The San Juan County Council has scheduled a public hearing on an ordinance to change farmland conservation rules so that current-use tax assessment benefits can be extended to more properties for longer periods of time.
Election season in San Juan County may not end up being a snoozer after all.
No one at the Lopez Chamber of Commerce was surprised that Washington was named America’s “Most Bicycle-Friendly State” for the seventh year in a row by the League of American Bicyclists, especially after sponsoring what proved to be yet another successful Tour de Lopez on April 26.
Islanders will hear more jet noise, more often, if scheduled runway maintenance at Ault Field on Naval Air Station Whidbey happens as planned.
In the middle of his opening welcome speech at the 78th OPALCO membership meeting, Board of Directors President Chris Thomerson shocked the 300 or so attendees by announcing that General Manager Randy Cornelius would be retiring. Foster Hildreth will be his successor.
At a regular Tuesday meeting at the community center on Lopez Island, March 18, the San Juan County Council formally abolished the prior ad-hoc village planning committee and established a full-scale seven-member planning review committee, much like the seven-member Eastsound Planning Review Committee on Orcas Island.
The assessed value of the 18,456 taxable parcels in San Juan County declined by a combined sum of nearly $3 million dollars in 2013, according to the San Juan County Assessor. Property tax bills for 2014 are based on 2013 assessments.
Grass roots opposition to noise from EA 18G “Growlers” is spreading to the San Juan Islands.
A crowd of 40-plus filled the hallway on the first floor of the county courthouse to hear friends and colleagues praise Silverman’s career and wish him well in retirement.
Do you have a stormwater problem? If so, Public Works would like to know.
If you’re missing your 77-foot boat, “Attitude” (pictured), from its moorings in Roche Harbor, your boat has been towed away for demolition under the Derelict Vessel Removal program.
An emergency order to “immediately stop all clearing and grading activity” was posted Dec. 17 by the San Juan County Code Enforcement Officer at the False Bay property purchased earlier this year by Dave and Nancy Honeywell.
Planning Commission recommendations to amend wetland protection buffers in the Critical Areas Ordinances were received favorably by the San Juan County Council at its Dec. 10
