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    Market snapshop | Sponsored content
    By Colleen Smith Summers • April 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Here is the Market Snap Shot from the Simonson & Zambrovitz Team at Coldwell Banker SJI. The inventory level has…

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    Sheila Ellis | Passages
    By Colleen Smith Summers • February 20, 2025 1:30 am

    Sheila Stone Ellis, 93, of Friday Harbor, Washington, passed away peacefully on January 28, 2025, surrounded by her loving family….

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    Friday Harbor man charged with burglary, theft, assault...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • January 27, 2025 1:30 am

    Justin Edward James, 34, of Friday Harbor, was charged with burglary in the second degree, assault in the third degree…

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    Conditions of release set for extradited burglary suspect
    Conditions of release set for extradited burglary suspect
    By Colleen Smith Summers • January 27, 2025 1:30 am

    Two years after a bench warrant for his arrest, Gene Tarez Foddrell, 30, of Georgia, faced a felony burglary charge…

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    Reporting on serious crime in a small town...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • January 17, 2025 1:30 am

    Writing about crime in our communities is the most challenging part of our job — particularly when it involves sexual…

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    Friday Harbor man charged with rape and molestation
    By Colleen Smith Summers • January 13, 2025 1:30 am

    The trial for a Friday Harbor man charged initially with child molestation and later rape of a child has been…

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    Real estate market and your tax assessment
    By Colleen Smith Summers • November 26, 2024 1:30 am

    by Merri Ann Simonson

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    Progress for reproductive rights will continue in Washington...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • November 7, 2024 1:30 am

    Washington state is poised to continue its defense of democracy in the wake of Donald Trump’s win as the 47th…

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    Local election results are in: McVeigh and Paulsen...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • November 5, 2024 1:30 am

    The general election results for San Juan County are in. A total of 10,601 ballots were counted; a remaining 2,100…

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    Council candidates hear from the community
    By Colleen Smith Summers • October 21, 2024 1:30 am

    Editor’s note: The League of Women Voters hosted a series of candidate forums last week on Orcas, Lopez and San…

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    By Colleen Smith Summers • August 6, 2024 1:30 am

    Washington state policy makers are putting a significant focus on environmental justice, with the goal of cutting climate pollution by…

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    Friday Harbor man charged with four counts of...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • August 2, 2024 1:30 am

    Richard Alexander Brant, 35, of Friday Harbor, has been charged with two counts of Dealing in Depictions of a Minor…

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ORS board treasurer Jim ‘Duff’ Duffield showing some of the crushed glass, which can be used in landscapes and gardens.
    State Rep. Alex Ramel learns the wonders of...
    By Colleen Smith Summers • July 31, 2024 1:30 am

    Orcas Island is home to a leading example of a community-supported nonprofit dedicated to zero waste.

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