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Verdi’s ‘Aida,’ from the Metropolitan Opera, comes to the Orcas Center Feb. 4

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A GiveOrcas thank you, from Music Advocacy Group | Letter

Thank you to the Orcas Island community for supporting Music Advocacy Group’s Holiday GiveOrcas grant request! With your…

Angie Millen.

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Inspiring young minds: Angie Millen’s impact at Orcas Christian School

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Joint statement from Attorney General Brown, 12 other attorneys general: State and local law enforcement cannot be commandeered for federal immigration enforcement

Attorney General Nick Brown, along with the attorneys general of California, New York, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland,…

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Get your Washington state Boating Education Card with online U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary boating safety classes

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Bellingham and San Juan Islands Flotilla offers boaters opportunities to take an online…

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Orcas wrestlers in Oak Harbor

Submitted by the Orcas Island Wrestling Club.

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Tire track trouble, rambunctious racing and possible peeper | SJC Sheriff’s logSJC Sheriff’s log

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

The Governor’s Ball inside the Legislative Building, with the parking lot by the capitol stepstransformed into an extension of the ball.

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Ferguson vows to reform government; Executive orders defend reproductive rights, tighten policies

By Juan Jocom

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Purchasing, selling and renovating: What’s next for County buildings and facilities?

Over the last few years, the County has been exploring how to invest in the infrastructure needs of…

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Council sets public hearing for agricultural leases on Conservation Land Bank properties

The County’s Conservation Land Bank has been working to develop agricultural leases for portions of the Beaverton Marsh…

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Lawsuit filed over delay of federal protections for Olympic Peninsula steelhead

On Jan. 17, the Conservation Angler and Wild Fish Conservancy sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for delaying…

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Attorney General Nick Brown statement on federal court temporarily blocking unconstitutional order on birthright citizenship nationwide

A federal judge granted Washington state’s motion for a nationwide temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional…

Tom Ritter

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John Thomas Ritter | Passages

September 25, 1936 – January 12, 2025