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Contributed photo by Natasha Warmenhoven. Newly elected Auditor Natasha Warmenhoven happy to be in this community.

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New Auditor Natasha Warmenhoven sets up her goals

Newly elected San Juan County Auditor Natasha Warmenhoven had wanted to be a veterinarian. After high school she…

Contributed photo by Friends of the San Juans After the king tide, a lot of microplastics are brought further up into the beach and deposited into nearshore vegetation. You may have noticed an increase in litter along our beaches—please help pick up this litter when you get the chance!

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New year, new tides!

Submitted by Friends of the San Juans.

Contributed photo.

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Searching for caregivers

Submitted by the Northwest Regional Council.

Contributed photo by Renee Diaz Members of the Washington Youth Ocean and River Conservation Alliance and the Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light marched from The Olympia Ballroom to the steps of the Capitol Jan. 13.

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Salmon restoration legislation

By Renee Diaz, Washington State Journal

Contributed photo by SHIBA Mac Langford, volunteer extraordinaire.

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Mac Langford retires after 29 years as a SHIBA volunteer

Submitted by SHIBA.

Contributed photo by Craig Citro Craig Citro with son Xander at Iceberg Point.

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Meet Lopez Island Community Scholarship Foundation’s newest board member

By Gretchen Wing.

Contributed photo Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, joined with supporters in Olympia to celebrate passage of a $1.85 billion increase in federal funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant. The increase was part of a large appropriations bill adopted in December.

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New funding will improve childcare, Murray says

Alexandria Osborne, Washington State Journal

Contributed photo by Gary Greene Sand Lance dance deep in the Salish Sea.

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Salmon Part II – the role of forage fish

By Toby Cooper, Sounder contributor.

Contributed photo by the San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit

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Early Bird Registration is now open for the San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit March 3 and 4

Submitted by San Juan Islands Agriculture Summit organizers.

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WSF Town Hall: Employee hires are up, and a crackdown on unruly riders takes effect

The Washington State Ferry Service held two online town hall-style meetings on Jan. 11 and 12.

Contributed photo Amy Vira is San Juan County’s new Prosecutor.

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Sitting down with Prosecutor Amy Vira

For as long as San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney Amy Vira can remember, she was drawn to the…

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Housing and the future of island food

By Marcy Montgomery, San Juan Islands Makers Guild and San Juan Island Ag Guild Board Member; Joshua Monaghan,…

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Islanders honor MR Buffum for coaching Lopez basketball for four decades

by Samantha Olson