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County seeks testimony on the 2020 Annual Docket

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Record $5.2 Million Gift Expands Turtleback Preserve and precedent-setting donation also returns land to the Lummi Nation

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Grellet-Tinner’s lawsuit against county dismissed

A 2017 lawsuit against San Juan County, Sheriff Ron Krebs and former…

 

A recap of the islands’ most recent COVID cases

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Prep football moved to spring as WIAA announces new schedule

The 2020-21 school year will feature four shortened athletic seasons as opposed to the typical three.

 

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Jeffrey John Walvatne | Passages

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