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Shona Aiken at Wolf Hollow.

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A new era at Wolf Hollow as Shona Aiken retires

Shifting into the spring season brings a new era to Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. After 33-plus years…

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Lopez man charged with harassment to kill and trespassing

William E. Rawson, 43, of Lopez Island, was charged with harassment to kill and trespassing on Jan. 23…

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Code enforcement as a process toward compliance

As reports of permit backlogs from the San Juan County Community Planning and Development Department continue, so do…

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Back row, left to right: Stephanie Newkirk, Michael Martin, Susan Martin, Paul Mayer, Barbara Marrett, Scott Slius, Barbara Fagan, Mike Griffin, Linda Chowdry, Rick Hughes, Frank Fagan, Carla Wright, Steve Bowman. Front Row: Karl Eberhard, Dick Shorett, Carrie Unpingco, Tom Sibert. Not in photo: Bob Anderson, Gretchen Bailey, Bob Brunkow, Rosedanie Cadet (Orcas), Jon Cain, Chris Compton, Jack Cory, Adam Eltinge, Cory Fitzgerald, Gary Franklin, Linda Hamilton (Orcas), Bill Hancock, Chris Haynes, Holly Henry, Stan Liebenberg (Orcas), Greg Lund, Glen Margolis, Suzanne Olson (Orcas), Evan Perrollaz, Chris Reed, Thomas Sandstrom, Wolfe Schmidt (Orcas), Tony Vivenzio, Fred Woods

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Twenty years of making a difference

The annual Rotary Spelling Bee, school nutrition program 36 Weekends and working to eradicate polio are just a…

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Juniper pops her head up at the small crowd.
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Juniper pops her head up at the small crowd.

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Wolf Hollow released last 2023 seal pup Juniper

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Post Office working overtime to deliver onslaught of packages

The Postal Service, she added, continues to aggressively hire in many locations across the country as well as…

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Hung jury in arson case

The federal trial against Dwight C. Henline, a 34-year-old Friday Harbor man, concluded.

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Election results are in

As of press time, 1,700 ballots were left to be counted. According to the San Juan County Elections…

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Charlie Donahue and Jennie De LaCruz performing a dive to deploy a pH and temperature sensor in a kelp bed.

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The Samish Nation’s fight against climate change

The Samish Indian Nation are one of many Coast Salish tribes that once made San Juan Islands home,…

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One pup takes a good look at the humans gathered on the shoreline.

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Return to the wild

Five seal pups may not have realized it, but Oct. 21 was to be their last morning in…

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Two ferry workers assaulted

Steven Yates, a 52-year-old Alaskan man, was arrested for assaulting a Washington State Ferry crew member.

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Jason Aldous sentenced to seven years

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