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Custody complaint, displaced dwelling, bar bounce | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

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Custody complaint, displaced dwelling, bar bounce | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

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

Orcas Island Lit Fest announces featured 2020 artists

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Orcas Island Lit Fest announces featured 2020 artists

Submitted by the Orcas Lit Fest.

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…

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.

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Writer-in-Residence

Submitted by Iris Graville.

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

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…

Candidates named for OPALCO election

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Candidates named for OPALCO election

Submitted by OPALCO.

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

2019 Novel Coronavirus Declared a Public Health Emergency

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2019 Novel Coronavirus Declared a Public Health Emergency

The World Health Organization declared a global emergency on Thursday and Friday the White House declared a U.S.…

Contributed photo.

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Vikings looking strong

By Portia White - Orcas Island High School

Award-Winning “Strengthening Families” Program comes to Orcas

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Award-Winning “Strengthening Families” Program comes to Orcas

The Funhouse will be offering a 7-week award-winning program called Strengthening Families.