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New decisions on San Juan Island road maintenance lawsuit
A roughly three-year-old legal battle over the maintenance of a private road is one step closer to a…
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Around Town | San Juan County Council updates
Over the last month, the San Juan County Council has discussed issues including the connector road, county population…
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Immigration initiative passes without citizens’ vote | Update
Immigrants may feel safer under a new county code, but it may surpass local government power.
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Popeye, the harbor seal, bites a tourist | Update
Usually, tourists feed Popeye, the harbor seal who frequents the Port of Friday Harbor. On Thursday, Aug. 10,…
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Immigration initiative adoption to be decided on Aug. 15
Update: To read about the initiative’s adoption, read this article.
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Plans for San Juan County Fairgrounds’ future, by looking at its past
The fairgrounds doesn’t pay for itself, so department staff is thinking ‘outside the barn’
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Smoke haze covers San Juans
Where there’s smoke in San Juan County, there’s fire in British Columbia.
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Local school budget passed, but state funds still unclear
After months of waiting, the San Juan Island School District Board passed the 2017-18 school year budget on…
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San Juan County affordable housing tenants to receive refunds
(This is part two in a series about overcharging at Friday Harbor Village. Read part one, “Tenants of…
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Islander tries to take his life in public
On Tuesday, July 25, a 70-year-old man with self-inflicted cuts was found near the top of a public…
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A drop in ferries means a drop in island sales
When the ferries lag, business on the island does too.
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Tribal Canoe Journey makes landmark stop at national park
Ronald Day, of the Swinomish Indian Tribe, has joined an annual canoe trip to celebrate local Native Americans…
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Tenants of local affordable housing units may be overcharged
Read part two of this two-part series here.