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Vaccine registration postponed

Submitted by San Juan County.

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Right: The Orcas Island Fire and Rescue family recently welcomed two new hires, Lieutenant LaRen Gevaart-Rossie and Captain Kasey Jo Weigley.

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Orcas Fire introduces two new hires

Submitted by Orcas Island Fire and Rescue.

Artist rendering by Paul Kearsley. (Contributed photo)

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Growing community: Preserving farmland plus co-housing equals agrivillage

Submitted by Susan Atkinson.

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$25.8 billion transportation plan hikes gas tax 18 cents

By Joseph Claypoole

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The Shaw Store in the 1930s, before the upstairs was converted into an apartment. Photograph used with permission from the Shaw Island Historical Society.

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A little store with a big heart

By Heather Spaulding

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Free online classes at Island Hospital

Island Hospital is hosting the following classes.

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Students and Mrs. Johnston preparing for the day.

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Orcas School debuts in-person learning

by Eric Webb

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Bill would establish office to investigate police use of force

Investigative panel would not include police and reports would go back to prosecutors, police for decision making

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Poached post, menacing male, drugged dog | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls.

Dr. Christian Sidor, Burke Museum curator of vertebrate paleontology, and Brandon Peecook, University of Washington graduate student, show the size and placement of the fossil fragment compared to the cast of a Daspletosaurus femur in this photo from 2015. (The Burke Museum)

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Elementary school class wants Suciasaurus named state dinosaur

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Charter review committee holds its second meeting

By Minor Lile

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National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

Submitted by SAFE San Juans.

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State ferries to host February virtual community meetings

Topics include hybrid-electric vessels, service and COVID-19 response