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Ferries readies to roll out full-scale reservation system with winter sailing schedule | Guest Column

Currently, the only way to be sure of getting onto a boat during the busiest periods is to…

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Holes in campaign of misinformation | As I See It

Over the last several years there have been all kinds of wild statements by the CSA and its…

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

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Journal political cartoon; May 21 edition | Opinion

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

Lopez Island's Randy O'Bryant

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Safeguarding smelt for people, and critters | Guest Column

We appreciate WDFW’s attention to protecting surf smelt, but the agency needs to take two other steps in…

Veterans participating in the Friday Harbor Memorial Day Parade.

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Parades don’t have to be elaborate to make a point | As I See It

This event happens because of people who care — both the volunteers who put it on every year…

Opinion

Legacy lives on | Editorial

Ted Grossman, a long-time Orcas Islander and former owner and editor of the Islands’ Sounder, passed away on…

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

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Journal political cartoon; May 14 edition | Opinion

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

Gerry Lawlor

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Of telecommunications, OPALCO and our future | Guest Column

Where do we go from here if we want to strike a balance between economic prosperity and environmental…

F. Milene Henley

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How are we doing? Better than before (knock on wood) | Guest Column

Each year for the past three I have expressed concern, based on first-quarter sales tax receipts, about the…

Bruce Gregory in the driver’s seat of a tractor at Mitchell Bay Farms.

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From the other side of the fence | Guest Column

All the lands in agriculture and forest have a profound role to play in filtering rainwater and seasonal…

Sam Buck

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Banded together against collapse of ‘common sense’ | Guest Column

When there is no clear reason (nexus) for imposing very limiting non-sensical regulations upon a landowner and logic…

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

Opinion

Journal political cartoon; April 29 edition | Opinion

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

The previous article in the stormwater series discussed how on-site sewage treatment relates to stormwater and the technical

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Rainy Days: From Sprinkles to Storms | Guest Column

Part 4: Got Muddy pastures? We can help; managing stormwater on agricultural land A thick pasture of green…