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San Juan County establishes interim interisland transportation services as RFP process continues

The San Juan Journal 27 Mar 2025
Per the one-month contract, Outer Island Excursions will monitor the interisland ferry schedule for cancellations. If a ferry is out of service, within two hours the company will provide foot passenger transportation between the islands.
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Updated forecast for Western Washington increases risk of 'severe' thunderstorm, hail

Kitsap Sun 26 Mar 2025
... against ferry travel ... Washington State Ferries issued a bulletin advising that ferry routes may be impacted this evening, including all Kitsap routes ... Sign up at wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/routealerts/.
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Gas tax increases key to fueling Washington transportation budgets

The Lewiston Tribune 25 Mar 2025
... days in fiscal year 2026 for state transportation workers, excluding Washington State Patrol troopers, employees who work on state ferries and at terminals, highway incident responders and others.
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Section III girls basketball final overall stat leaders for 2024-25

The Post-Standard 25 Mar 2025
Gianna Washington Liverpool 25 77 14 67 269. Leah Ferris General Brown 24 118 2 25 267 ... Madelyn Ferris General Brown 24 191 ... Leah Ferris General Brown 24 154 ... Madelyn Ferris General Brown 24 94 ... Gianna Washington Liverpool 25 81.
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U.S. ferry company 'unintentionally' flew Canadian flag upside down entering Victoria

North Shore News 24 Mar 2025
SEATTLE — The operator of a ferry service between Vancouver Island and Washington state says it's sorry for "unintentionally" raising the Canadian flag upside down as it entered Victoria harbour on Sunday.
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Gas tax increase is key to fueling Washington Senate’s transportation spending plan

Kitsap Sun 24 Mar 2025
... days in fiscal year 2026 for state transportation workers, excluding Washington State Patrol troopers, employees who work on state ferries and at terminals, highway incident responders and others.
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Stacks of summons; sibling struggles | SJC Sheriff’s Log

The San Juan Journal 24 Mar 2025
The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls. March 12 ... The Sheriff’s Office was able to care for the two dogs ... • An Orcas Island deputy documented an alleged theft of a wallet on a Washington state ferry.
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Hybrid-electric conversion of ferries delayed until after the FIFA World Cup in 2026

The San Juan Journal 23 Mar 2025
Washington State Journal. Plans to restore ferry services in Puget Sound to prepandemic levels were unveiled by Gov ... The governor is delaying the hybrid-electric conversion of ferries until after the FIFA World Cup in 2026.
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Passaic County's Revolutionary War, industrial, baseball history to be focus of TV shows

Daily Record Parsippany 17 Mar 2025
George Washington’s headquarters ... Washington’s time at Dey Mansion included overseeing an attack on Bull’s Ferry and responding to the exposure of Benedict Arnold’s treason in late September 1780.
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With another cutoff having passed, here are some bills that WA lawmakers are still mulling

The Spokesman-Review 14 Mar 2025
Wednesday marked the cutoff date for Washington state lawmakers to clear bills out of their respective houses of origin ... As Washington works to get its ferry system back in shape, another bill aims to get more passenger-only vessels in the water.
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Colorado county hires wolf depredation position as mistrust in state handling cases grows

Coloradoan 14 Mar 2025
... Jeff Flood, who as a wildlife specialist for Stevens and Ferry counties' sheriff's departments in Washington serves as a third-party investigator involving livestock depredations, including by wolves.
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Lawmakers propose $50 million for passenger ferries

The San Juan Journal 13 Mar 2025
These are just a few of the issues fueling a bill to expand passenger-only ferries in Washington ... Greg Nance, D-Bainbridge Island, who introduced The Mosquito Fleet Act (HB 1932), which expands passenger-only ferries in Washington.
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Field Reports: Prescribed burns planned near Spokane, Colville

The Spokesman-Review 13 Mar 2025
Wildlife officials are planning a series of prescribed burns on state lands in Ferry and Pend Oreille counties this spring. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Tuesday that it was ...
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Canadians, stung by Trump's tariffs and rhetoric, balk at US travel

Colorado Springs Gazette 12 Mar 2025
Saturday night hotel bookings in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal city near the Canadian border which offers skiing and ferries to Alaska, declined 10.8% from February 2 through March 1.
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Inslee weighs in on pause of ferry electrification project he champion...

The Lewiston Tribune 09 Mar 2025
... course corrections for Washington State Ferries announced this past week is former Gov.
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