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updated: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:19 pm

Lopez Island News

Local news for Lopez Island, WA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | Anacortes American

Anacortes News Briefs July 2, 2008

Hands-free cell law goes into effect this week Police can now issue traffic citations to drivers operating a vehicle while talking on a hand-held phone if they are pulled over for a primary traffic violation, ...

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Related Topix: Orcas, WA, Anacortes, WA, Friday Harbor, WA

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Islands Sounder

3 on Orcas complete power & light apprenticeship

Four years and 8,000-plus hours on the job later, three of Orcas Power & Light Cooperative apprentice linemen - ' Kai Burleson from Lopez, Roger Sandwith from San Juan Island and Dan Watters on Orcas - ' are ...

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Related Topix: Orcas, WA, Friday Harbor, WA

Tue Jul 01, 2008

San Juan Journal

Sheriff's Log

San Juan County Sheriff's Department reported responding to these calls: May 27: A San Juan Island man accused two men of going into his backyard without permission and beating up his dog.

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Related Topix: San Juan County, WA, Eastsound, WA, Friday Harbor, WA, Drugs

Sun Jun 29, 2008

Business Pulse of Skagit County

Samish hope to manage Huckleberry Island

The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is considering transferring ownership of Huckleberry Island to the Samish Indian Nation.

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Related Topix: Anacortes, WA

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Anacortes American

Anacortes News Briefs | June 25

Fly-in invites community to Anacortes Airport A fly-in sponsored by the Anacortes Chapter of the Washington Pilots Association takes off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 28 at the Anacortes Airport.

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Related Topix: Washington, Hoodsport, WA, Anacortes, WA, Orcas, WA

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Islands Sounder

Superintendent sets the tone for district

School's out for summer, but not for the Superintendent, Glenn Harris. His desk, as usual, is covered with paperwork for 15 to 20 projects demanding documentation, decisions, consultation, research, ...

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Orcas, WA, Opinion

Mon Jun 23, 2008

San Juan Journal

James Desermeaux, former county assessor, dies

James Leon Desermeaux, former San Juan County assessor and 42-year resident of Friday Harbor, has died.

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Related Topix: San Juan County, WA, History in the News, Friday Harbor, WA

Sat Jun 21, 2008

San Juan Journal

Couple releases photo book inspired by Lopez Island images

George and Anne Willis have been viewing the world behind their camera lens as long as they can remember.

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Related Topix: Arts, Photography

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Healthcare Informatics

Island Goes Wireless

With the deployment, the hospital looks to improve its nursing documentation process while realizing cost savings and utilizing a more hygienic solution that the traditional workstations on wheels, says the ...

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Related Topix: Nursing, Medicine, Anacortes, WA

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Freighter rams the West Seattle Bridge -- 30 years ago today

Historylink.org notes that 30 years ago, the Freighter Chavez rammed West Seattle Bridge.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA

Sun Jun 15, 2008

Islands Sounder

Funhouse receives $9,000 from County lodging tax proceeds

A few new wrinkles and a foot in the door signal that change could be store in the way the annual proceeds from San Juan County's so-called "original" 2-percent lodging tax are distributed.

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Related Topix: San Juan County, WA

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Anacortes American

Soroptimists celebrate 60 years - and thrift shop that fuels its charitable giving

Lopez Island resident Linda Koenig searches through a corner of ties offered for 75 cents at the Soroptimist Thrift Shop.

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Related Topix: Anacortes, WA

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Tacoma Daily Index

Land Bank seeks $4 million in grants

The San Juan County Land Bank is pursuing $4 million in state grants, $1.5 million of which would be a reimbursement for money spent to buy Turtleback Mountain.

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Related Topix: San Juan County, WA, Orcas, WA

Tacoma Daily Index

County Council snuffs out personal fireworks

Ban takes effect in 2009; violators face $250 fine To some, it signals the end of an era.

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Related Topix: San Juan County, WA, Friday Harbor, WA

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Biking Bis

Sunny cycling in San Juan Islands

Here I am on Saturday at the Lime Kiln Point State Park lighthouse on San Juan Island.

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Related Topix: Anacortes, WA

Sat Jun 07, 2008

Islands Sounder

Lopez Island resident sponsoring benefits for Myanmar cyclone victims

Jim Rohrssen, of Lopez Island, returned from a trip to Asia this spring with a new found love of Myanmar The people have been living under the control of a military junta for nearly 20 years.

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Thu Jun 05, 2008

Bellingham Herald

Lost crab pots still catching crabs

The Stillaguamish Indian Tribe has spent $70,000 over the past five years to locate and remove more than 400 crab pots that have been abandoned on the seabed of Port Susan.

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Related Topix: Clallam County, WA, Everett, WA, Seattle Metro

Islands Sounder

Lopez Island School receives $3,600 garden grant from Lowe's hardware chain

It's green and it's going to help the garden grow but Lopez students won't be eating the latest green item associated with their farm-to-school program.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home

Mon Jun 02, 2008

Tacoma Daily Index

San Juan Initiative creates solutions with local community and state and federal partners

From the fate of the lowly sea cucumber to the disenfranchisement of the next generation from their natural heritage, the San Juan Initiative is hearing it all, but the local-state-federal partnership is in a ...

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Related Topix: Shaw Island, WA, Science, Ecology

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Islands Sounder

Ian McFeron Band live at Lopez Island Grange Hall

The Ian McFeron Band from Seattle will entertain at the Lopez Grange Hall on Friday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. Ian McFeron is a prolific songwriter whose lyrical prose and work ethic have drawn comparisons to Bob ...

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Related Topix: Entertainment

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