By Dave Halloran San Juan County Department of Emergency Management If you…
In the last five years, crime stories we report on are indeed becoming more disturbing. In the last six months we have seen a slew of crime involving sexual assaults.
By Amy Herdy This message is for all you millennials out there,…
This is what I know for sure | Guest column
By Stephanie Prima Skagit Valley College is offering a new approach to…
In a perfect world, the Southern resident killer whales would be thriving.…
By David Foutch Lopez Island Thank you for the informative article on…
By Bob Friel SeaDoc Society Half a century into the Digital Age…
In the first quarter of the new year, your island papers are…
Submitted by Danna Diaz, Ph.D. San Juan Island School District By proclamation…
By John Brantigan Shaw Island In my Jan. 1 editorial in the…
Ground school scholarships now open to island teenagers
Submitted by Jim Waddell, damsense.org, and Ken Balcomb, whaleresearch.com We, the undersigned,…
It’s been another rough year. The divisiveness of the 2016 presidential election…
Drunk driving is the number one cause of death on our roadways.…
Naming criminals or alleged perpetrators in our community is a necessary role…
Like telephone and power, Americans should have access to the internet without…
As 2017 comes to a close, I am excited to share some…
By Victoria Compton Director, San Juan County Economic Development Council I was…
(Editor’s note: Since the publishing of this letter, Melissa Alspaugh has retracted…
By Kristin Pluff and Claire Rathburn Friday Harbor High School students For…
At the Journal, we are well aware of the power of the…
By Lovel Pratt Washington State’s shorelines are not treated equally when it…
All of us at the Sounder, Journal of the San Juans and…
By Ken Carrasco Vice-Chairman, San Juan County Marine Resources Committee We have…
Submitted by care task force organizers Over the last few weeks, many…
By Julie Gottman, PH.D. Special to the Journal Al Franken, Harvey Weinstein,…
Every year the Journal of the San Juans asks its readers to…
By Lee and Dawn McCravey San Juan County election count witnesses We…
Dear Journal of the San Juan Islands reader, We are proud to…
Submitted by Karen Palmer and Lynn Danaher Friday Harbor Film Festival The…
Signed, on behalf of millions of beneficiaries across the globe, Peggy Butler…
Recent Friday Harbor Labs review suggests keeping dispersants as a response option
By John Johnson San Juan Island My grandparents died in the Life…
China’s import ban of many recyclables including plastics, mixed paper, and metal…
Can you hear those sleigh bells jingling? OK, maybe not quite yet,…
By Theresa Simendinger Last year, Manager John Hamilton was too busy with…
We write in enthusiastic support of Farhad Ghatan for mayor of Friday…
(Editor’s Note: To read more on the Journal’s policy on what we…
The editorial staff of The Journal of the San Juan Islands and…
