The Island Digest - News from San Juan County, Washington

Headlines from the week of September 30, 2026

    - Mt Constitution volunteers recognized with state award

    - Vikings win momentum 

    - Grant-funded beach makeover for Lopez couple

    - and choice excerpts from the San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

Headlines from the week of August 19, 2026

    - Airhawks: 30 years of turning Orcas teens into pilots

    - Dr Simpson-Manske starts house-call medical practice

    - Restoring Sidney, BC, ferry would come at a cost to San Juan service

    - Lopez Island School District flips the switch to solar power 

Headlines from the week of August 12, 2026

    - Orcas Islander Jesus Cora wins long-fought deportation case

    - Three women detained by DHS will not return to the San Juans

    - Election results

Headlines from the week of August 5, 2026

    - Records, requests and rejections: Sheriffs log update

    - OICMF founder and Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann to step down

    - OPALCO hosts leadership chats

    - Excerpts from the SCJ Sheriff’s Log

Headlines from the week of July 29, 2026

    - Sea Plane makes emergency landing off Sucia Island

    - Bredahl sentenced for firearm possession and assault

    - Substance use: Shifting from punishment to treatment 

    - Lopez woman wins Fulbright Award

Headlines from the week of July 15, 2026

    - Sheriff’s log pulled from local newspapers 

    - Op-Ed: Keeping Sheriff’s Log from the public is a mistake

    - Three San Juan Island women detained and deported by Homeland Security 

    - Weeds, wings and work ethic: Youth Conservation Corps starts its season busting Scotch broom

Headlines from the week of July 8, 2026

    - Mother-daughter duo release romance set on Orcas Island 

    - County Council member Paulsen on budget debate misunderstanding 

    - The impact of a single photo - an apology for erasure

    - Sea Mar Lopez Clinic announces staffing plan

    - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of July 1, 2026

    - Dr Simpson-Manske speaks at heated public meeting 

    - County and Port of Friday Harbor consider plan for all-electric interisland ferries

    - Not your traditional fireworks - Lopez Island volunteers continue to produce world-renowned show

    - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of June 24, 2026

    - Eastsound Village Green could close amid budget cuts 

    - Pride 2026 on San Juan Island

    - Newborn orca spotted

    - Lopez Island author’s Orca novel wins national award

    - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log  

Headlines from the week of June 17, 2026

    - Graduates: Live the life you imagine 

    - Dad of four, Clint McCune’s greatest song is the life he’s built

    - San Juan County `Council proclaims June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day 

    - Seven awards, $48k: Community support breaks scholarship foundation record

    - plus excerpts from the Sheriff's Log