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A feeding Basking shark.

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The mysterious basking shark

Basking sharks feeding with their gaping mouth were once a common sight in the Salish Sea, according to…

Contributed photo by Theresa Simendinger Lisa and Jim Lawrence on Moses and Blitzen.

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Celebrating the 34th Anniversary of Equestrian use at national park

Submitted by Theresa Simendinger.

Contributed photo by San Juan County Health and Human Services.

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Seed to Sprout – early learning garden program for preschool-aged children

Submitted by San Juan County Health and Human Services.

Contributed photo by Nikyta Palmisani

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Understanding the complexites of local food through art

Increasing concerns surrounding climate change, food chain supply shortages and other struggles have made locally grown food a…

FHHS Junior Sheya Welty is on her way to Germany to study abroad her junior year. Welty is one of 250 students selected nationally to receive a prestigious youth exchange scholarship sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and the German Bundestag (Parliament).

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Sheya Welty headed to Germany to study abroad

Friday Harbor High School junior Sheya Welty is headed to Germany to study abroad this year. Welty has…

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Unsafe levels of Paralytic Shellfish Poison detected in Orcas Island shellfish

The Washington State Department of Health is urging people to avoid eating oysters and clams harvested from Buck…

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Glenwood shoreline.

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Miscommunications regarding Glenwood Inn property

With natural bluffs, forest land and one-third of a mile of shoreline, islanders are celebrating the conservation of…

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Composer’s world premiere on San Juan

Submitted by the San Juan Islands Museum of Art.

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July 12 was the first meeting outside of the Friday Harbor council chambers since the beginning of the pandemic.

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County Council Meeting held on Waldron Island

Submitted by San Juan County.

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Sheya Welty

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Friday Harbor student awarded Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange scholarship

Submitted by ASSE.

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The 2022 delegation at the Capital of Idaho included (from left to right) Satchel Bourne, McKenna Clark, August Moore and Valeria Villareal.

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The future is bright: Island students represent OPALCO at the Co-op Youth Rally

Submitted by Orcas Power and Light.

LATTICE II by sculpture Henry Jackson-Spieker/CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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Art you can touch!

Submitted by the San Juan Islands Museum of Art.

Contributed photo by the Capron family
Jim Capron donning his fishing cap.

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Jim Capron, fisherman, pilot, lifelong San Juan islander, dies at 86

By Richard Walker