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Alina Karcharho photo.

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Is your boat ready for the season?

Submitted by San Juan County.

Darrell Kirk photo.
“Helena Handbasket” attending the No Kings Rally on Orcas Island in 2025.

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San Juan County proclaims June Pride Month, community leaders call for action beyond words

The San Juan County Council formally proclaimed June as Pride Month at its Tuesday morning meeting on May…

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Dr. Sharon Gill.

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Full-time doctor recruited for Lopez Clinic

Submitted by the Lopez Island Hospital District.

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Lanterns made by the community.

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Winner of the LCCA Spirit Award Debbie Collins: Volunteering as an act of love

Submitted by the Lopez Center for the Community and the Arts.

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Kiley Willemsen (right) passes the baton to Lulu Velazquez in the women’s 4x400 m relay at Coupeville. Below: Benjamin Stephenson (right) hands off to Andris Meissner in the men’s 4x400 relay. Both the men and women took first place in their respective 4x400 races.

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Lobos shine at Coupeville track meet

By Gene Helfman

Lopez Fire and EMS photo.
On May 23, Lopez Island Fire and EMS responded to a wildland fire.

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Port Stanley Road wildland fire: Lopez brush fire renews call for preparedness

On Saturday, May 23, at 10:43 a.m., Lopez Island Fire and EMS responded to a wildland fire in…

Mercedes Rachelle photo.
Don’t feed the sea lions.

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San Juan County joins a statewide push to stop wildlife feeding — One sign at a time

San Juan County joins a statewide push to stop wildlife feeding — one sign at a time

Darrell Kirk photo.
Community members come together for the Gathering of the Eagles.

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Community finds healing atop Mount Constitution

As the first pale light of last Thursday morning broke over the San Juan Islands, something ancient and…

Photo courtesy of Tommer Rousch.
The Lopez Lobos’ soccer team.

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Lopez community rallies to save school sports for next academic year

By Christine Gallagher

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Planned solar panels on secondary (left) and primary (right) schools on the Lopez Island School campus.

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Lopez Island School advances solar project

Submitted by the Lopez Island School District.

Darrell Kirk photo.
The ferry docks at the Orcas terminal.

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Ferry hopes adrift

The waters around San Juan County’s ferry future grew considerably choppier over the last few months, as three…

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LSJI Cohort XVII.

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LSJI Annual Meeting

Submitted by Leadership San Juan Islands.

Gene Helfman photos.
Left: Senior Lobo Andris Meissner edges out an Orcas competitor to win the 400-meter run in a personal best time. Meissner also ran in both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Right: Senior Elija Somers hurls a personal best javelin at the Orcas High meet. Somers also placed second in the 110-meter hurdles and third in the 100-meter dash, achieving personal best times in both.

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Lopez at inaugural Orcas track meet

By Gene Helfman