Voices 170 miles from the state capital can still be heard.
The new member of the Washington state House of Representatives for District 40 visited San Juan Island on Dec. 20 to learn how she can speak for islanders in Olympia.
Representative-elect Debra Lekanoff, D-Bow, met with both the Friday Harbor Town Council and the San Juan County Council. As a native of a rural community in southeast Alaska, Lekanofff said the islands felt like familiar territory.