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Cold temps caused high OPALCO bills

Submitted by Orcas Power and Light Cooperative.

Contributed photo by the San Juan County Auditor's Office. Canaan, a five-year-old Border Collie, received the town's first 2017 dog license at the San Juan County Auditor’s Office.

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Auditor’s office ready to issue dog licenses for 2023

Submitted by San Juan County.

OPALCO crew making repairs in the snow on Dec. 23 at 5:22 a.m.

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Islanders brace through second county-wide outage on Christmas Eve

Submitted by Orcas Power and Light Cooperative.

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by Colleen Smith, Heather Spaulding, Kelley Balcomb-Bartok and Kathryn Wheeler

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Retiring Auditor Milene Henley shares insights

After sixteen years of public service as San Juan County’s Auditor, Milene Henley sat down with the Journal…

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by Colleen Smith, Heather Spaulding, Kelley Balcomb-Bartok and Kathryn Wheeler

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Protect property from stormwater runoff

Submitted by San Juan County.

Contributed photo by OPALCO Silhouette of engineer looking at blueprints in a building site over Blurred substation

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Extreme winter weather leads to county-wide power outage

Submitted by Orcas Power and Light Cooperative.

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Lopez Island Community Scholarship Foundation welcomes new board member

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Contributed photo by Time Dencker. A sunflower star found at Eagle Cove in Aug. 2022. This individual was roughly 50 cm in diameter.

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Fear and grazing in Kelp forests: How sunflower stars indirectly affect sea urchins

By Ross Whippo

Contributed photo from the Lopez Islands Community Center

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Coming Soon – Spirit Award call for nominations!

by the Lopez Community Center

Contributed photo Ethan Patrick scores despite three Shoreline Christian defenders in the Lobos’ close loss Dec. 6th.

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Lobos split in basketball opener

by Gene Helfman

Contributed photo by IOSA Julie Knight with an oil boom.

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Support for Julie Knight

Submitted by Islands Oil Spill Association.