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Ken Balcomb

Opinion

Bombing range or sanctuary? One in the same for endangered orcas | Guest Column

The Navy request was for 96 bomb drops last year (eight live MK 82's), and that was said…

Letters to the Editor

CAO: little more than a power grab | Letters

American history is full of tales of cozeners playing on anxiety and ignorance. Today, we have wetlands buffer…

Victoria Compton

Business

Better broadband equals jobs: a clear equation | Guest Column

Studies show employment opportunities increase as broadband grows both in speed and reach.

Mandy Turnbull

Sports

FH tracksters net four firsts, seven second-place finishes | Track & Field

Senior Lucas Jagel won both the 400 meter run and the discus, notching season personal bests in both…

Eugenia (Gene) Geyman.

News

Eugenia (Gene) Deichler Geyman: 1935—2012 | Passages

We moved part-time to San Juan Island in 1987, then full-time in 1990. Here on the island, she…

Friday Harbor sophomore Christo Bolger celebrates his hole-in-one in match-play at Lopez Island

Sports

Boosted by hole-in-one, Bolger bests men’s field | Prep Golf

First year on the team. A couple of first-place medals. And then, a first hole-in-one. The 2012 golf…

News

Tires slashed, booze break-in, delivery man bit by dog; San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

March 23: The search for a dog that has reportedly been disturbing the peace of a Friday Harbor…

Paul Mercer.

News

Benefit account set up for Paul Mercer

Mercer, who is recovering from a brain aneurysm is known affectionately by friends and many islanders as, The…

Gloria Fletcher.

News

Gloria Fletcher named president of Sound Publishing

Based in Poulsbo and Bellevue, Wash., Sound Publishing, Inc., owns and operates 38 community newspapers and 14 Little…

James Smith

Obituaries

James Smith

James W. Smith June 26, 1944—April 1, 2012 Jim Smith passed away suddenly Sunday, April 1, 2012 at…

Don Pollard

Opinion

Best available science—worst available zoning | Guest Opinion

The basic fault of the planners approach is that it shifts from the county to the property owner…

Maurice Blackburn

Obituaries

Maurice Blackburn

Maurice Blackburn Oct. 27, 1915 — March 30, 2012 Maurice Blackburn, a long-time Friday Harbor resident, died Friday,…

You'll fin treats such as the candy covered cake pictured here and more at CATS' Elegant Edibles fundraiser

News

CATS “Eggs-quisite” bake sale, April 7

In addition to an assortment of mouth-watering treats and desserts, CATS Elegant Edibles fundraiser includes a raffle drawing…