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Contributed Photo | The Olga Store building dressed in white during snow days 2020

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Olga Store is now community-owned

For the first time in a decade, the 100-year-old, Orcas Island milled, cedar flooring inside the Olga Store…

Gov. Inslee comments on monument plan

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Gov. Inslee comments on monument plan

Inconsistencies in the Bureau of Land Management’s plan for the San Juan Islands National Monument did not go…

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Presidential Primary Vote counting equipment testing

Submitted by the San Juan County Auditors Office

An easy, meant-to-be love | The Spinogattis

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An easy, meant-to-be love | The Spinogattis

It all began with a chance encounter at a tropical resort.

Premera and LifeWise fined by insurance commissioner

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Premera and LifeWise fined by insurance commissioner

Submitted by the Washington state Insurance Commissioner’s office

Extreme risk protection order filed against San Juan woman

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Extreme risk protection order filed against San Juan woman

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office has requested an extreme risk protection order against Rachel Henslee of Friday…

Kim Kimple/contributed photo                                The sinkhole on Killebrew Lake Road on Orcas.

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Flooding results in county road closures

(Editor’s note: A previous version of this story stated that Killebrew Lake Road was expected to be reopened…

Contributed photo | Killebrew Lake Rd east of Laporte Rd.

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Heavy rains cause sinkholes and road closures

There have been a number of reports of island roads being impacted by the heavy rainfall.

Candidates named for OPALCO election

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Candidates named for OPALCO election

Submitted by OPALCO.

Rain causes widespread impacts

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Rain causes widespread impacts

Submitted by San Juan County Department of Emergency Management.

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San Juan County GOP announces caucus sites

Submitted by Lynda Lee Gerpheide.

Mega, L41, was last seen by the Center for Whale Research on Aug. 11, 2019. (Dave Ellifrit, Center for Whale Research/contributed photo)

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L41, a prominent Southern resident killer whale, missing

by Ken Balcomb, Founder and Senior Scientist

Decatur dispute, scary scam, accessed account | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

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Decatur dispute, scary scam, accessed account | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

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