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Fair fracas, wooed woolies, Tennessee teamwork | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

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

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Chief Holly vanSchaick (third from left) with station staff.

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Fire Commissioners embrace a new chief | First female chief for SJC

by Toby Cooper

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San Juan County closed to recreational shellfish harvesting

Submitted by San Juan County.

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LWV Observer Corps notes on County Council meeting

Submitted by the League of Women Voters Observer Corps. The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization, encourages…

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Island Way workshop on federal inflation reduction act funding

Submitted by Orcas Power and Light Cooperative.

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Dumped duds, fishy footprints and weapon welding | Sheriff’s Log

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

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San Juan County adopts 32-hour work week

by Erin Wygant

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Chelan out of service in San Juans

Submitted by Washington State Ferries.

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San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responds to single vehicle, double fatality on Orcas Island

Submitted by the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office.

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Under her stage name of Lolita (aka Tokitae, aka Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut), a young female orca performs for an audience of adoring fans in a small tank at the Miami Seaquarium in this archive photo from the mid 1990s.

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Tokitae’s death ends dream to return her home

The last remaining Southern Resident Killer whale taken from the Salish Sea during the captures in the late…

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Challengers for Fire Commissioner seek citizen review of levy options

Submitted by Brian Ehrmantraut, Randy Gaylord, Kate Hansen and Toni Knudson.

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All summer long the research vessel, Brendan D II, will assist with research and mapping eelgrass across San Juan County. You may see them moving methodically across the water at local shorelines.

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Collaborative research aims to uncover causes of eelgrass decline in the San Juan Islands

Submitted by Friends of the San Juans.

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Sheriff Peter’s statement on recent tragedies on Decatur Island

Submitted by the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office.