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Supports Peterson for reelection to San Juan County Council, North San Juan

I came away from the San Juan Builders Association Candidates Forum at Mullis Community Senior Center for the…

Letters to the Editor

Supports Myhr for reelection to San Juan County Council, Lopez/Shaw

I am one of many San Juan County Democrats who endorse Bob Myhr for San Juan County Council.…

Letters to the Editor

Reject the ban on ‘safe and sane’ fireworks

Come on, folks! This is just too much intrusion of local government on our rights! Do you really…

Letters to the Editor

Reject the ban on ‘safe and sane’ fireworks

It's been a long-held American tradition to light fireworks on the Fourth of July. If the current ban…

Friday Harbor Fire Chief Vern Long has resigned

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Former Friday Harbor fire chief receives $21,482 severance package

Former Town Fire Chief Vern Long, who resigned effective Oct. 18, will receive a severance package of three…

Top photo: University of Washington graduate student Joel Breems conducts sediment coring for a study on a beach at Thatcher Bay

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$300,000 in grants awarded for salmon habitat restoration, planning in the San Juan Islands

Almost $300,000 in grants for salmon habitat restoration have been awarded to two organizations in the San Juan…

The San Juan County Sheriff's Department impounded this Canadian boat Oct. 15. According to Sheriff Bill Cumming

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Impounded boat shrouded in mystery; sheriff says ‘BC Bud’ may have been smuggled here

Two people beached their boat at Cape San Juan and got a ride into town, telling a helpful…

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Nikki Fink | Passages

As Nikki Fink lay in her hospital bed, her body fighting infection so she could get a life-saving…

The San Juan County Sheriff's Department impounded this Canadian boat Oct. 15. According to Sheriff Bill Cumming

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Canadian runabout beached at Cape San Juan; sheriff says it may have been used to smuggle marijuana to the island

The San Juan County Sheriff's Department on Friday impounded a Canadian runabout that was beached at Cape San…

Asleep at the Wheel performs two shows in Friday Harbor on Oct. 24. From left

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Asleep at the Wheel: Nine-time Grammy winners bring their brand of Western swing to SJCT

If autumn nights leave you feeling lethargic, San Juan Community Theatre has the perfect remedy. On Oct. 24,…

Kathryn Pinion ... 1910-2010.

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Kathryn Pinion worked for the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives during New Deal | Passages

Kathryn Pinion, a centenarian who worked for the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives during the New…

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Helen Brown | Passages

Helen Brown died Sept. 25 in Friday Harbor. Helen was born in 1915 in Montana. She attended Carleton…

Nikki Fink ... awaiting a lung transplant at University of Washington Medical Center.

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Friday Harbor woman awaits lung transplant at University of Washington Medical Center

Nikki Fink, 28, of Friday Harbor is in the intensive care unit at University of Washington Medical Center,…