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Steve Brandli

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Legal Matters: Consequences can be dire by driving with a suspended license | Guest column

Failure to pay a traffic ticket can have more serious consequences than your case being sent to collections.…

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Let’s hear from you | Editorial

Will ferry travel be more convenient with a reservation system in place? Are you well-served by your public…

Cartoonist Rob Pudim's view on local news and events are published weekly in the Journal of the San Juan Islands

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Journal political cartoon; October 1 edition | Opinion

Cartoonist Rob Pudim's view on local news and events are published weekly in the Journal of the San…

Cartoonist Rob Pudim's view on local news and events are published weekly in the Journal of the San Juan Islands

Opinion

Best Best: Relay for Life, Saturday, Sept. 27, 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.

The annual fundraiser for American Cancer Society, as well as local cancer support programs, features food, games, activities,…

Opinion

State legislature found in ‘contempt’ over lack of K-12 funding; SJI School board response | Guest column

Most of our local levy now goes to pay for basic costs rather than the extras that keep…

Alex MacLeod

Opinion

Are we to believe the emperor has new clothes? | As I See It

I can’t think of anything more fundamental to a cooperative’s board than honesty. Right behind that is the…

Cartoonist Rob Pudim's view on local news and events are published weekly in the Journal of the San Juan Islands

Opinion

Journal political cartoon; September 17 edition | Opinion

Cartoonist Rob Pudim's view on local news and events are published weekly in the Journal of the San…

Opinion

Climate change, at our front door | Editorial

But if you still think climate change is a joke, or that what’s happening across the globe is…

Greg Hertel

Opinion

Reservations about reservations? | As I See It

I see the reservation system benefiting the tourist industry, the retiree, the professional who lives here part-time, but…

Trading away our rights and freedoms is a steep prices to pay for the sake of security

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US Constitution: does it matter anymore? | Guest Column

A less than perfect document, the Constitution did not extend voting rights to landless citizens, women, Native Americans,…

Mitchell Bay Farm’s Bruce Gregory will make a third sojourn to Central Asia to help farmers in Tajikistan improve orchard yields.

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Farmers’ fraternity; San Juan to Asia | Guest Column

I have been asked to return to Central Asia and the country of Tajikistan in November to assist…

Cartoonist Rob Pudim's view on local news and events are published weekly in the Journal of the San Juan Islands

Opinion

Journal political cartoon; September 10 edition | Opinion

Cartoonist Rob Pudim's view on local news and events are published weekly in the Journal of the San…

Jerry Cornfield

Opinion

Wealthy working to alter gun laws | Guest Column

Two years after their money helped make charter schools possible, the Ballmers, the Gateses and the Nick Hanauer…