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What’s up, fungal associates?

By Community|2025-10-17T13:44:40-07:00October 17th, 2025|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Update |

By News Source|2025-10-17T13:03:28-07:00October 17th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-10-16T13:48:42-07:00October 17th, 2025|Comments Off

Headed for NO KINGS rally? Here are some reminders

By Community|2025-10-16T14:29:16-07:00October 16th, 2025|3 Comments

Time to plan ahead for Winter Artisans Market at Odd Fellows

By Community|2025-10-15T15:48:54-07:00October 16th, 2025|2 Comments

Grannie’s Holiday Sale returns to Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2025-10-16T11:04:57-07:00October 16th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | We need to strengthen our local outreach regarding Corona vaccines

By Community|2025-10-16T11:00:27-07:00October 16th, 2025|1 Comment

Momentum builds for NO KINGS peaceful protest on Saturday

By Community|2025-10-16T10:35:48-07:00October 16th, 2025|Comments Off

NYT | How to fight a Zombie fire: What can burn will burn

By News Source|2025-10-16T10:09:27-07:00October 16th, 2025|1 Comment

Jurors for October 20-24 to report

By Community|2025-10-16T09:50:31-07:00October 16th, 2025|Comments Off

This is Actually Good | Big Fall Salad

By Rachel Factor|2025-10-16T09:30:48-07:00October 16th, 2025|1 Comment

Health Care District special board meeting scheduled

By Community|2025-10-15T15:21:10-07:00October 15th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Whale with no tail swimming off Washington coast

By News Source|2025-10-15T14:54:39-07:00October 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | I have great concern for our Democracy

By Community|2025-10-15T18:29:27-07:00October 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Orcas Island Fire & Rescue | A busy year and preparing for the future

By Community|2025-10-15T15:12:14-07:00October 15th, 2025|15 Comments

SJC Land Bank to meet October 17

By Community|2025-10-15T14:05:14-07:00October 15th, 2025|Comments Off

November 4, 2025, General Election | Vote! Sign! Send!

By Community|2025-10-15T12:53:58-07:00October 15th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Researchers discover remote lake could hold the key to understanding elusive threat of microplastics

By News Source|2025-10-15T18:30:30-07:00October 15th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | ‘We love Hitler’ say young Republicans in a racist chat

By News Source|2025-10-14T21:37:47-07:00October 15th, 2025|Comments Off

National NO KINGS continues to ripple across rural America

By Community|2025-10-14T12:02:48-07:00October 14th, 2025|3 Comments

What’s next for Public Works? Council reviews future projects

By Community|2025-10-14T11:38:39-07:00October 14th, 2025|Comments Off

County issues proclamation in recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month

By Community|2025-10-14T11:20:25-07:00October 14th, 2025|Comments Off

Building the Team | SJC welcomes new DCD Director, Fire Marshal, Public Defender

By Community|2025-10-14T10:25:29-07:00October 14th, 2025|Comments Off

Help Rotary end polio

By Community|2025-10-14T11:26:37-07:00October 14th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | The time to establish a Lopez Island Park and Recreation District is now

By Community|2025-10-14T10:03:34-07:00October 14th, 2025|Comments Off

Orcas islander Jasmine Ikeda released from Israeli prison

By News Source|2025-10-14T09:33:05-07:00October 14th, 2025|Comments Off

Orca survey 2025 census update

By Community|2025-10-13T17:28:49-07:00October 14th, 2025|Comments Off

Columbus: In his own words

By Community|2025-10-13T18:30:50-07:00October 13th, 2025|Comments Off

One simple thing you can do to avoid Microplastics: They are everywhere

By News Source|2025-10-13T15:13:52-07:00October 13th, 2025|4 Comments

Before the Door Closes | Autumn dispatch from Island Stewards

By Community|2025-10-13T14:47:20-07:00October 13th, 2025|1 Comment

Join new DCD Director and Councilmembers at upcoming land-use meetings

By Community|2025-10-13T14:02:40-07:00October 13th, 2025|Comments Off

Student election results announced at Orcas Christian High School

By Community|2025-10-13T13:54:31-07:00October 13th, 2025|1 Comment

No Place Like Loam | Growing wine grapes in Seattle? Part 1

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-10-20T13:27:32-07:00October 13th, 2025|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | Celebrating National Coming Out Day

By Community|2025-10-13T13:34:51-07:00October 13th, 2025|1 Comment

News Brief | Plan to beam ‘Sunlight on Demand’ at night sparks concerns

By News Source|2025-10-13T15:25:14-07:00October 13th, 2025|Comments Off

Wind advisory in effect tonight, tomorrow morning

By News Source|2025-10-12T14:04:40-07:00October 12th, 2025|1 Comment

News Brief | How shipping noise is harming killer whales

By News Source|2025-10-12T13:51:55-07:00October 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Create comfort with fidget quilts at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2025-10-12T12:59:33-07:00October 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Plan now for this Community Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner

By Community|2025-10-12T12:46:14-07:00October 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Bailer Hill Rd to fully close on Tues. Oct 14 as project enters final construction phase

By Community|2025-10-11T14:54:41-07:00October 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Fian and Orcas Dance Collective to host Halloween Masquerade

By Community|2025-10-11T15:47:53-07:00October 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Medicare Open Enrollment | Get help navigating your options

By Community|2025-10-12T12:53:37-07:00October 12th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | USPS rule changes may complicate mail-in voting, risking late ballots in November election

By News Source|2025-10-11T18:48:59-07:00October 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Madrona Institute announces 2025 RFPs for San Juan Islands Stewardship Fund Grants

By Community|2025-10-11T15:15:07-07:00October 11th, 2025|Comments Off

Register NOW for Mason Bee Cocoon Harvesting and Orcas Isle Cider Tasting

By Community|2025-10-11T14:46:28-07:00October 11th, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Self-Deprivation

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-10-11T14:08:51-07:00October 11th, 2025|1 Comment

USPS rule changes may complicate mail-in voting, risking late ballots in November election

By News Source|2025-10-10T15:04:13-07:00October 11th, 2025|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | October 1 – 7, 2025

By Community|2025-10-10T16:10:14-07:00October 11th, 2025|Comments Off

WSF expects service disruptions on all routes this evening

By News Source|2025-10-10T14:48:44-07:00October 10th, 2025|Comments Off

Marineland marine park threatening to kill 30 whales

By News Source|2025-10-10T14:41:07-07:00October 10th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Vote NO on the Orcas Fire District bond proposition 1

By Community|2025-10-10T14:21:19-07:00October 10th, 2025|5 Comments

Land Bank’s fall newsletter is here

By Community|2025-10-10T14:11:58-07:00October 10th, 2025|Comments Off

Darvill’s launches first-ever drop-in book club

By Community|2025-10-10T12:35:19-07:00October 10th, 2025|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Update | ‘You can’t fire a cannon out of a canoe’

By News Source|2025-10-10T12:21:48-07:00October 10th, 2025|Comments Off

San Juan County policy change would streamline energy projects

By News Source|2025-10-09T16:45:12-07:00October 10th, 2025|1 Comment

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-10-08T16:04:52-07:00October 10th, 2025|Comments Off

This is Actually Good | Tahini Cauliflower recipe

By Rachel Factor|2025-10-09T16:40:02-07:00October 9th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Canada’s Marineland ‘threatens to euthanise 30 beluga whales’

By News Source|2025-10-09T15:51:22-07:00October 9th, 2025|Comments Off

Vehicle reservations for winter sailing season open Tuesday, Oct. 28 at 10am

By News Source|2025-10-09T14:32:45-07:00October 9th, 2025|Comments Off

Be an Early Bird | Pay your property taxes before Oct 31

By Community|2025-10-09T14:10:11-07:00October 9th, 2025|Comments Off

Upcoming at Orcas Center: Community art show ‘The Art of Recycling’

By Community|2025-10-09T13:27:20-07:00October 9th, 2025|Comments Off

Federal shutdown impacts on local public health

By Community|2025-10-09T11:20:55-07:00October 9th, 2025|Comments Off

Project updates from San Juan County Conservation Land Bank

By Community|2025-10-09T11:15:01-07:00October 9th, 2025|Comments Off

We can streamline energy projects with San Juan County policy change

By Community|2025-10-08T15:24:26-07:00October 8th, 2025|1 Comment

Fall 2025 Great Islands Clean-Up collects over 1,300 pounds of litter across San Juan County

By Community|2025-10-08T15:13:17-07:00October 8th, 2025|Comments Off

Islanders help shape county climate resilience plan

By News Source|2025-10-08T12:10:19-07:00October 8th, 2025|2 Comments

CWR encounters T60 brothers in Swanson Channel

By Community|2025-10-08T11:47:17-07:00October 8th, 2025|Comments Off

Free Immunization Clinics | Protect your child against influenza, COVID

By Community|2025-10-08T10:50:18-07:00October 8th, 2025|Comments Off

Lopez family returns home from SJI to find house burned

By Community|2025-10-08T10:50:59-07:00October 8th, 2025|1 Comment

Lopez Island in need of a community conversation: demographic and affordability

By Community|2025-10-08T10:07:17-07:00October 8th, 2025|3 Comments

Burn permits now open in San Juan County

By Community|2025-10-07T16:07:49-07:00October 7th, 2025|Comments Off

No jurors needed for October 13-17

By Community|2025-10-07T14:28:59-07:00October 7th, 2025|Comments Off

Assessor sends 2025 ‘Change of Value’ notices

By Community|2025-10-07T14:14:07-07:00October 7th, 2025|Comments Off

In Memoriam | D. D. Glaze, 1935 – 2025

By Community|2025-10-07T14:00:23-07:00October 7th, 2025|Comments Off

Orcas Island Education Foundation announces annual fundraiser

By Community|2025-10-07T13:35:43-07:00October 7th, 2025|Comments Off

Tumble playgroup at Odd Fellows Hall

By Community|2025-10-07T13:26:45-07:00October 7th, 2025|Comments Off

Council sets priorities for 20206-27 biennial budget amidst funding challenges

By Community|2025-10-07T13:16:46-07:00October 7th, 2025|Comments Off

OIFR seeks community properties for firefighter training

By Community|2025-10-06T18:17:08-07:00October 7th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Orcas islander Jas Ikeda remains in an Israeli prison

By News Source|2025-10-06T14:15:12-07:00October 6th, 2025|Comments Off

No jurors needed for October 6-10

By Community|2025-10-06T13:59:27-07:00October 6th, 2025|Comments Off

No Place Like Loam | A strawberry tree grows in Seattle: Rediscovering an ancient evergreen

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-10-06T14:47:45-07:00October 6th, 2025|1 Comment

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-10-06T18:19:53-07:00October 6th, 2025|1 Comment

OPALCO renewable energy community meetings recap

By Community|2025-10-06T13:15:31-07:00October 6th, 2025|Comments Off

Conservation Land Bank acquires 225-acre school trust land parcel on Blakely Island

By Community|2025-10-06T13:04:43-07:00October 6th, 2025|Comments Off

J36 and J Pod documented off San Juan Island

By Community|2025-10-06T12:23:08-07:00October 6th, 2025|Comments Off

Winter Artisan Market accepting applications for artists, artisans

By Community|2025-10-05T13:26:18-07:00October 5th, 2025|Comments Off

The Countdown Is On | Get your Friday Harbor Film Festival 2025 pass

By Community|2025-10-05T13:13:58-07:00October 5th, 2025|Comments Off

Senior Center | Where fun meets health

By Community|2025-10-05T12:50:09-07:00October 5th, 2025|Comments Off

2025 San Juan County WSU Master Gardeners Garden Workshop Series

By Community|2025-10-05T12:32:30-07:00October 5th, 2025|Comments Off

NYT bestselling author Ben Clanton at Library

By Community|2025-10-04T13:09:58-07:00October 5th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | AI’s dirty secret

By Community|2025-10-04T13:20:03-07:00October 4th, 2025|5 Comments

Port Commission approves ‘better – not bigger’ option for airport

By Community|2025-10-03T15:51:42-07:00October 4th, 2025|5 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Florynce Kennedy

By Lin McNulty|2025-10-04T11:36:08-07:00October 4th, 2025|Comments Off

Larsen releases statement on Trump administration raising costs by cancelling clean energy projects

By News Source|2025-10-03T15:36:55-07:00October 4th, 2025|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | September 24 – 30, 2025

By Community|2025-10-03T16:17:59-07:00October 4th, 2025|Comments Off

Power of Community | Orcas Island raises $65,000 in September for Resource Center services

By Community|2025-10-03T15:29:11-07:00October 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Larsen releases statement on Israeli detention of Orcas resident, Jasmine Ikeda

By Community|2025-10-03T14:23:00-07:00October 3rd, 2025|1 Comment

Looking into the horizon of OICF’s future

By Community|2025-10-03T14:09:56-07:00October 3rd, 2025|2 Comments

Orcas Island Fire & Rescue equips new EMTs with life-saving AEDs

By Community|2025-10-03T13:37:23-07:00October 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Worm composting workshops coming up at The Exchange

By Community|2025-10-03T13:16:57-07:00October 3rd, 2025|Comments Off