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Sheriff’s Report | August 14 – 20, 2024

By Community|2024-08-24T18:17:28-07:00August 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Eastsound Water Users draft recall documents

By Community|2024-08-24T14:36:40-07:00August 24th, 2024|10 Comments

Thank you, San Juan County! Paulsen wins Orcas

By Community|2024-08-24T14:03:44-07:00August 24th, 2024|Comments Off

Update from The Exchange

By Community|2024-08-23T14:47:33-07:00August 24th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Village Green community tree not looking good

By Community|2024-08-23T14:19:50-07:00August 24th, 2024|8 Comments

Watercolors Class for Beginners

By Community|2024-08-24T11:21:01-07:00August 24th, 2024|Comments Off

The return of the Kings (salmon, that is)

By Community|2024-08-23T12:21:47-07:00August 24th, 2024|Comments Off

WSF Engine room union, negotiators reach an impasse in bargaining

By Community|2024-08-23T15:26:39-07:00August 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | What will it take?

By Community|2024-08-23T14:08:54-07:00August 23rd, 2024|11 Comments

Leaning into leadership

By Community|2024-08-23T13:58:54-07:00August 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps: Board of Health August 21, 2024

By Community|2024-08-23T12:39:02-07:00August 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

In Memoriam | Nick Karras, September 2, 1944 – March 9, 2024

By Community|2024-08-22T14:24:40-07:00August 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Near-extinct bird exhibit at SJ Sculpture Park

By Community|2024-08-22T14:00:51-07:00August 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

County Compass | Navigating the Civil Service Commission

By Community|2024-08-22T13:31:19-07:00August 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | EWUA recall vote

By Community|2024-08-22T12:18:28-07:00August 22nd, 2024|1 Comment

Apache Stronghold heads east on prayer journey to Supreme Court

By Community|2024-08-22T12:06:46-07:00August 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | August 14 – 20, 2024

By Community|2024-08-23T16:19:29-07:00August 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Are you using your Medicare preventive benefits?

By Community|2024-08-21T15:02:22-07:00August 21st, 2024|Comments Off

A new season begins for Orcas Island Garden Club

By Community|2024-08-21T14:19:31-07:00August 21st, 2024|Comments Off

Seniors, emergency preparedness, and response

By Community|2024-08-21T14:07:52-07:00August 21st, 2024|1 Comment

County Council’s request to governor for relief from ferry service disruptions not fulfilled

By Community|2024-08-21T13:55:08-07:00August 21st, 2024|1 Comment

Free Concert

By Community|2024-08-21T11:16:18-07:00August 21st, 2024|Comments Off

Fire risk and climate change in the San Juan Islands

By Community|2024-08-21T15:06:29-07:00August 20th, 2024|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Can they really sell Eastsound Water Users Association out from under us?

By Community|2024-08-20T13:59:04-07:00August 20th, 2024|6 Comments

Book Discussion

By Community|2024-08-19T12:36:16-07:00August 19th, 2024|Comments Off

Orcas Island Jazz Festival at Orcas Center

By Community|2024-08-19T11:23:50-07:00August 19th, 2024|Comments Off

Bach Heals at Emmanuel Parish Hall

By Community|2024-08-17T15:41:38-07:00August 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | An open letter to San Juan County Council

By Community|2024-08-17T19:26:05-07:00August 18th, 2024|9 Comments

Art Opening: Julia Summers

By Community|2024-08-17T15:18:13-07:00August 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Acrobatic Conundrum at Orcas Center

By Community|2024-08-17T14:59:26-07:00August 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Islander develops tool to predict if ferries are on time

By Community|2024-08-17T19:28:33-07:00August 17th, 2024|1 Comment

Sheriff’s Report | August 7 – 13, 2024

By Community|2024-08-17T12:09:39-07:00August 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Local artistry unveiled at Senior Center

By Community|2024-08-16T14:59:41-07:00August 16th, 2024|Comments Off

Small but MIGHTY!

By Community|2024-08-16T14:30:50-07:00August 16th, 2024|Comments Off

54th Annual Shaw Island Classic Race

By Community|2024-08-16T14:24:02-07:00August 16th, 2024|Comments Off

Larsen: $1 Million for pipeline safety trust improves pipeline safety in PNW

By Community|2024-08-16T11:24:26-07:00August 16th, 2024|3 Comments

Workshop | Thinning your forest

By Community|2024-08-15T10:51:04-07:00August 15th, 2024|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | Vanishing political yard signs

By Community|2024-08-15T10:40:52-07:00August 15th, 2024|5 Comments

Botanical Origins art exhibit at Orcas Island Winery

By Community|2024-08-15T10:32:16-07:00August 15th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Partisan endorsements

By Community|2024-08-14T14:28:32-07:00August 14th, 2024|8 Comments

Letter to Editor | Thanks to all who supported the Second Annual Qwack Wace

By Community|2024-08-14T13:55:25-07:00August 14th, 2024|2 Comments

Land Bank Meeting

By Community|2024-08-14T13:45:28-07:00August 14th, 2024|Comments Off

Every farm has a story

By Community|2024-08-14T13:30:24-07:00August 14th, 2024|Comments Off

More reasons to protect our eelgrass meadows

By Community|2024-08-14T13:17:41-07:00August 14th, 2024|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | What’s the state of our water resources?

By Community|2024-08-14T13:32:16-07:00August 14th, 2024|Comments Off

Scams and suicide: Seniors at risk

By Community|2024-08-14T11:39:26-07:00August 14th, 2024|1 Comment

County welcomes new County Manager

By Community|2024-08-13T14:35:28-07:00August 13th, 2024|Comments Off

OHS track is closed, under repair

By Community|2024-08-13T14:26:54-07:00August 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Meet gardening author at Library

By Community|2024-08-13T14:16:59-07:00August 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | O’Day approaches tasks with calm, rational mindset

By Community|2024-08-13T14:02:07-07:00August 13th, 2024|1 Comment

Ferry data from staff and local partners shapes Council request for ‘Executive Relief’ from WSF information

By Community|2024-08-13T13:22:48-07:00August 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Island Primary Care: A clinic update

By Community|2024-08-13T12:45:51-07:00August 13th, 2024|Comments Off

Water Users Association served with new lawsuit

By Community|2024-08-13T11:10:12-07:00August 13th, 2024|2 Comments

Chair Yoga

By Community|2024-08-12T12:01:46-07:00August 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | As we work to mend our social fabric

By Community|2024-08-12T11:28:00-07:00August 12th, 2024|10 Comments

Orcas Island cemetery information

By Community|2024-08-12T11:17:45-07:00August 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | OI Boosters thank local doctors

By Community|2024-08-12T11:10:59-07:00August 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Recreational shellfish harvesting remains closed

By Community|2024-08-12T11:04:54-07:00August 12th, 2024|Comments Off

New Primitives – Funky R&B Reggae on the Green

By Community|2024-08-08T15:07:49-07:00August 12th, 2024|Comments Off

Ukulele Kanikipila: Musical fun at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2024-08-11T14:48:07-07:00August 11th, 2024|Comments Off

Plant questions answered

By Community|2024-08-10T12:04:59-07:00August 11th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | In response to a recall process initiated for EWUA directors

By Community|2024-08-10T12:54:23-07:00August 11th, 2024|14 Comments

Port of Orcas Special Meeting

By Community|2024-08-11T10:56:26-07:00August 11th, 2024|Comments Off

Weekly Meditation Sessions

By Community|2024-08-11T14:54:11-07:00August 11th, 2024|Comments Off

Mammograms at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2024-08-10T11:48:54-07:00August 10th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | O’Day clarifies position on 32-hour work week

By Community|2024-08-09T15:51:07-07:00August 10th, 2024|2 Comments

OIFR & SJCSO respond to high-risk motor vehicle crash

By Community|2024-08-09T16:31:15-07:00August 10th, 2024|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | July 31 – August 7, 2024

By Community|2024-08-09T17:40:34-07:00August 10th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Join me in supporting Stephanie O’Day for council

By Community|2024-08-09T15:42:48-07:00August 9th, 2024|2 Comments

Call for Artists: Abstract Art

By Community|2024-08-10T16:26:39-07:00August 9th, 2024|Comments Off

Ongoing dueling Eastsound Water recalls

By Community|2024-08-09T13:47:11-07:00August 9th, 2024|8 Comments

Senior Center Match has been met

By Community|2024-08-09T13:13:57-07:00August 9th, 2024|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Report | New baby on board, customer kudo, recruiting veterans, a look at new ferries

By Community|2024-08-08T15:23:10-07:00August 9th, 2024|Comments Off

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

By Community|2024-08-08T15:30:30-07:00August 9th, 2024|Comments Off

In Memoriam | Tanya Leigh Hutchins, July 3, 1970 – July 20, 2024

By Community|2024-08-08T13:34:01-07:00August 8th, 2024|2 Comments

Free cognition and swallow screenings

By Community|2024-08-08T14:30:53-07:00August 8th, 2024|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council August 6, 2024

By Community|2024-08-08T11:27:24-07:00August 8th, 2024|1 Comment

WSF commits additional crews to interisland route to ensure service during County Fair week

By Community|2024-08-08T10:38:01-07:00August 8th, 2024|7 Comments

August 6, 2024 primary election results / updated count

By Community|2024-08-07T19:44:09-07:00August 7th, 2024|Comments Off

In Memoriam | Frances Ann Boyd Zavala Tobriner

By Community|2024-08-07T15:37:09-07:00August 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Ruggedly independent seniors need help, too

By Community|2024-08-07T13:16:04-07:00August 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Chamber music rehearsal to be open for Seniors

By Community|2024-08-07T10:53:58-07:00August 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Garden Club looking for story contributors

By Community|2024-08-06T12:59:09-07:00August 6th, 2024|Comments Off

Friends of the San Juans unanimously endorses renewal of our Land Bank

By Community|2024-08-06T13:01:36-07:00August 6th, 2024|1 Comment

How the Southern Resident population reached an alarming low point

By Community|2024-08-05T17:46:18-07:00August 5th, 2024|Comments Off

Orcas Fire and Rescue receives gift

By Community|2024-08-05T17:26:36-07:00August 5th, 2024|13 Comments

The man who brought home Earth: Stories of Bill Anders

By Community|2024-08-05T17:11:41-07:00August 5th, 2024|Comments Off

Ferry Captain makes inappropriate comment/threat in SJC District Court

By Community|2024-08-05T12:04:40-07:00August 5th, 2024|17 Comments

Caleb Klauder returns to Village Green stage

By Community|2024-08-02T15:31:16-07:00August 5th, 2024|1 Comment

Vinyasa-style Yoga

By Community|2024-08-03T19:03:55-07:00August 4th, 2024|Comments Off

FHFF | Preserving Heritage: Documentaries on Salmon Conservation

By Community|2024-08-03T18:34:46-07:00August 4th, 2024|Comments Off

PeaceHealth welcomes new family medicine provider

By Community|2024-08-03T15:39:37-07:00August 4th, 2024|Comments Off

Vibrant Stitches: Quilters’ showcase at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2024-08-10T15:55:27-07:00August 4th, 2024|Comments Off

3-Day Orcas Artists Studio Tour

By Community|2024-08-10T16:20:40-07:00August 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Become a part of Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2024-08-03T10:57:57-07:00August 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Town Council meeting

By Community|2024-08-03T10:51:13-07:00August 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Papademetriou is Artworks featured artist

By Community|2024-08-10T15:59:46-07:00August 3rd, 2024|1 Comment

Free tooth extractions

By Community|2024-08-10T16:28:35-07:00August 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | July 24 – 31, 2024

By Community|2024-08-01T15:33:38-07:00August 3rd, 2024|Comments Off

Aging and mental health

By Community|2024-08-02T16:44:00-07:00August 2nd, 2024|1 Comment

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