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Georgia Keune is Volunteer of the Month

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Georgia Keune is Volunteer of the Month

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Judy and Jerry Alhadeff with the Sam R. Buck award

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Jerry Alhadeff selected for the Sam R. Buck award

The San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce awarded the annual Sam R. Buck Community Service Award to Jerry…

Conservation crew members create piles of douglas fir as part of the SJC Preservation Land Bank’s forest management thinning and biochar projects.
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Land Bank hopes to receive grant funding to continue current and new projects

The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank expects to hear back in the coming weeks whether or not…

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Approximately 350 people attended the celebration

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Shaw General Store turns 100

Nestled on the shoreline near the ferry terminal, the Shaw General Store has been a central hub for…

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Maria Magana-Navarro

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Soroptimist awards five students scholarships

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Rebecca Roudman of Dirty Cello

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Dirty Cello brings nothing serious and a whole lot of fun

Music lovers will be flocking to the San Juan Community Theatre June 22 to listen to the barrier-breaking…

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Jesse Visciglia with his two boys during a hike on the Olympic Peninsula

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Jesse Visciglia reflects on the adventure of fatherhood

Parenting requires work, according to Jesse Visciglia, co-owner of the San Juan Island Brewing Company and father of…

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Portable concrete batch plant proposal waits for Hearings Examiner date

Editors note: According to Kyle Dodd, San Juan County Environmental Health Manager Hearings Examiner hearing will be scheduled…

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Volunteers with Friends of the San Juans learning how to identify and report the highly invasive European green crab on beaches in the San Juan Islands.

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Community plus science equals action!

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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” marks 25 years of “Shakespeare under the Stars”

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Luca Stricagnoli and his reversed triple neck guitar

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Globally recognized guitarist Luca Stricagnoli to perform on Lopez, Orcas and San Juan Island

World-renowned guitarist Luca Stricagnoli will be making his way to San Juan Island, Orcas and Lopez this June…

Portrait of astronaut William Anders, courtesy of the Heritage Flight Museum.

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Astronaut Bill Anders dies in plane crash off Jones Island

Famed astronaut and long-time Orcas resident William Anders died in a plane crash on June 7 in the…

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Graduation 2024

There was standing room only in the Turnbull gym on June 8 as islanders turned out to watch…