Lopez Island
From the Editor’s Desk / Readers respond to why the San Juans need a rescue tug
March 19, 2021
Mike Sato
Lopez Island readers of the article “Rescue tug stationed in islands is best bet to avoid oil spills in San Juan-Gulf waters, study says” responded to the article’s posting in Lopez Rocks.
photo: Amy Nelson © 2021
San Juan school districts face big budget shortfalls due to levy cap
January 7, 2021
Hayley Day
A law to make state education funding more equitable has had the opposite effect in the San Juan Islands. While San Juan property owners are paying more in state education taxes, less funding is going towards local schools.
photo: Taimi Dunn Gorman © 2020
As wildfire smoke endangers health indoors and out, questions arise about government response
September 21, 2020
Mara Kardas-Nelson / InvestigateWest
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