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U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clifford L. H. Davis

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Islanders talk about Growlers

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

Student-led structure means using sticks to showcase the number of activities left in the day before it’s time to go home

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Kaleidoscope becomes first in the country to license outdoor preschool

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

Coalition for Orcas Youth presents about opioid abuse

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Coalition for Orcas Youth presents about opioid abuse

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

Contributed Photo | Rosedanie Cadet and children at an orphanage in Mirebalais, Haiti make upside-down pineapple cake.

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Helping Hands Noramise and Orcas Farm to Classroom partner up

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

Orcas man charged with attempting to bury a vehicle

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Orcas man charged with attempting to bury a vehicle

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

Rocky Horror Show is an immersive experience

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Rocky Horror Show is an immersive experience

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

PCBs found in Mountain Lake are ubiquitous

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PCBs found in Mountain Lake are ubiquitous

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

Contributed photo. Looking down Prune Alley from North Beach Road in approximately 1914.

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Prune Alley improvements slated for Sept 2020

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

Second community conversation on vacation rentals

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Second community conversation on vacation rentals

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

Contributed Photo.                                Orcas Food Co-Op Floorplan

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What’s happening with The Olga Store Building?

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

Re-opening of Liberty Island 12/20/01

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Remembering 9/11

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

Anita Orne/contributed photo                                Floating Ukulele Jam group last December on the final sail of the fall season.

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Inter-island Floating Ukulele Jam

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

Contributed photo                                Councilman Rick Hughes (black jacket) and Rep. Rick Larsen (gray jacket) discuss Prune Alley.

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Larsen tours Eastsound projects

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