Kwiaht and the Fruit Genetics Program at Washington State University are unraveling the identity and parentage of apples from ...

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The Washington State Transportation Commission has approved changes to state ferry fares, which will begin to go into effect ...

Westside Lake is a small reservoir on the San Juan County Conservation Land Bank’s Limekiln Preserve. Following reports from ...

Total County-wide general statistics: Throughout 2024, the Sheriff’s Office, local emergency medical services and Fire ...

Baby boy born!” came the announcement over the intercom on the Washington State Ferry, Samish, on Aug. 6, 2024. Cars honked their horns, cheers rung out, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief that ...

Island Air Ambulance has deep roots in the San Juan Islands, tracing its origins back to the pioneering work of Roy Franklin ...

SJIF&R is currently developing a new 5-Year Strategic Plan. This plan will guide the department’s priorities, investments and ...

Guilherme Lemes Cardoso E Silva, a 35-year-old Friday Harbor man detained by ICE in early July, has been arrested by Homeland Security on charges of possession of depictions of a minor engaged in ...

Despite notifications from the Washington Department of Ecology for nearly a year, HF Sinclair and Tesoro improperly stored ...

On Monday, Aug. 4, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office received two reports of a mountain lion sighting. The first call came ...

Mountain lions have been the talk of the island this week after two unverified sightings were reported near Roche Harbor and ...