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    Articles by Laura Kussman
    U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clifford L. H. Davis
    Islanders talk about Growlers
    By Laura Kussman • November 27, 2019 1:30 am

    Growing local and regional concern regarding the recent increase of loud EA-18G Growler jets at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island,…

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    Student-led structure means using sticks to showcase the number of activities left in the day before it’s time to go home
    Kaleidoscope becomes first in the country to license...
    By Laura Kussman • November 12, 2019 1:30 am

    Amber Paulsen, Kaleidoscope Preschool and Child Care Center’s director, perches on a tree stump in the woods off Enchanted Forest…

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    Coalition for Orcas Youth presents about opioid abuse
    Coalition for Orcas Youth presents about opioid abuse
    By Laura Kussman • November 9, 2019 1:30 am

    It all begins with just one step. One act of courage. One honest conversation.

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    Contributed Photo | Rosedanie Cadet and children at an orphanage in Mirebalais, Haiti make upside-down pineapple cake.
    Helping Hands Noramise and Orcas Farm to Classroom...
    By Laura Kussman • October 24, 2019 1:30 am

    If community involvement is a learned action, Rosedanie Cadet is a careful educator.

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    Orcas man charged with attempting to bury a vehicle
    Orcas man charged with attempting to bury a...
    By Laura Kussman • October 18, 2019 1:30 am

    Ryan Padgett, 25, of Orcas Island has been charged in San Juan County District Court with malicious mischief in the…

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    Rocky Horror Show is an immersive experience
    Rocky Horror Show is an immersive experience
    By Laura Kussman • October 15, 2019 1:30 am

    Four years after the launch of the modern gay rights movement, Richard O’Brien’s “The Rocky Horror Show” premiered in a…

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    PCBs found in Mountain Lake are ubiquitous
    PCBs found in Mountain Lake are ubiquitous
    By Laura Kussman • October 11, 2019 1:30 am

    The kokanee salmon stocked in Mountain Lake more than 30 years ago contain two persistent organic pollutants: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)…

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    Contributed photo. Looking down Prune Alley from North Beach Road in approximately 1914.
    Prune Alley improvements slated for Sept 2020
    By Laura Kussman • September 30, 2019 1:30 am

    The decades-long proposal for a Prune Alley improvement project is officially nearing ground breaking.

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    Second community conversation on vacation rentals
    Second community conversation on vacation rentals
    By Laura Kussman • September 30, 2019 1:30 am

    The community conversation surrounding vacation rentals continues. The second meeting, held by the Vacation Rental Work Group in the school…

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    Contributed Photo.                                Orcas Food Co-Op Floorplan
    What’s happening with The Olga Store Building?
    By Laura Kussman • September 15, 2019 3:00 pm

    Friends of the Olga Store Building, now a state registered nonprofit corporation and charitable organization, is making headway on obtaining…

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    Re-opening of Liberty Island 12/20/01
    Remembering 9/11
    By Laura Kussman • September 11, 2019 1:30 am

    Forgetting is a comfort Ron Parker cannot and will not bear.

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    Anita Orne/contributed photo                                Floating Ukulele Jam group last December on the final sail of the fall season.
    Inter-island Floating Ukulele Jam
    By Laura Kussman • September 8, 2019 1:30 am

    For the past year during the spring, summer and fall sailing schedules, the inter-island ferry has been buzzing with the…

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    Contributed photo                                Councilman Rick Hughes (black jacket) and Rep. Rick Larsen (gray jacket) discuss Prune Alley.
    Larsen tours Eastsound projects
    By Laura Kussman • September 3, 2019 1:30 am

    Congressman Rick Larsen (WA-02) visited Eastsound on Aug. 23 to learn how three major San Juan County projects are apportioning…

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