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A thousand days of chaos | Column

By Tom Owens

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Two bills affecting voters and sheriffs

by Eric Peter

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Get dark money out of politics — Part 1

Submitted by Indivisible San Juan Islands: Tam Bresler, Barbara Dunn, Debbi and Brad Fincher, Susan Grout, Mark and…

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Questions put to Eastsound Water Users Association | Guest column

Submitted by Cory Harrington.

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Saying goodbye to a former classmate | Column

By Lea Bossler

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Defending democracy | Editorial

By the League of Women Voters of the San Juans

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A community conversation on island transportation | Column

By Colin Williams

Onyx, the day before her death.

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Leash laws matter | Guest column

Warning: The following contains graphic details of animal injuries.

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Orcas Island Fire & Rescue: A busy year and preparing for the future | Guest column

by Chad Kimple

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Better, not bigger at the Port of Orcas

by Chip Long

Trnava University photo.

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The freedom of reading

by Ingrid Mattson

David Stalheim photo. A vessel docks at the Ferndale Terminal, where 33 fossil fuel expansion projects — including 31 that were completed without permits — are now the subject of a legal appeal led by a regional environmental coalition.

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Environmental coalition appeals Whatcom County decision for expansions at Ferndale terminal | County promised full review of company’s illegal expansion, but then backtracked

Submitted by Friends of the San Juans.

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Small town newspaper is an antidote to the doom scrolling | Editorial

I know I’m not alone in feeling untethered recently.