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LWV Observer Corps notes on Port and Town meetings

Submitted by the League of Women Voters Observer Corps a nonpartisan organization that encourages informed participation in government.…

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Tire track trouble, rambunctious racing and possible peeper | SJC Sheriff’s log

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls.

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SJISD board meeting Jan. 29

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Friday Harbor man charged with burglary, theft, assault and resisting arrest

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

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Conditions of release set for extradited burglary suspect

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

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Southern resident orcas start the New Year with sadness and joy

by Julie McIntire Corey

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Islanders speak out

by Journal Staff

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Attorney General Nick Brown statement on federal court temporarily blocking unconstitutional order on birthright citizenship nationwide

A federal judge today granted Washington state’s motion for a nationwide temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump’s…

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Hospital District 1 commissioner meeting Jan. 22

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Attention San Juan County businesses: Sales tax increase effective April 1

San Juan County’s Treasurer’s Office is providing notice to local businesses of an upcoming increase to sales tax…

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Absconded auto; unwanted underwear | Sheriff’s log

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls.

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Successful extradition of suspect for residential burglary charges

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Washington state makes history: First in the world to permanently ban commercial net pens to protect wild salmon, Orcas and Puget Sound ecosystems

by Wild Fish Conservancy