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From left: Elena Vega de Soto, Sophie Pinck, Genevieve Gujral and Calypso Bettis welcome new members to the University of Washington chapter of Generation Action at the beginning of the 2024 school year.

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Proposal loosens controls on birth control prescriptions

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Political posting; boat burglary; unreal roof ruffians | San Juan County Sheriff’s log

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

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San Juan County Sheriff’s Office statement on immigration issues

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Members of the Rental Housing Association of Washington await the first reading of the rent stabilization bill. Many of them traveled hours to Olympia for the chance to testify Jan. 13.

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Rent stabilization met with pushback by property owners

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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.

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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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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…

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Orcas man charged with assault with a deadly weapon

Bradley Kenneth Stoner, 36, has been charged with three counts of assault in the first degree with a…

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Conditions of release set for extradited burglary suspect

Two years after a bench warrant for his arrest, Gene Tarez Foddrell, 30, of Georgia, faced a felony…

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Friday Harbor man charged with burglary, theft, assault and resisting arrest

Justin Edward James, 34, of Friday Harbor, was charged with burglary in the second degree, assault in the…

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County council holds two-day retreat to start off year

Submitted by the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization that encourages informed participation in government. The Observer…

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LWVSJ Observer Corps: Board of Health Jan. 15

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Chimney fire upgraded to structure fire

Orcas Island Fire & Rescue responded to a reported chimney fire at 1:30 p.m. on the afternoon of…