During a public hearing on Jan. 20, Sen. Yasmin Trudeau, D-Tacoma, cited a recent University of Washington report that ...

HB 1227 called for family support rather than child removal. Among these supports has been distributing Narcan, which reverses a fentanyl overdose, as well as lock boxes for users to put drugs into, ...

SAFE San Juans, the county’s only community-based domestic violence and sexual assault program, will launch a new support ...

Dozens of legislators are calling on President Donald Trump and other federal officials to investigate the killing of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, who was shot while protesting in the West Bank in September ...

On Saturday, Jan. 31 join us at the Lopez Island Grange at 7 pm to view the films followed by a pre-recorded interview with ...

• San Juan County deputies executed a court-ordered eviction of a local resident. The resident refused to cooperate, and the ...

A 2023 study by the Washington State Department of Commerce found that 68% of school board members received no compensation for their work. The proposed bills — SB 5860 and companion HB 2366 — do not ...

OPALCO worked with a third-party vendor to conduct the survey. The first part of the survey was a representative sample to have a statistically relevant data set. The survey questions assessed general ...

The sheriffs claimed Senate Bill 5974 would wrongly give the Criminal Justice Training Commission, an unelected body, the power to remove an elected sheriff from office if their certification as a law ...

Senators called for perseverance, courage and continued work on equity as they adopted a resolution to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 19.

To kick off the new year, San Juan County officials hosted a community meeting for Shaw Islanders to discuss Public Works Road Maintenance projects. The meeting was held online on Thursday, Jan. 15, ...

High school juniors and seniors interested in the building trades or tile work are invited to join the EDC and masonry and tile professional Dave Koch for a four-week intensive tile setting class with ...