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Contributed photo The new electric school bus was purchased with a $325,000 grant from the Washington Department of Ecology that covers the cost difference between an all-electric bus and a comparable diesel bus.

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Lopez Island School is getting an electric school bus

Submitted by Lopez Island Electric School Bus Team.

A U.S. Coast Guard boat and Kitsap County Sheriff boat search the area Monday near Freeland on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before. The plane was carrying 10 people and was en route from Friday Harbor to Renton. (Stephen Brashear/The Associated Press)

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Friday Harbor seaplane crashes in Mutiny Bay

A float plane that had departed from Friday Harbor and was bound for Renton Municipal Airport crashed into…

10-4 Good Buddy

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Intro to Amateur Radio Class and free licensing exam

Submitted by Gregory Hancock.

MetroCreative photo.

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Big Leaf Maple health

by Julia Turney

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Lopez litter, suspect substance, cat-chasing canines| San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

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

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Events coming up at Orcas Center in September

Submitted by Orcas Center.

Contributed photo The Trashion Fashion Show is a fun, creative event in which participants use their imagination and design skills to create and exhibit wearable garments using materials that otherwise would be discarded.

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Trashion Fashion: turning waste into wearable art

Submitted by Asifa Pasin.

Steve Alboucq photo Sofia Poe, Lisa Spesard and Claire Orser.

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Cake with a side of conflict | New show opens at Black Box

“We’re both the brides.”

Contributed photo The Orcas Choral Society is delighted to announce its return to singing together this fall under its new Artistic Director, Bruce Langford.

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The Orcas Choral Society returns, with a new director

Submitted by The Orcas Choral Society.

Council members Christine Minney, Jamie Stephens and Cindy Wolf with contractor Mike Carlson.

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A brand new Prune Alley debuts

by Toby Cooper

Contributed photo by the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank

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The heart of San Juan Island conservation grows

Submitted by the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank.

Rivkah Sweedler

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Remembering Rivkah

In April, when Rivkah Sweedler learned she had late-stage lymphoma with little to no chance of survival, she…

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From the river shores of Montana to the beaches of Orcas

When Laura Black and her seven-year-old daughter Frances went on vacation in Montana, they did not expect to…