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Sheriff’s Report | February 14 – 20, 2024

By Community|2024-02-23T15:53:35-08:00February 24th, 2024|Comments Off

County wants to hear from you with newly launched communications survey

By Community|2024-02-23T14:22:43-08:00February 23rd, 2024|3 Comments

Many hands

By Community|2024-02-23T14:16:38-08:00February 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps | Board of Health February 2024

By Community|2024-02-22T17:28:49-08:00February 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

EPRC special meeting tomorrow on Eastsound exterior lighting

By Community|2024-02-21T16:09:09-08:00February 21st, 2024|2 Comments

Orcas Center art opening: Avi Shmueli and his landscape art

By Community|2024-02-21T16:00:39-08:00February 21st, 2024|Comments Off

The Community Health Assessment report Is here

By Community|2024-02-21T14:41:41-08:00February 21st, 2024|Comments Off

Public invited to San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit island-wide celebration March 8

By Community|2024-02-20T14:20:21-08:00February 20th, 2024|2 Comments

Community Foundation accepting applications for spring campaign

By Community|2024-02-19T14:07:31-08:00February 19th, 2024|Comments Off

JP and OK Rhythm Boys coming to Orcas Hotel

By Community|2024-02-19T13:53:55-08:00February 19th, 2024|Comments Off

PeaceHealth Peace Island earns national awards for excellence in patient experience

By Community|2024-02-19T13:11:40-08:00February 19th, 2024|Comments Off

Dungeons and Dragons adventure coming to Orcas Center

By Community|2024-02-19T13:03:26-08:00February 19th, 2024|Comments Off

Grannie’s Attic 2.0 @ Orcas Senior Center returns: Reserve your spot today

By Community|2024-02-18T16:13:11-08:00February 18th, 2024|Comments Off

MAG benefit concert returns, features Orcatrazz & other island musicians

By Community|2024-02-18T16:04:04-08:00February 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Fire Commission to meet on Tuesday

By Community|2024-02-18T15:33:58-08:00February 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Explore Julia Summers’ captivating photography at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2024-02-18T14:03:18-08:00February 18th, 2024|Comments Off

We have a new 2024 winner in Grilled Cheese showdown

By Community|2024-02-17T14:51:38-08:00February 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Community health assessment presentation at upcoming Board of Health meeting

By Community|2024-02-17T14:25:23-08:00February 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Your input requested for this Community Water Taxi survey

By Community|2024-02-17T14:18:21-08:00February 17th, 2024|1 Comment

Sheriff’s Report | February 7 – 13, 2024

By Community|2024-02-16T17:38:24-08:00February 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Where there is sunshine, there are shadows

By Community|2024-02-16T17:53:03-08:00February 16th, 2024|4 Comments

San Juan County thanks County Manager Mike Thomas for 10 years of public service in the islands

By Community|2024-02-16T16:36:02-08:00February 16th, 2024|Comments Off

Free shoreline workshops coming up for waterfront property owners

By Community|2024-02-16T14:58:08-08:00February 16th, 2024|Comments Off

Larsen applauds bipartisan infrastructure law funding to modernize Washington airport terminals

By Community|2024-02-15T16:07:43-08:00February 15th, 2024|Comments Off

Orcas Senior Center shines at Rosario Resort and Spa Festival of Trees

By Community|2024-02-15T15:44:29-08:00February 15th, 2024|Comments Off

San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit March 8 & 9

By Community|2024-02-15T15:29:08-08:00February 15th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Eastsound Water’s February board meeting

By Community|2024-02-15T15:30:42-08:00February 14th, 2024|9 Comments

Letter to Editor | Thank you, Orcas Island

By Community|2024-02-14T11:12:08-08:00February 14th, 2024|Comments Off

Orcas Island Garden Club presents Garry Oaks, Bluebirds, & You

By Community|2024-02-08T12:16:52-08:00February 14th, 2024|Comments Off

Artworks reopens for 2024 season featuring paintings by new member

By Community|2024-02-13T16:22:15-08:00February 13th, 2024|Comments Off

County to test vote counting equipment in February

By Community|2024-02-13T15:34:05-08:00February 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Resource Center, OI Booster Club partner to help youth play sports

By Community|2024-02-13T15:17:13-08:00February 13th, 2024|Comments Off

County announces interim plan for management while search for new County Manager continues

By Community|2024-02-13T14:21:56-08:00February 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Orcas Center call for artists | Landscape art

By Community|2024-02-13T14:16:05-08:00February 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Valentine’s Day at Orcas Center | Let’s talk about love

By Community|2024-02-12T15:43:36-08:00February 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Eastsound Water Board to meet on Tuesday

By Community|2024-02-12T14:02:10-08:00February 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Where did our community go?

By Community|2024-02-12T12:22:54-08:00February 12th, 2024|13 Comments

Oh, what you’ll find at our Senior Center

By Community|2024-02-11T14:06:36-08:00February 11th, 2024|Comments Off

A call to all island writers…we’ll provide the space, all you need is to bring your creativity

By Community|2024-02-10T14:49:26-08:00February 10th, 2024|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | January 31 – February 7, 2024

By Community|2024-02-09T17:13:52-08:00February 10th, 2024|Comments Off

Fire Commission meeting scheduled for Monday

By Community|2024-02-09T15:24:05-08:00February 9th, 2024|Comments Off

Community nonprofit campus will foster connections

By Community|2024-02-09T17:17:54-08:00February 9th, 2024|3 Comments

Exterior preservation of museum’s historic log buildings underway

By Community|2024-02-09T14:18:32-08:00February 9th, 2024|2 Comments

WSF Weekly Report | Spring schedule available next week; appreciation from SJC

By Community|2024-02-08T16:15:10-08:00February 9th, 2024|Comments Off

San Juan County publishes ‘Budget in Brief’ to summarize 2024-25 Biennial Budget

By Community|2024-02-08T15:47:15-08:00February 8th, 2024|1 Comment

San Juan County Fair announces 2024 theme, new dates, & calls on community for poster art

By Community|2024-02-08T14:49:21-08:00February 8th, 2024|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps | County Council February 5-6, 2024

By Community|2024-02-08T11:49:47-08:00February 8th, 2024|Comments Off

Rep. Lekanoff | Heal One Washington: My story

By Community|2024-02-08T11:44:33-08:00February 8th, 2024|Comments Off

2024 election integrity upcoming topic for League of Women Voters

By Community|2024-02-08T18:49:51-08:00February 8th, 2024|2 Comments

County Democrats to welcome statewide candidates

By Community|2024-02-07T16:23:34-08:00February 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Tribes 101: About the Native nations that share geography with Washington state

By Community|2024-02-07T16:18:52-08:00February 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Fire Commission will meet tomorrow

By Community|2024-02-08T11:59:54-08:00February 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Savor Spring on Orcas Island: New Leaf Café reopens with fresh flavors

By Community|2024-02-06T17:55:06-08:00February 6th, 2024|Comments Off

SJC Awarded $190,000 to support affordable housing project on Orcas Island

By Community|2024-02-06T15:48:06-08:00February 6th, 2024|Comments Off

Barron KARES launched to support nonprofits with donations, exposure

By Community|2024-02-05T14:56:06-08:00February 5th, 2024|Comments Off

Death Café is a place to talk about death, accompanied by coffee, tea and cake

By Community|2024-02-05T14:38:30-08:00February 5th, 2024|1 Comment

Salish Sea Early Music Festival returns to Orcas

By Community|2024-02-04T15:20:12-08:00February 4th, 2024|Comments Off

A bit of everything coming up at Senior Center

By Community|2024-02-05T11:55:16-08:00February 4th, 2024|Comments Off

OIFR announces upcoming live fire burn training exercise

By Community|2024-02-03T15:43:55-08:00February 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Fire Commissioner’s regular meeting scheduled for Monday

By Community|2024-02-03T15:31:10-08:00February 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | January 24 – 30, 2024

By Community|2024-02-02T17:20:31-08:00February 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Latest from Lekanoff | Town Hall upcoming; our water/land rights

By Community|2024-02-02T17:52:47-08:00February 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Seasonal swings

By Community|2024-02-02T17:31:28-08:00February 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

The meaning of home is upcoming discussion topic at Library

By Community|2024-02-02T13:32:08-08:00February 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Larsen | Bipartisan tax agreement ‘great news’ for affordable child care and housing in NW Washington 

By Community|2024-02-01T14:13:23-08:00February 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Fire Marshal: Last month’s structure fire on Lopez Island ruled accidental

By Community|2024-02-01T14:05:18-08:00February 1st, 2024|1 Comment

Fire Commissioners to hold a special meeting tomorrow

By Community|2024-02-01T13:58:43-08:00February 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Showdown — Grilled cheese sandwiches are back

By Community|2024-02-01T13:53:00-08:00February 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Lopez Families, we want to hear from you

By Community|2024-02-01T13:41:41-08:00February 1st, 2024|Comments Off

San Juan County vessel turn-in recycling day – April 2024

By Community|2024-02-01T10:33:36-08:00February 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Thank you to the community for your support during cancer treatments

By Community|2024-01-31T15:11:42-08:00January 31st, 2024|1 Comment

Board of Fire Commissioners to meet tomorrow afternoon

By Community|2024-01-31T14:56:24-08:00January 31st, 2024|2 Comments

Letter to Editor | Join us in voting ‘Yes’ for upcoming school levy

By Community|2024-01-31T14:46:43-08:00January 31st, 2024|Comments Off

Eastsound Water announces next two Board meetings

By Community|2024-01-31T14:40:59-08:00January 31st, 2024|Comments Off

Be sure to vote ‘yes’ to support school music

By Community|2024-01-30T14:43:46-08:00January 30th, 2024|Comments Off

Upcoming 1st grade orientations

By Community|2024-01-30T14:36:18-08:00January 30th, 2024|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council January 22-23, 2024

By Community|2024-01-28T14:52:19-08:00January 30th, 2024|Comments Off

New ‘Stewards of Children’ training ‘Keeping Our Children Safe’ is available in San Juan County

By Community|2024-01-29T13:58:50-08:00January 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Land, legacy and food security on a small island

By Community|2024-01-29T11:44:17-08:00January 29th, 2024|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council January 9, 2024

By Community|2024-01-28T14:51:02-08:00January 29th, 2024|1 Comment

Fire Commission requests your input in upcoming townhall meeting

By Community|2024-01-28T14:08:59-08:00January 28th, 2024|1 Comment

Nourishing body, mind, and spirit: Yoga with Sam at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2024-01-28T13:52:59-08:00January 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Library’s February art exhibit features works of Barbara Welch

By Community|2024-01-28T13:46:32-08:00January 28th, 2024|Comments Off

The Pea Patch Project steering team is hiring

By Community|2024-01-28T13:35:54-08:00January 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Grammy™ nominated Texas guitar quartet coming to Orcas Center

By Community|2024-01-27T16:13:02-08:00January 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Alex Ramel | Decarbonizing holistically

By Community|2024-01-27T18:47:49-08:00January 27th, 2024|Comments Off

Writer-in-Residence returns to the interisland ferry

By Community|2024-01-27T16:29:52-08:00January 27th, 2024|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | January 17 – 23, 2024

By Community|2024-01-26T19:44:05-08:00January 27th, 2024|Comments Off

Larsen releases report to combat opioid epidemic in Northwest Washington

By Community|2024-01-26T15:45:32-08:00January 26th, 2024|Comments Off

Friday Harbor youth support recycling reform in Olympia

By Community|2024-01-26T15:27:57-08:00January 26th, 2024|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | ‘Dead Man Walking’ opera was enormously uplifting

By Community|2024-01-26T13:51:54-08:00January 26th, 2024|Comments Off

Cold nights and wintery days

By Community|2024-01-26T13:40:45-08:00January 26th, 2024|5 Comments

The first faces you’ll see at Island Primary Care

By Community|2024-01-25T15:05:37-08:00January 25th, 2024|1 Comment

Let’s help our neighbor with this GOFUNDME campaign

By Community|2024-01-25T14:39:46-08:00January 25th, 2024|1 Comment

Online ordering for Native Plant Sale opens on January 27

By Community|2024-01-25T14:02:39-08:00January 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Join us for a presentation by Common Goodness Project

By Community|2024-01-24T15:21:01-08:00January 24th, 2024|2 Comments

Is 2024 your Medicare year?

By Community|2024-01-23T16:19:48-08:00January 23rd, 2024|2 Comments

Guest Opinion | Hey, OIFR lieutenants, come on now

By Community|2024-01-23T15:15:48-08:00January 23rd, 2024|9 Comments

Whale Museum’s education department to hold volunteer open houses

By Community|2024-01-23T15:04:07-08:00January 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Free bread & bagel samples from Orcas Bakery

By Community|2024-01-23T14:54:19-08:00January 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

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