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An issue of fairness: Assessor makes a case for boost in department’s budget | Guest Column

Landowners enrolled in "current use" programs receive a reduced assessment and pay less tax in exchange for managing…

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Let’s keep watching for each other | Editorial

This has been a tough year on the islands. Several downtown storefronts are empty. Local businesses, schools, and…

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San Juan schools open at regularly-scheduled time Nov. 24, buses on snow routes

Classes will begin at regularly-scheduled times at Friday Harbor elementary, middle and high schools on Nov. 24. School…

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Making desserts and Thanksgiving dinner just got easier … thanks to Friday Harbor Girl Scouts

Local Girl Scouts will be offering homemade pecan and pumpkin pies for sale Nov. 24 at the MarketPlace,…

Raise a toast to these guys ... OPALCO crews braved bone-chilling weather to seek out outages and restore power over the past 48 hours.

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OPALCO crews brave bone-chilling conditions to restore power

With bone-chilling winds gusting up to 40 mph and temperatures plunging into the teens, Orcas Power and Light…

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Late start Tuesday for San Juan schools

Tuesday's classes at Friday Harbor elementary, middle and high school will begin 90 minutes later than usual, at…

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No early release for San Juan schools; buses on snow routes

San Juan Island School District will have a full day of classes Monday, according to the district's most…

Sports

Sixth annual San Juan Island Turkey Trot is Thanksgiving Day, 9 a.m.

The Trot gets underway -- come rain or shine -- on Thanksgiving Day at 9 a.m., in front…

Weather forecasters say a colder

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Thanks, La Nina … This winter may be a whopper: Here’s what you need to know to be ready

The National Weather Service says that during a La Niña period, which can last from one to three…

Bill Waxman sent in this photo of Wednesday night's hailstorm and the scene outside his home on the south end of San Juan Island

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Preview of things to come; hailstorm rattles south end of San Juan Island

Winter arrived in dramatic fashion as a prolonged -- but isolated -- hailstorm swept across the south end…

Community Thanksgiving Dinner volunteers: Back from left

Life

It’s Turkey Time (times two): Thanksgiving dinners scheduled Nov. 21, 25

It has been a tough financial year for many people. Your neighbors want to ease your mind a…

The late Judge John O. Linde presides over San Juan County Superior Court's first National Adoption Day celebration. Superior Court will host its second Adoption Day event on Friday

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Superior Court will host its second annual National Adoption Day celebration, Friday

San Juan County's highest court will join nearly 20 other courtrooms across Washington state as courts and adoption…

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Council to consider privatizing solid waste transfer system

With a proposal from Orcas Island-based San Juan Sanitation in hand, the County Council on Monday agreed to…