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Orcas Island Garden Club membership drive

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Orcas Island Garden Club membership drive

Garden Club is heading into the fall season intending that our members are informed.

School kitchen changes model for distance learning

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School kitchen changes model for distance learning

Tucked away in the school cafeteria, staff works daily to ensure that all kids are being fed.

exchange

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ORS/The Exchange announces air quality closure policies

Submitted by The Exchange/Orcas Recycling Services

A smoky view from atop Mount Grant. (Emillie Novak/staff photo)

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Tips on staying safe when smoke fills the air

Here are some steps you can take to protect your health when the air quality is poor.

Department of Health focuses on suicide prevention during September

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Department of Health focuses on suicide prevention during September

Everyone has a role in suicide prevention.

Steelhead. (NOAA Fisheries photo)

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Ecology is accepting comments on draft permits for Cooke Aquaculture

Revisions proposed for Puget Sound net pens

Procrastinated parcel pilfering, ticketed tailgater, Moran marauding motorcycles | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

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Procrastinated parcel pilfering, ticketed tailgater, Moran marauding motorcycles | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

Calls for early Spetember

Be a superhero for Planet Earth

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Be a superhero for Planet Earth

The event will be a week-long household/individual effort beginning Sept. 2.

Opportunity to help protect and restore eelgrass, herring and salmon in the San Juans

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Opportunity to help protect and restore eelgrass, herring and salmon in the San Juans

Pacific herring – also known as forage fish – play a key role in marine food webs as…

Lopez respectfully removes Black lives memorial

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Lopez respectfully removes Black lives memorial

After withstanding three vandalizations, the signs memorializing Black lives lost on Lopez are gone.

Image: Pixabay

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Head Start access expanded for Friday Harbor

Larger Head Start modular building to its new location at Friday Harbor Elementary.

Rental assistance available for San Juan County residents

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Rental assistance available for San Juan County residents

Are you a San Juan County resident who has fallen behind on rent as of March 1, 2020?

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Burn ban extended until further notice

Burn ban is now in effect