March 2022 - theOrcasonian.com

Roulac’s Qigong series returns to Senior Center

By Community|2022-03-31T16:13:47-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

You’re invited to IT Basics for Business workshop

By Community|2022-03-31T16:36:58-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Springtime brings new works to Friday Harbor Atelier

By Community|2022-03-31T15:34:13-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Inside OCRC are food access programs for Orcas Islanders

By Community|2022-03-31T15:28:57-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Local author captures essence of Orcas Island life in her new book

By Community|2022-03-31T16:34:27-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Discussing whether OPALCO should pay dues to Lower Snake River dam lobbyists

By Community|2022-03-31T14:28:44-07:00March 31st, 2022|9 Comments

‘Two Little Ducks; Quack Quack’ the Fair is back!

By Community|2022-03-31T12:18:35-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Be sure to catch this April art exhibit at Orcas Island Library

By Community|2022-03-30T13:38:58-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Bill to conserve Washington kelp and eelgrass forests signed into law

By News Source|2022-03-30T15:57:02-07:00March 30th, 2022|2 Comments

Second COVID-19 booster dose recommended for certain individuals

By News Source|2022-03-30T12:19:31-07:00March 30th, 2022|1 Comment

John Geyman, M.D. has written a new book on transformation of health care since 1960

By Community|2022-03-29T16:16:41-07:00March 30th, 2022|Comments Off

Poetry | Glory to Ukraine

By Community|2022-03-30T12:20:41-07:00March 30th, 2022|2 Comments

Save now! Pay later! OPALCO’s Switch It Up program expands

By Community|2022-03-29T16:32:17-07:00March 30th, 2022|11 Comments

The glaring divide of COVID-19 death rates between red and blue America

By News Source|2022-03-29T15:07:35-07:00March 29th, 2022|3 Comments

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. approves major disaster declaration for Washington

By News Source|2022-03-29T14:08:34-07:00March 29th, 2022|Comments Off

New Leaf Cafe welcomes new executive chef

By Community|2022-03-29T13:45:08-07:00March 29th, 2022|3 Comments

Local musicians do us proud in recent contest performances

By Community|2022-03-29T13:26:51-07:00March 29th, 2022|1 Comment

Register now for upcoming Community Car Show at fairgrounds

By Community|2022-03-29T13:11:05-07:00March 29th, 2022|Comments Off

Deputy Eric Peter announces candidacy for county sheriff

By Community|2022-03-29T12:29:30-07:00March 29th, 2022|1 Comment

Madeleine Albright: Resilience of spirit, more than intellect, is the key to life

By News Source|2022-03-29T12:14:17-07:00March 29th, 2022|Comments Off

What is happening with PlayFest?

By Community|2022-03-27T22:59:58-07:00March 28th, 2022|Comments Off

Poetry | Cherry Blossoms

By Community|2022-03-27T11:58:46-07:00March 28th, 2022|1 Comment

Shakespeare Society needs a few more roles filled for all-female ‘Hamlet’ production

By Community|2022-03-27T15:21:37-07:00March 27th, 2022|4 Comments

Larsen secures $10,662,665 for 10 Second District priorities in bipartisan spending package

By News Source|2022-03-26T13:46:02-07:00March 27th, 2022|3 Comments

Prune Alley construction update for next week

By Community|2022-03-26T12:51:05-07:00March 27th, 2022|Comments Off

Upcoming Island Health classes

By Community|2022-03-24T14:15:53-07:00March 27th, 2022|Comments Off

Sun Days on Orcas | Kate Jewell is headed to Poland

By Edee Kulper|2022-03-26T19:05:57-07:00March 27th, 2022|2 Comments

Let’s celebrate our history this May

By Community|2022-03-26T13:02:35-07:00March 26th, 2022|Comments Off

Inslee closes out a busy week with bill signings, new transportation package

By News Source|2022-03-26T12:45:39-07:00March 26th, 2022|Comments Off

Land Bank invites comments to objectives, policy document

By Community|2022-03-25T16:16:14-07:00March 26th, 2022|1 Comment

Rep. Lekanoff wraps up the legislative session

By Community|2022-03-26T12:21:59-07:00March 26th, 2022|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | March 16 – 22, 2022

By Community|2022-03-24T15:58:08-07:00March 26th, 2022|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Office alerts islanders to phone scam

By Community|2022-03-25T16:27:23-07:00March 25th, 2022|Comments Off

Health Care District releases statement on behavior within clinic

By Community|2022-03-25T15:33:13-07:00March 25th, 2022|4 Comments

Newest COVID numbers from State Health Dept.

By News Source|2022-03-25T14:59:50-07:00March 25th, 2022|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Snake River dams and human nature

By Community|2022-03-25T14:44:56-07:00March 25th, 2022|3 Comments

San Juan County numbers reflect diminished case count

By Community|2022-03-25T13:46:15-07:00March 25th, 2022|Comments Off

Port’s regular monthly meeting is Monday

By Community|2022-03-24T15:20:52-07:00March 25th, 2022|Comments Off

EPA grants $52 million to Washington for drinking water, wastewater infrastructure improvements

By News Source|2022-03-24T17:00:34-07:00March 25th, 2022|Comments Off

‘Occam’s Razor’ | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2022-03-24T14:47:36-07:00March 25th, 2022|1 Comment

Fire Department responds to a downed aircraft at the Port

By Community|2022-03-24T16:40:06-07:00March 24th, 2022|2 Comments

How can we better prepare for natural hazards on our coasts? Inter-organizational collaboration to assist local efforts may be key

By News Source|2022-03-24T15:08:47-07:00March 24th, 2022|Comments Off

Governor signs bill to allow candidates to use campaign funds for child care

By News Source|2022-03-24T14:41:33-07:00March 24th, 2022|1 Comment

Hearing consults to be available at Senior Center

By Community|2022-03-25T18:47:48-07:00March 24th, 2022|Comments Off

Get $$ for college! Go to a fun camp! 2022 OPALCO College Scholarship and Youth Rally

By Community|2022-03-24T13:28:54-07:00March 24th, 2022|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Lower Snake River dam removal has two sides

By Community|2022-03-24T12:11:21-07:00March 24th, 2022|14 Comments

Poetry | Let America Be America Again

By Community|2022-03-23T20:04:52-07:00March 24th, 2022|1 Comment

Poetry | Horses at Midnight Without a Moon

By Community|2022-03-23T16:22:25-07:00March 23rd, 2022|1 Comment

UPDATED | School Board meeting, in-person and Zoom, is coming up

By Lin McNulty|2022-03-23T16:14:43-07:00March 23rd, 2022|Comments Off

Call for high school age artists: 2022 Congressional Art Competition

By Community|2022-03-23T13:51:23-07:00March 23rd, 2022|Comments Off

Inslee signs new firearms regulations into law, including limits on sale of gun magazines

By News Source|2022-03-23T13:40:10-07:00March 23rd, 2022|Comments Off

Not much here (technical issue at state), but latest numbers from Health Dept.

By News Source|2022-03-22T22:18:55-07:00March 23rd, 2022|Comments Off

Smiley for Senate shines for supporters

By Steve Bernheim|2022-03-22T14:53:15-07:00March 22nd, 2022|1 Comment

Fire Commissioners to meet in special meeting to interview board candidates

By Community|2022-03-23T20:00:20-07:00March 22nd, 2022|3 Comments

County’s 2022 homeless count identifies 146 people with no place to live

By Community|2022-03-22T13:26:46-07:00March 22nd, 2022|Comments Off

Everyone’s invited to this observance of National Vietnam Veterans Day

By Community|2022-03-21T15:20:48-07:00March 22nd, 2022|Comments Off

Island Health welcomes internal medicine physician to staff

By Community|2022-03-21T14:25:12-07:00March 21st, 2022|1 Comment

‘In the middle of war, he is asking for more poems’

By Community|2022-03-21T14:06:57-07:00March 21st, 2022|3 Comments

Guest Opinion | Because we want wild salmon and orca, it’s time to tell OPALCO to support Snake River dam removal

By Community|2022-03-21T12:36:47-07:00March 21st, 2022|15 Comments

School Board meeting, in-person and Zoom, is coming up

By Community|2022-03-23T16:16:31-07:00March 21st, 2022|Comments Off

Coming up, Orcas Center will feature musician in honor of Ukraine

By Community|2022-03-21T09:50:39-07:00March 21st, 2022|Comments Off

Airhawks Flying Club dedicated a new flight simulator this weekend

By Edee Kulper|2022-03-20T16:50:06-07:00March 21st, 2022|Comments Off

The Senate accidentally agreed to move our clocks forward. Blame Putin.

By News Source|2022-03-19T16:36:32-07:00March 20th, 2022|3 Comments

Just where did this idea for Daylight Savings Time come from?

By News Source|2022-03-19T16:56:42-07:00March 20th, 2022|Comments Off

Biarritz curbs holiday leases to make way for locals

By Community|2022-03-19T16:06:43-07:00March 20th, 2022|2 Comments

Island Health offers a class for new or expecting grandparents

By News Source|2022-03-19T16:22:24-07:00March 20th, 2022|Comments Off

PeaceHealth medical facilities in Whatcom County easing COVID-19 visitor restrictions

By News Source|2022-03-19T16:18:17-07:00March 20th, 2022|Comments Off

Lovelett bill to provide transitional food assistance signed into law

By Community|2022-03-19T16:10:13-07:00March 20th, 2022|Comments Off

Here’s what’s scheduled for Prune Alley roadwork this week

By Community|2022-03-19T14:31:12-07:00March 20th, 2022|1 Comment

Are you an early riser? Lahari is looking for early morning drivers to red-eye ferry

By Community|2022-03-19T14:59:10-07:00March 20th, 2022|Comments Off

Sun Days on Orcas | 30 things about Frank Loudin

By Edee Kulper|2022-03-20T16:32:17-07:00March 20th, 2022|1 Comment

Fire Commission to meet Monday, March 21

By Community|2022-03-19T17:19:55-07:00March 19th, 2022|1 Comment

Inslee signs abortion access bill and more

By News Source|2022-03-19T15:40:27-07:00March 19th, 2022|Comments Off

Orcas Christian School introduces island’s first transitional kindergarten program

By Community|2022-03-19T15:05:41-07:00March 19th, 2022|Comments Off

Funhouse mentors, mentees create something unique together

By Community|2022-03-19T14:47:32-07:00March 19th, 2022|Comments Off

Orcas Island Farmers Market is hiring

By Community|2022-03-19T22:41:14-07:00March 19th, 2022|Comments Off

Islanders want to dump the name of a notorious general, rename a Salish Sea channel for 20th century Native leader from Orcas

By Community|2022-03-18T16:10:35-07:00March 19th, 2022|9 Comments

Get your state boating education card with online Coast Guard Auxiliary boating safety classes

By Community|2022-03-17T15:50:53-07:00March 19th, 2022|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | March 9 – 15, 2022

By Community|2022-03-18T17:20:04-07:00March 19th, 2022|Comments Off

State Health Dept. rolls out its long-term ForWArd plan for next pandemic phase

By Community|2022-03-18T16:52:16-07:00March 18th, 2022|Comments Off

State Health Dept newest COVID numbers

By News Source|2022-03-18T16:43:00-07:00March 18th, 2022|Comments Off

This week’s Washington State ferry report

By Community|2022-03-18T16:39:13-07:00March 18th, 2022|Comments Off

Our local nonprofit boards are in search of new members

By Community|2022-03-18T16:24:15-07:00March 18th, 2022|Comments Off

Pacific Herring are now spawning in East Sound

By Community|2022-03-18T15:37:12-07:00March 18th, 2022|5 Comments

Join the EDC to learn about careers on the water

By Community|2022-03-18T15:23:48-07:00March 18th, 2022|Comments Off

Weekly case update from County Emergency Management

By Community|2022-03-18T15:13:15-07:00March 18th, 2022|Comments Off

How did early explorers find Orcas without a map? Find out at this Senior Center Zoom presentation

By Community|2022-03-16T15:34:05-07:00March 18th, 2022|Comments Off

‘Occam’s Razor’ | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2022-03-19T12:55:06-07:00March 18th, 2022|1 Comment

Why we need to ‘electrify everything,’ according to this ‘genius’ inventor

By News Source|2022-03-17T15:38:30-07:00March 17th, 2022|Comments Off

Sheriff Krebs announces his candidacy for re-election for third-term

By Community|2022-03-17T14:48:47-07:00March 17th, 2022|5 Comments

Coming up on Friday, presentation with LIVE plankton at our Library

By Community|2022-03-16T15:22:02-07:00March 17th, 2022|Comments Off

San Juan Makers survey: Let’s identify & quantify our actual housing challenges

By Community|2022-03-16T15:58:13-07:00March 17th, 2022|Comments Off

Orcas Library is recruiting for a new Library Director

By Community|2022-03-16T14:47:34-07:00March 17th, 2022|Comments Off

Abreu, new 40th Legislative District chair, invites your participation in upcoming process

By Community|2022-03-16T14:42:24-07:00March 16th, 2022|3 Comments

Here are the newest numbers from State Health Dept.

By Community|2022-03-16T14:25:45-07:00March 16th, 2022|Comments Off

Seismology pinpoints location of two previous Orcas detonations

By News Source|2022-03-15T16:52:38-07:00March 16th, 2022|2 Comments

Big day planned by the Whale Museum

By Community|2022-03-14T16:33:32-07:00March 16th, 2022|Comments Off

U.S. Senate unanimously approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent

By Community|2022-03-15T19:20:37-07:00March 16th, 2022|2 Comments

Library to host Outdoor Talk: Staying active, at any age or stage

By Community|2022-03-16T11:19:45-07:00March 16th, 2022|Comments Off

In Memoriam | Theodore Francis (Ted) Driggers, 1936-2022

By Community|2022-03-15T14:03:55-07:00March 15th, 2022|Comments Off