| Islands' Sounder | |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Owners: | Sound Publishing |
| Founder: | Al and Nickee Magnuson |
| Publisher: | Colleen Smith |
| Staff: | Diane Craig |
| Foundation: | 1964 |
| Circulation: | 1,170 |
| Circulation Date: | 2023 |
| Circulation Ref: | [1] |
The Islands' Sounder is a newspaper published in Eastsound in the U.S. state of Washington. It was founded as The Orcas Sounder in 1964 by Al and Nickee Magnuson.[2] 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 archipelago.[3] The editor is Colleen Smith Armstrong.[4]
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.[5]
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.