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Contributed photo. Rebecca Hope and her family on Lopez Island.

Life

Tending the garden: How San Juan Islanders are choosing community over chaos

By Darrell Kirk

Contributed photo. Community members use battery vaccuums to clear the debris.

Life

Drifting dock highlights growing microplastic risk

By Asifa Pasin, Nancy Schafer and Bill Symes

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SJC sheriff’s log

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

Contributed photo. Velma and Richard Doty today.

Life

Dotys celebrate 70 years of marriage

Submitted by the Doty family.

Cienna Richardson photo. Vikings softball team. Back row, l;-r: Head Coach Lilly Rodgers, Francis Raymar, Emma Anderson, Scarlet Luft, Emilia Rios, Lucy Rios, Renata Puente, Assistant Coach Rene Clank. Front row, l-r: Ivy Shaefer, Molly Johnston, Tina Malaspina, Isla Sasan, Katiyanna Mcgarry.

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Spring sports preview: Baseball, softball, golf and track set for busy season

By Declan O’Malley

Contributed photo. Beginning in fourth grade, students learn to play a band or stringed instrument in school.

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Orcas Island’s Music Advocacy Group invites all to the March 29 concert

Did you know that 292 students participate in music programs at Orcas Island public schools?

Darrell Kirk photo. Turtleback Mountain.

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Turtleback Mountain: Orcas Island weighs deer hunting on its most beloved preserves

By Darrell Kirk

Darrell Kirk photo. Training Division Chief Sam Fowler and recruits.

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Orcas Island Fire recruits brave rain, hail and heavy winds to pass live fire training

by Darrell Kirk

Contributed photo. San Juan Island 4-H Youth assemble composting worm bins.

Life

Local 4-H members attend 2026 San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit

By Aurora Miller

Annika Hauer photo. Madeline Johnson, who read the Declaration of Independence at the celebration, titled her painting “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness,” responding to the question, “What does America mean to you?”

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Capitol celebration marks Declaration of Independence, America’s 250th birthday

By Annika Hauer

Contributed photo. Ellie Wright.

Life

Ellie Wright among four WWU student journalists selected for Seattle Times ‘Best of the Pacific Northwest’ Symposium

by Betsy O’Donovan

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Lawless logging; found fugitive | SJC sheriff’s log

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

A picture of the new Lydia Lane OPAL housing.

Life

Coming soon: Five new OPAL homes on Lydia Lane | OPAL’s first new single-family home construction in 16 years

By Rusty Diggs