Here’s a thought…
“Three things that don’t hang themselves: Christmas ornaments, drywall, and Jeffrey Epstein.”
SEN. JOHN KENNEDY (R-LA)
Harvesting immature Chinook is shrinking salmon and reducing future returns, new research finds
Study shows that millennia-old practice of fishing in rivers could restore salmon size ||| FROM EMMA HELVERSON for WILD FISH CONSERVANY ||| A new study by researchers at the Wild Fish Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation Foundation has found that marine salmon fisheries along the Pacific coast typically harvest Chinook too
The Big Chautauqua show is coming to Odd Fellows Hall
||| FROM ERIC MORRIS ||| The Big Show is at the Odd Fellows Hall on Haven Road @ 7pm Saturday June 20. Featuring internationally known performers including the Flying Karamazov Brothers, Artis the Spoonman, The Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Chamber Band /Orchestra and more! It’s a knock-your-socks-off extravaganza full
Join Us for Orca Sing 2026
||| FROM CONOR AGNEW for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join your friends and neighbors at Lime Kiln Point State Park on Saturday, June 20th at 7:00 PM for Orca Sing 2026! Bring your friends, family, and a picnic to enjoy the beauty of the park and the Salish Sea while
News Brief | Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn
||| FROM NPR ||| SEATTLE — Few public universities get more federal research funding than the University of Washington. So, as President Trump has already canceled or suspended about a quarter of all funding for the National Science Foundation and National Institutes for Health, the atmosphere on this leafy Seattle
WSF Weekly Report | Relief boats on standby for World Cup; $150 fine for line-cutting; schedule updates; music on board for 75th anniversary
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve As our region prepares to welcome visitors from around the world for a summer of soccer, we are taking important steps to safely and reliably handle the increased demand. We plan to have two relief boats ready,
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Guest Opinion | WA lawmakers should get involved as AI data centers sprout
||| BY MICHAEL RIORDAN as printed in THE SEATTLE TIMES ||| Artificial intelligence promises benefits, but its pernicious impacts must be anticipated and mitigated, else vast inequities and disruptions will result. State and local governments must act soon to mitigate these effects, especially in regulating the massive data centers that
Larsen votes ‘No’ on funding ICE without guardrails
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement: “I voted no on this partisan bill to fund ICE, and I will continue to oppose funding ICE until the agency is required to follow the same rules as every
Stand-up comedy night with acclaimed comic Adam Cayton-Holland at Orcas Center
||| FROM COLLEEN SMITH SUMMERS for ORCAS CENTER ||| Nationally touring comic Adam Cayton-Holland will perform stand-up comedy on Orcas Center's stage. Cayton-Holland has appeared on Conan, Corden, Comedy Central, and a bunch of other great stuff that starts with the letter "C." He will perform on Friday, June 26,
Environment Stewardship community-wide climate survey
Your input guided the first steps—now help us build the next phase of the Climate Action Plan ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY LAND BANK ||| San Juan County is developing a Climate Action Plan (CAP) to guide how we respond to climate change while protecting our community and environment. The
CWR encounters Bigg’s killer whales and humpbacks
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 12:39 PM ObservEnd: 01:36 PM Vessel: KCB III Staff: Dave Ellifrit, Michael Weiss Other Observers: Rachel John Pods: Bigg's killer whales IDsEncountered: T30A, T30C, T75B, T75B2, T75B3, and T75B4 LocationDescr: Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca/southwest Hein Bank EncSummary:
LWVSJ Observer Corps | San Juan County Council regular meeting, June 9, 2026
||| FROM BARBARA SHARP for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| Council issued a proclamation recognizing June 19th, 2026, as Juneteenth National Independence Day. Public Hearings were held to consider land use reclassification of Bayhead Farm on Shaw (no objections) and to discuss a proposed ordinance (addition to county code) regarding wildlife
Hotdogs, ice cream and community thank you
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for hotdogs and ice cream on Thursday, July 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Orcas Senior Center. We are deeply grateful for the generosity and support of our community and donors who have helped make our
While orca and salmon declined, ocean harvests of Puget Sound chinook significantly underestimated for decades
Revised Pacific Salmon Commission data reveal substantially more Puget Sound Chinook were intercepted in ocean fisheries over a twenty-year period, harming local communities and undermining decades of salmon and orca recovery efforts. ||| FROM EMMA HELVERSON for WILD FISH CONSERVANCY ||| PUGET SOUND, WA—Newly revised data released by Canada at
Rick Larsen’s campaign launch event on Orcas Island
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| What: Congressman Rick Larsen’s Campaign is holding a campaign launch event on Orcas Island to formally launch his reelection campaign. Rick is fighting to lower costs, bring investments home to Northwest Washington, hold the administration accountable, combat fentanyl in our
What is the capacity of Nantucket | The question no one wants to, or can’t, answer
During a recent Unscripted conversation, Andy Lowell recalled once being told that “nobody on this planet is qualified to put a capacity on the island of Nantucket.” It was a striking line because it points to a question the island has long circled but rarely asked directly: what is the
