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Vince Huerto stands with his baritone saxophone.

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Local band student is selected to compete for state

Local student Vincent Huerta has carried a tune all the way from San Juan Island to Bellingham where…

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Hendrick Smith to speak on the crisis of journalism

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Mark Hampton, Darlene Hampton and Jena Downing.

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Tide Pool Kids aims to makes learning fun

Finding child care is difficult in the best circumstances. During the pandemic, babysitters and teachers are all stretched…

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Senate votes to ban high-capacity magazines

by Azeb Tuji

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Stealing the Sun by Glenn Hendrick.

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Painting in the Time of Covid – SJIMA show highlights how local artists prevail

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Child mental health gets attention in state Legislature

By Azeb Tuji

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Civilian conflict, missing mail, returned runaway | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

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

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Statewide COVID-19 restrictions begin to relax

by Brooklynn Hillemann

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Tom Eades at work in the dispatch office.

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Eades leaves dispatch after 33 years to join the Fire Department

After 33 years of dispatch service, Tom Eades is changing his career path and joining the San Juan…

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Twp islanders taking a stroll near the cape of San Juan while waterfowl hunters are nearby.

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With scarce room to hunt, waterfowl hunters begin to trespass

On the south eastern tip of San Juan Island, pristine views and serene silence are being disrupted by…

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EGC Announces OPALCO board candidates

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Ferah, whose father was Turkish, and Richard Uri believe that a babysitter’s Islamophobia led to the call to Homeland Security on the Uris.

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Wrongly accused of genital cutting, a Muslim mom won’t accept ‘case closed’

by Hannah Allam

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Rock Solid leader Luke Fincher and team member Haley Rennick represented the San Juan Island Prevention Coalition (SJIPC) and Rock Solid.

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Rock Solid presents at National Leadership Forum in Washington DC in person

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