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Coast Guard crew with the dogs.
    Samish ferry stops and assists boat in distress
    By Heather Spaulding • March 11, 2024 1:30 am

    While winds reached between 20-30 knots on March 9, the Samish ferry, on its way to Anacortes and the US…

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    Lopez man charged with harassment to kill and...
    By Heather Spaulding • February 28, 2024 1:30 am

    William E. Rawson, 43, of Lopez Island, was charged with harassment to kill and trespassing on Jan. 23 in San…

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    Editorial
    The backstory of Valentine’s Day
    By Heather Spaulding • February 14, 2024 1:30 am

    There are many legends of how Valentine’s Day began.

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    Kelley Balcomb-Bartok  Staff photo
Midday sun lights upon a snowy scene at the cemetery on San Juan island.
    Winter Storm tips
    By Heather Spaulding • January 11, 2024 1:30 am

    The weather is predicted to dip below freezing with chances of snow toward the end of the week. The San…

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    Editorial
    Coming together to for a dream | Editorial
    By Heather Spaulding • January 9, 2024 1:30 am

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 15 honors the reverend and activist’s legacy of social…

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    Contributed photo
Back row, left to right: Stephanie Newkirk, Michael Martin, Susan Martin, Paul Mayer, Barbara Marrett, Scott Slius, Barbara Fagan, Mike Griffin, Linda Chowdry, Rick Hughes, Frank Fagan, Carla Wright, Steve Bowman. Front Row: Karl Eberhard, Dick Shorett, Carrie Unpingco, Tom Sibert. Not in photo: Bob Anderson, Gretchen Bailey, Bob Brunkow, Rosedanie Cadet (Orcas), Jon Cain, Chris Compton, Jack Cory, Adam Eltinge, Cory Fitzgerald, Gary Franklin, Linda Hamilton (Orcas), Bill Hancock, Chris Haynes, Holly Henry, Stan Liebenberg (Orcas), Greg Lund, Glen Margolis, Suzanne Olson (Orcas), Evan Perrollaz, Chris Reed, Thomas Sandstrom, Wolfe Schmidt (Orcas), Tony Vivenzio, Fred Woods
    Twenty years of making a difference
    By Heather Spaulding • January 5, 2024 1:30 am

    The annual Rotary Spelling Bee, school nutrition program 36 Weekends and working to eradicate polio are just a few Rotary…

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    Contributed photo
Juniper pops her head up at the small crowd.
Contributed photo
Juniper pops her head up at the small crowd.
    Wolf Hollow released last 2023 seal pup Juniper
    By Heather Spaulding • January 1, 2024 1:30 am

    Four Harbor seals were released by Wolf Hollow in October, but that was not the last of their summer babies….

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    Editorial
    Happy holidays | Editorial
    By Heather Spaulding • December 27, 2023 1:30 am

    As 2023 lets out a yawn, stretches and begins to put its pajamas on, giving pause to reflect on the…

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    Photo by Bundo Kim on Unsplash.
    Post Office working overtime to deliver onslaught of...
    By Heather Spaulding • December 17, 2023 1:30 am

    A change in Amazon shipping has left rural post offices across the country overwhelmed. Locally, in already understaffed post offices,…

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    Heather Spaulding Staff photos
    Islanders speak out on the Middle East
    By Heather Spaulding • December 7, 2023 1:30 am

    Hearing about the thousands of people, largely women and children, who have been killed during and since the Hamas attack…

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    Election results are in | Orcas fire levy...
    By Heather Spaulding • November 8, 2023 1:30 am

    As of press time, 1,700 ballots were left to be counted. According to the San Juan County Elections Office staff…

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    Heather Spaulding \ staff photo
One pup takes a good look at the humans gathered on the shoreline.
    Return to the wild
    By Heather Spaulding • November 3, 2023 1:30 am

    Five seal pups may not have realized it, but Oct. 21 was to be their last morning in the Wolf…

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    Friday Harbor man pleads guilty to Voyeurism
    By Heather Spaulding • November 1, 2023 1:30 am

    Ryan Hargrave Bennett, 46, of Friday Habor, pleaded guilty Oct. 10 to a charge of voyeurism.

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