The Island Digest - News from San Juan County, Washington

Headlines from the week of June 4, 2025     - Giant Pacific Octopus along Eastsound waterfront      - Lady Vikings soccer is back     - New life for the lavender farm     - Lobos golfers ending strong     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of May 28, 2025     - International Indigenous leaders unite at Orcas Island’s ‘Gathering of the Eagles’     - Orcas Island boys win second straight golf title; Malo places top 10     - Track and field is heading to state     - Sitting down with County Manager Jessica Hudson     - Lopez senior Lilli Nichols to play college soccer     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's...

Headlines from the week of May 21, 2025     - Orcas ferry terminal contract to change hands     - Perrine named ED of Orcas Center     - Sawyer named new coroner     - New trial for man charged with rape     - Lopez track and field is in top form     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of May 14, 2025     - Orcas dancer performs with New York troupe in Seattle     - Fifth annual Gathering of the Eagles      - Federal cuts cripple Island Conservation Corps     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of May 7, 2025     - Honoring the mother orca     - Lindsey Saarie shares her adventures of motherhood     - New exhibit on 50 years of restaurants at Historical Museum     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of April 23, 2025     - Girls Soccer may return to Orcas High School     - Health district levy lid lift approved     - Amazon to move out of Lot C - two months later - possibly to the port     - Lopez Golf headed to District play     - San Juan County Conservation Land Bank opens Watmough Head Trail on Lopez Island     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of April 23, 2025     - Soroptomist award 11 island women     - SeaDoc’s ‘Salish Sea Wild’ earns EMMY nomination     - Wren’s Berries and Native Plants is honoring the natural ecosystem     - Shooting Stars, harbingers of spring     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of April 16, 2025     - Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ballet to open     - Orcas Chamber shifting gears for July 4th     - Newest J Pod calf, the fourth Southern Resident killer whale born in the last 12 months     - Help support local grassroots efforts at Kenya orphanage      - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of April 9, 2025     - First annual Trans Visibility gathering draws a crowd     - Tipping his cap to passersby     - Islanders packed the courthouse lawn to say ‘Hands Off’     - Daily passenger-only boats, free emergency water taxis and barge services beginning soon for the San Juan Islands     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of April 2, 2025     - Funhouse celebrates 25 years of nurturing island kids     - Lightning strikes the San Juans     - Wolverines’ and Vikings’ golf teams go head to head     - Lopez track shines at La Conner     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of March 26, 2025     - Orcas Fire hires new chief; more staffing news     - The Whale Museum welcomes new executive director     - Raccoons: Crafty night burglars     - Lobos track is filled with expertise     - Old and new faces for golf     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of March 19, 2025     - Orcas Shelter rescues pregnant dog from California     - Hospital district seeking levy increase on April ballot     - Islanders become ‘indivisible’     - Hybrid-electric conversion of ferries delayed     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of March 12, 2025     - Orcas Island High School wins state chess competition     - Orcas Wrestlers play in State Tournament in Tacoma Dome     - Protect Our Parks national protest held at American Camp     - Annual Knowledge Bowl - Raising funds while having fun     - Lawmakers propose $50 million for passenger ferries     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of February 26, 2025     - Amazon cuts UPS out of delivery on San Juan Island     - Armed Coast Guard performs routine ferry ride along     - Holly B’s Bakery rolling pin passes to new owner     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of February 19, 2025     - Legal actions targets Feds delay on Endangered Species Act protections for Alaska Chinook     - Joe Stephens reaches 1,000 point goal in HS career     - A partnership for school history     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of February 12, 2025     - County Fair receives backlash over AI poster     - Thespians recognized at state level     - I got you, babe - Valentine’s Day interview with the Kraushaars     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of February 5, 2025     - A love that keeps getting sweeter - Valentine’s Day interview with Bridget Meyer and Collen Newberry     - The Martins’ love story     - First Island Baby of 2025: Sophia     - San Juan County Sheriff’s Office statement on immigration issues     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of January 29, 2025     - Businesses come together at job fair     - County crime coverage     - Washington state takes the lead on blocking Trump’s birthright citizenship ban     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of January 22, 2025     - Chess Champs - Orcas Chess Club is off to state finals in February     - Community Treasures reopens as Treasure Chest     - Friday Harbor swimmers make waves     - The humble shrew hiding in your island garden     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of January 15, 2025     - Washington state makes history: First in the world to permanently ban commercial net pens     - Friday Harbor Minecraft Club brings kids online gaming to life for island kids     - County publishes 2024 Year in Review     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of January 8, 2025     - Washington State Ferries cracking down on pet policy     - San Juan County swears in new elected officials     - Nail-biter Wins for Lobos Basketball     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of December 18, 2024     - Island kids and seniors share in the joy of community     - SWISH girls’ team finishes season undefeated     - Help name Kwiaht’s snakes      - Lopez boys team is packed with seniors     - Continuity for Lobos girls’ basketball team     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of December 18, 2024     - Orcas Preschoolers are first participants in WSU study on outdoor time, childhood obesity and stress     - Friends take Mullis Center seniors for a swim with salmon!      - A fast start for Lobos basketball     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of December 11, 2024     - New Rosario Resort owners announce sweeping plans for 2025     - Vikings gear up for 2B challenge in new b-ball season     - Vessel sinks at Shipyard Cove Marina     - Artwork to last a lifetime: Tattoo shop opens on Lopez Island     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of December 4, 2024     - Orcas Vikings win soccer state championship; Lopez Lobos earn second place     - SJC celebrates completion of Lopez Skate Park and calls for inaugural skaters     - Lions Spree benefits winners and students     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log