center, as originally reported by the district’s recording secretary.
Come November, islanders will have a congressman named Rick. But which Rick … well, we’ll have to wait until the Nov. 4 election to find out.
Kevin Ranker is one step closer to being the first state senator from San Juan County in possibly 100 years.
Preliminary plans are nearly complete for the long-awaited reconstruction of the stretch of Cattle Point Road that’s destined to collapse into Haro Strait, according to National Park Superintendent Peter Dederich.
There’s no doubt about his skill. But it’s his judgment that’s in question as federal agents investigate why a pilot would land a 39-foot long helicopter on the southernmost tip of tiny Freeman Island.
It’s adding up to be a very scary Halloween for the San Juan Community Home Trust.
The National Park Service has the dough, the San Juan Island Trails Committee has the muscle. And San Juan County Parks will bring the two together.
Rosario Resort’s nearly 200 full- and part-time employees were given 60 days’ notice Thursday. The resort will be offered for sale by no-minimum-bid auction Sept. 30.
Skeletal remains found Wednesday on a remote part of Jones Island are those of a Des Moines boater reported missing July 3, 2007. Based on dental records, the Snohomish County medical examiner identified the remains as those of William Larry Hickman, 60. A more detailed investigation is expected today or Saturday to try to determine exact cause of death.
A local boy is coming home. Fred Sundstrom, oldest of the five Sundstrom brothers, has been living in an assisted living facility in Bellingham for a couple of years but returns to San Juan Island on Saturday to take up residence in October House.
The state departments of Community, Trade and Economic Development (CTED) and Ecology have asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider its recent decision in the Futurewise v. Anacortes case.
The Washington Secretary of State’s office issued this FYI on the Top 2 primary, which got its first test on Tuesday.
The “Supplemental Alternatives Analysis” for the San Juan Island Solid Waste Transfer Station replacement project will be completed and made public on Sept. 12, shortly before the Solid Waste Advisory Committee begins deliberations on selecting a new transfer station site.
