The Journal of the San Juan Islands

Seven years after he was pulled from a small boat in the San Juan Islands and hauled to a federal detention center in Tacoma, Orcas…

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Jesus Cora wins long-fought deportation case

Trading screens for saplings: How the Youth Conservation Corps is building a climate-resilient landscape

Support 35 island nonprofits at the fair

The salmon are back and all is OK | Clowns, performers and San Juan Islands’ boaters travel 100 years into the future with the Aqua Chautauqua

San Juan Islands PREPARE delivers wildfire relief to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

Three women detained by DHS will not return to SJI homes

Scouts’ summer adventure

‘We’re still here’: Echoes of Senćoŧen draws community to Lime Kiln State Park

Seaplane emergency landing aftermath | Cleanup and investigation

A Fleet of Neighbors: Boaters From Orcas and San Juan Islands Carry the Aqua Chautauqua Across the Salish Sea

Sculpture Park bird walk with Tyler Davis

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Friday Harbor players make All League

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LWV Observer Corps notes on public meetings

Town public hearing on short-term rentals continued

San Juan County sheriff’s log

Free preventive services under Medicare

Scam alert! Fake emails seeking payment for permit fees

Author presentation features Cindy Goyette’s ‘Diversion: A Probation Case Files Mystery’

When volunteer organizations lose their memory | Letter

Civics trivia

Alice Di Micele announces “Reverse the Flow” album release tour Aug. 6, 7, and 9

Library board meeting scheduled Aug. 11

Letters to the Editor

Wildlife ordinance raises larger habitat questions | Letter

Local Islander Cindy Carter is who we need in Olympia | Letter

Was Obama responsible? | Letter

Katherine Bryant Ingman — Future‑focused, funding‑savvy, consensus‑driven | Letter

Every San Juan County voter has a say in the District 3 Council race

Life

Author Shahn McGuire presents ‘Sensitive Souls’

Creating third spaces through art with The Loose Seal

OPALCO hosts leadership chats

Celebrating 70 years of Library Fair

OPALCO students earn scholarships and leadership recognition through the Nourdine Jensen Cooperative Youth Scholarship Program

Sports

Friday Harbor gives strong performance at State Track and Field Championships in Yakima

Tennis doubles team made it to state

Friday Harbor golf brings home two medals at state championship

Friday Harbor softball advances to State; baseball season comes to an end

Friday Harbor softball team heads to State

Obituaries

Daniel Kenneth Sorgen | Passages

Molly Joellen Sandwith (Capron) (Liebman) | Passages

Lyle D. Mann | Passages

Robert and Lorna Dittmer | Passages

Ronald DiCristina | Passages

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Delayed paper deliveries

Election results

Town holds joint special meeting reglading ,andatory training for elected and appointed officials

LWV Observer Corps notes on public meetings

Get immunized before the school year with your local public health department

SJC sheriff’s log

Records, requests and rejections: Sheriff’s Log update

County Council to resume 2027 budget and organization discussions at Aug. 3 meeting

County Council travels to Shaw Island for upcoming Aug. 4 meeting

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