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One of the colorful hospital gowns made by The Enchanted Quilters.

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Hospital gowns donated

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Real and Personal Property Taxes Due April 30

San Juan County Treasurer, Rhonda Pederson, would like to remind county property owners that the first half of…

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Lopez connection to Olympic Glory: ‘Boys in the Boat’ memories, potluck and screening

“The Boys in the Boat” is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film produced and directed by George…

Rosario Resort.

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Sale of historic Rosario Resort is finalized

The sale of the historic Rosario Resort was finalized on April 8 after the transition to an unknown…

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Salish Sea Folk Arts Fest on Orcas Island

The Salish Sea Folk Arts Fest is celebrating PNW folk arts through music, dance, poetry and a pop-up…

Micro-photograph of microplastics collected from Hudson River water.
Photo credit Hudson River Park

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For Earth Day: a microplastics primer

By Russel Barsh

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Shark novel wins national award

Submitted by Gene Helfman

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Third Annual Unicorn Day on Saturday, April 6

For the last two years, little unicorns have been coming to the Lopez Library to celebrate National Unicorn…

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First Saturday Art Walk

Submitted by the Lopez Library

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Arwen Myers will perform with The Salish Sea Early Music Festival

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Salish Sea Early Music Festival brings Baroque to the islands

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Planet vs. Plastics! The Great Islands Clean-up is on Saturday, April 20

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 A fly sips nectar from a male soapberry flower. It has a few pollen grains on its head and thorax. This photograph was taken in early March

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Soapberry and its surprising superpower

By Russel Barsh,

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Salish Sea Early Music Festival brings Baroque to the islands

“Springtime Baroque: Airs for Spring” is the fifth program in this year’s Salish Sea Early Music Festival and…