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A Glaucous-winged Gull resting on a ferry wing wall.

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Update on sick seabirds

by Russel Barsh

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A stellar sea lion entangled in a plastic strap.

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Sea Lion rescued from plastic packing strap

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‘You protect what you love’ | Teaching kids about the natural world

Pint-sized naturalists in rain ponchos, rubber boots and woolen hats bent over their journals, deep in concentration in…

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Election results: levies and propositions go down, Peter ahead

By the time ballot counting was finished Tuesday, Nov. 8, Eric Peter was ahead in the San Juan…

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Fifth Annual Orcas Island ‘Hops on the Rock’ Beer Festival returns

Submitted by Rick Hughes.

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Snookered scammer, lost loot, sheep chasers | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

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

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Large-scale bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine clinics available

Submitted by San Juan County Health & Community Services.

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New drug law means more community involvement

Washington state’s simple drug possession law was struck down last year in what is known as the Blake…

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Autumn immunizations — What? Why? When? Where? How?

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Failed fraud, driveaway driver, frog fracas| San Juan County Sheriffs Log

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

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Possible safety issue with a flight control in seaplane crash

Submitted by the National Transportation Safety Board.

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Washington State University AgWeatherNet Station installed at San Juan Preservation Trust Phelps Preserves in San Juan Valley, July 2022.

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San Juan County receives its first weather station

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Mailbox mayhem; wayward weapons; tense tenant | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

Mailbox mayhem, wayward weapons and a tense tenant