The ''Islands' Sounder'' is a newspaper published in
Eastsound in the U.S. state of
Washington
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. It was founded as ''The Orcas Sounder'' in 1964 by Al and Nickee Magnuson. It was expanded from 15 issues per year to a weekly publishing schedule, and its name was changed to encompass the entire
San Juan Islands
The San Juan Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific Northwest of the United States between the U.S. state of Washington and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The San Juan Islands are part of Washington state, and form the core of ...
archipelago.
The editor is Colleen Smith Armstrong.
When founded by Al and Nickee Magnuson in 1964, the ''Sounder'' was the first competition for the ''
Friday Harbor Journal'' since the ''
San Juan Islander's'' demise in 1914.
History
It was founded in 1964 by Al and Nickee Magnuson.
In 1974 it was renamed Islands' Sounder.
In 1985 it was sold to Ted and Kay Grossman and moved to a subscriber format.
It was bought by Sound Publishing, inc. in 1994.
References
Newspapers published in Washington (state)
San Juan County, Washington
San Juan Islands
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