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Tate Cohan photo. Jeffrey Cohan.

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Music festival presents ‘European Tour for Flute and Harpsichord’

Submitted by the Salish Sea Early Music Festival.

Contributed photo. Garth McCardle is the new director of the Public Defender’s Office.

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Building the team: San Juan County welcomes a new public defender

Submitted by San Juan County.

Cassie Diamond photo. Sen. Emily Alvarado, D-Seattle, speaks during a Senate floor session Feb. 6.

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Senate OKs bill to cap medical debt interest at 1%

By Cassie Diamond

Darrell Kirk Staff photo George Lamb holds up solar research

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Decatur residents warn solar expansion sets precedent for all islands

By Darrell Kirk

Contributed photo. Sara Rose and Dylan at a DJ event. Contributed photo. Sara Rose and Dylan at a DJ event.

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Valentine’s Day Q&A with Sara and Dylan

Sara Rose Kellenberger and Dylan Johnson have been together for eight years this April 1. The couple says…

David Stalheim photo. The Boreal Voyager sits at the ALA Energy terminal on Sept. 9. The vessel is a 59,206​-deadweight​-ton, very large gas carrier​, 227 meters ​long and 36 meters wide.

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AltaGas poses high risk

By Eva Schulte and Carl Weimer

Cassie Diamond photo. Prime sponsor Sen. Jesse Salomon speaks in support of Senate Bill 6296 during a public hearing Feb. 2.

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Bill seeks to update state’s involuntary treatment law

By Cassie Diamond

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Magic is coming to Lopez

Submitted by the Lopez Center for Community and the Arts.

Photo courtesy of Bonneville Power Administration. In 1951, Bonneville Power Administration engineers completed the installation of a 7.5-mile, 25,000-volt submarine power cable connecting Anacortes to Decatur Island, which was the world’s longest underwater power line at that time.

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Decatur Island solar expansion exposes tensions over energy future | Residents cite fire risks and environmental concerns; OPALCO says project essential for regional power security

By Darrell Kirk

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Lopez, you did it!

Submitted by the Lopez Island Education Foundation.

Abril Velazco photo. Abril Velazco.

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Where are they now? Abril Velazco finds community at Bellingham Tech

By Gretchen Wing

Contributed photos. Aug. 13, 2022: The 58-foot fishing boat Aleutian Isle sank off the west side of San Juan Island, taking 2,500 gallons of diesel and a mass of nets and rigging down with it, generating a 1,500-foot slick right in the migration path of the Southern Resident orcas. IOSA was first on the scene, provided early reports to USCG and other agencies and supplied vital equipment to the massive multiagency multicontractor cleanup operation that followed.

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Honoring four decades of spill response in San Juan County

Submitted by Bill Symes and Elaina Thompson.

Contributed photo Shauna Barrows, Gabrielle Conway , Clauda Costa, Magali Cota , Lisa Gilliam,, Jo Lange Pedro Mendes, Anthony Morris, Nick Negulescu, Tycho Pendraig, Chanda Stone, Jennifer Swanson AJ Tokunaga, Elaina Thompson and Tillery Williams

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Building tomorrow’s leaders with Leadership San Juan Islands

By Darrell Kirk