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League of Women Voters Forum on Catholic Hospitals
It was even a bigger crowd than expected. More than 130 people filled every seat and stood in…
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OPALCO speeds up Broadband project
Advocates of broadband expansion followed up on recent communications problems with renewed motivation to bring broadband technology to…
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New Customs office in Friday Harbor
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol will move into office space in the heart of downtown Friday Harbor sometime…
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Airlift Northwest cuts ties with Island Air Ambulance
Cooperation between the two providers of emergency medical transport in San Juan County has become more difficult as…
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State-wide GMO initiative
If one of two packages of, say, frozen edamame on the supermarket shelf says “partially-produced with genetic engineering,”…
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Farmers in danger of losing favored tax code
San Juan County Assessor Charles Zalmanek thought he had found a way to give local farmers a three-year…
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Second OPALCO board member resigns
Disagreement over strategies for deployment of broadband has prompted another resignation from the local power and light cooperative's…
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Tug-of-war over CAO headed to court
If you think that the critical areas ordinances took too long — seven or 10 years, depending on…
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Peace Health, UW ink deal
PeaceHealth and University of Washington Medicine signed a 10-year “collaboration agreement” Sept. 12, under which PeaceHealth, which operates…
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Three marijuana stores allowed in San Juan County
Three marijuana retail stores will be permitted in San Juan County, one each on Orcas, San Juan and…
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Business owners seek assurances Port will rebuild
Business owners ousted from the now-charred waterfront building that housed Downriggers restaurant asked for assurances at a special…
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Attorney general says public hospitals can’t restrict reproductive services
Local public hospital districts that provide reproductive services or information must also offer access to contraceptive and abortion…
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Changes in county committees
A newly established policy that ushered in term limits to San Juan County’s numerous advisory committees could lead…