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What’s new? | Editorial

The Journal welcomes the Brickworks and the Byways Bus to the long list of attractions and amenities that…

Nancy Best

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More than memories in job well done | Guest Column

Here in Friday Harbor, a group of wonderful nurses at the public health department are always there to…

Monica Harrington

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Patients’ rights at the crossroads | Opinion

Lax enforcement of state law puts access to healthcare at risk; time for change

Tile mural at Spring Street Landing.

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Profile: Artist finds home in Sun Rise | Guest Column

Artist Chinmayo has a new canvas to decorate in SJCLT neighborhood

Auditor Milene Henley

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How are we doing? First quarter revenue backslide | Guest Column

Retail sales were up, statewide, in the first three months of the year, but not so in the…

Cartoon musings on local news and events are published periodically in the Journal of the San Juan Islands

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Journal political cartoon; May 29 edition | Opinion

Cartoon musings on local news and events are published periodically in the Journal of the San Juan Islands,…

Do rewards outweigh the risks of OPALCO’s broadband initiative?

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Broadband plan sits on shaky ground | Guest Column

Is OPALCO ready for battle in a cutthroat business? We don’t think so

The Friday Harbor home of former Journal editor/publisher Virgil Frits

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How will we remember Virgil Frits? | Guest Column

Today, most of what we know about early Friday Harbor comes from his written and printed accounts of…

With support from United Way

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Ounce of prevention, pound of cure | Guest Column

We all benefit when children succeed in school, and helping the children most in need at this stage…

Bob Myhr

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Sights set on OPALCO’s next 75 years | Opinion

Future demands require new strategies. These are exciting and challenging times for OPALCO.

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Broadband puts co-op on shaky ground | Opinion

Plan calls for dramatic increase of debt; first step should be a vote by members

Cartoon musings on local news and events are published periodically in the Journal of the San Juan Islands

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Journal political cartoon; Apr. 24 edition | Opinion

Cartoon musings on local news and events are published periodically in the Journal of the San Juan Islands,…

Steve Ulvi

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Failed argument built on faulty assumptions | Guest column

We are all subject to our own biases based on life’s experiences. This “shifting baselines syndrome” is understandable…