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Lopez, you did it!

Lopez, you did it!

Lopez, you did it!

Submitted by the Lopez Island Education Foundation.

February 7, 2026 1:30 am

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Earn your Washington State Boater Card in Friday Harbor

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Abril Velazco photo.
Abril Velazco.

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

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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.

Honoring four decades of spill response in San...

February 5, 2026 1:30 am

Submitted by Bill Symes and Elaina Thompson.

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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

Building tomorrow’s leaders with Leadership San Juan Islands

February 4, 2026 1:30 am

By Darrell Kirk

photos by Liam Voorhees photo/Atworks Photography.
Owner Audrey Benedict’s vision is to make Murrelet more versatile, including for research.

After a ‘green’ retrofit, 38-foot vessel Murrelet will...

February 3, 2026 1:30 am

By Annie Means

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Free Best of the Fest Documentary Series Starts...

January 26, 2026 1:30 am

Submitted by the Friday Harbor Film Festival

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Get your Washington state Boating Education card with...

January 26, 2026 1:30 am

Submitted by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

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Robert Salgado: SJC’s new fire marshal brings decades of experience to island communities

Robert Salgado: SJC’s new fire marshal brings decades...

January 26, 2026 1:30 am

By Darrell Kirk

OPALCO survey results are in

January 28, 2026 1:30 am

Submitted by the Orcas Power &Light Cooperative.

EDC offers low-cost Youth Introduction to Tile Setting...

January 28, 2026 1:30 am

Submitted by the Economic Development Council.

The best protection against the flu

January 23, 2026 1:30 am

Submitted by San Juan County.

County now accepting salmon recovery project proposals

January 23, 2026 1:30 am

Submitted by San Juan County.

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