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Property owner files a legal complaint about vacation rentals
An Orcas man is intending to sue the county, a state agency and his neighbors over vacation rentals.
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Inquiries into county candidate’s campaigns
The Public Disclosure Commission is looking into accusations that Nick Power violated finance and disclosure laws during his…
Sports
Vikings take on Wolverines at home
The Orcas Island High School Vikings battled the Friday Harbor High School Wolverines in Viking territory on Friday,…
Life
Kenneth Gibbs talks high-energy at ‘Meeting of the Minds’
Energy invisible to the human eye is falling to the planet’s surface in a “shower” of non-harmful radiation…
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Islanders prepare for disaster
With a fault-line capable of doing more damage to the islands than the infamous Cascadia subduction zone running…
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Orca task force is briefed on state budget
Gov. Jay Inslee is committed to saving the Southern resident orca population and has requested more than $1…
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Sean Hunter pleads guilty rape of a child
((Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story stated Hunter was sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison.…
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Councilmember Rick Hughes year-end review
Update: A previous version of this article (including the one in print) misidentified the acronym that was used…
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Top 10 stories of 2018 | Part 2
At the end of the year, The Islands’ Sounder takes a look at the biggest headlines of the…
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CenturyLink outage disrupts 911 services
Communities across the nation were without the ability to call 911 due to a Century Link outage in…
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Salish Sea hatcheries to increase salmon stocks
When the demand for a product increases, a company will often raise production to meet that demand. Fish…
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Sea snails struggle in the Salish Sea
The Southern resident orcas aren’t the only species headed toward extinction in the Salish Sea – the pinto…