The Island Digest - News from San Juan County, Washington

  - OIHS golf team wins state title     - Do you believe in magic? The incredible tale of a local dog’s rescue after all hope was lost     - Celebrating twenty years of welcoming     - San Juan County hires new manager      - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of May 22, 2024     - Library continues to shine - Adult programs expanding     - Students for Peace hold walk-out protest     - Golfers Jack Hess and Akira Tokunaka head to State     - Infamous Post Office pot hole temporarily repaired     - Lobos Girls are district golf champions!      - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of May 15, 2024     - Seniors explore their interests with final projects     - Seniors honored at final games     - The problem with micro-plastics on local beaches      - Council to consider three finalists for county manager     - Fishing vessel sank off Henry Island     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of May 8, 2024     - A home brimming with glitter - Mother’s Day profile with Miramonee and Eleanor     - Motherhood and the importance of art, self-knowledge and friends     - Gov. Inslee and Assistant Secretary of WSF to meet with county officials     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of May 1, 2024     - Orcas Island teens to compete in Race to Alaska     - Bodies of two deceased men recovered in San Juan County waters     - Ro Veidovi: How an island in the San Juans was named after a Fijian chief     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of April 24, 2024     - A busy summer takes flight     - Town upholds notice of water violation     - Hospital gowns donated     - Search for missing kayakers     - San Juan man sentenced to prison for sexual exploitation of a minor     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of April 17, 2024     - Storytime for shelter sweeties     - Sale of historic Rosario Resort is finalized; upgrades are planned     - Derelict vessels - deconstruction of a dream     - Sailors come together on Lopez     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of April 10, 2024     - Into the Woods, it’s time to go / OC Production     - In appreciation of native plants     - Lopez shines at Coupeville track meet     - Youth Conservation Corps accepting applicants for summer     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of April 3, 2024     - Meet the new elementary school principal Sharman Ensminger     - Child advocates needed     - Two men charged in connection with mail theft and eluding police on Lopez Island     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of March 27, 2024     - Remembering the life and music of Susan Osborn     - A new era at Wolf Hollow as Shona Aitken retires     - Track continues to grow     - A new look for golf     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of March 20, 2024     - Futures Lounge helps students prep for life after high school     - Town and County debate water - again     - OPALCO awarded phase 1 funding to explore tidal generator     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of March 13, 2024     - Youth news from the library     - FHHS 9th & 20th grade wins 2024 Knowledge Bowl     - Lopex Island’s Quaniqua Williams chosen as writer-in-residence     - Samish ferry stops and assists boat in distress     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of February 28, 2024     - A space for creativity to run wild - New gallery and art classes in Eastsound     - The Wolverines’ girls’ basketball season ends after state game     - San Juan County thanks County Manager Mike Thomas for 10 years of public service     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of February 21, 2024     - Noel Monin to become Chief of Fire Department     - The Future of Rosario Resort     - Show of appreciation for ferry workers     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of February 14, 2024     - County awards $190,000 to support affordable housing project on Orcas     - Viking b-ball teams finish out season     - The art of love: Alchemy Art Center’s co-founders share their love story for Valentine’s Day     - Governor proclaims Invasive Species Awareness Week     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of February 7, 2024     - A life with color: Sydney Harris and Jessi Powers share their love story     - FHHS students place in NASA Techrise Challenge     - Northern Flying Squirrels of San Juan     - Remington Calvo Wilson is first island baby of the year

Headlines from the week of January 31, 2024     - What the levy means for the San Juan Island School District     - Good samaritans come to family’s aid     - Land, legacy and food security on a small island     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of January 24, 2024     - Spring Street students finish strong in Rose Bowl Regatta     - Mayor Ray Jackson announces County Council candidacy     - Friday Harbor residents to start backgammon club after attending tournament in New Jersey     - Alaskan Chinook in peril, a plea for protection under Endangered Species Act     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of January 17, 2024     - Community Water Taxi project is advancing     - OPALCO’s next Community Solar project is in the works     - Seeking Beginning Farmers and Farmland Owners     - Council calls for ‘ceasefire in the war between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories’     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of January 10, 2024     - Hilary Canty to retire from Community Foundation     - Doug Bechtel retires from Actors Theater     - Rotary Club: Twenty years of making a difference     - Lopez Lobos played their hearts out against the Lummi Nation     - New J-Pod baby     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of January 3, 2024 Recap of most popular stories of 2023!      - Mysterious Tuna Death     - Tokitae Dies     - New Sheriff, prosecuting attorney, auditor take office

Headlines from the week of December 27, 2023     - Orcas Island School District may offer a pre-school program next fall     - Plea agreement reached in arson case     - Jingle Bell Dinner was a success for Lopez Hospice     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of December 20, 2023     - Post Office working overtime to deliver onslaught of packages     - A menorah is lit to celebrate the Festival of Lights     - Open letter to state regarding passenger ferries     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of December 13, 2023     - Rainbow Club, Strengthening Families and more at Funhouse this winter     - Prosecutors to retry Dwight Henline after mistrial     - Learn about the clinical benefits of psychedelics     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log

Headlines from the week of December 6, 2023     - Hazmat call at the exchange     - Ferries awarded $4.8 million to extend lifespan of six aging vessels by up to a decade     - Lopez Lobos winter sports     - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log