News Archives - theOrcasonian.com

Rep. Larsen releases statement on Trump’s first 100 days

By News Source|2025-04-29T12:11:55-07:00April 29th, 2025|0 Comments

Letter to Editor | Tidal change?

By Community|2025-04-29T11:54:41-07:00April 29th, 2025|0 Comments

Coming Soon | Master Gardeners spring plant sales on San Juan, Orcas

By Community|2025-04-28T12:51:02-07:00April 28th, 2025|0 Comments

Christian School to host free community Mexican dinner

By Community|2025-04-28T11:59:50-07:00April 28th, 2025|0 Comments

PFFAP applications open to support local infrastructure, small businesses

By Community|2025-04-28T11:51:09-07:00April 28th, 2025|0 Comments

Guest Opinion | Terminal disease

By Community|2025-04-28T11:41:30-07:00April 28th, 2025|7 Comments

Are jigsaw puzzles your thing? Competitive puzzling coming to Orcas Library

By Community|2025-04-25T15:19:12-07:00April 28th, 2025|0 Comments

Upcoming classes at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2025-04-26T13:10:57-07:00April 27th, 2025|0 Comments

Orcas Christian students get firsthand look at college life during Walla Walla University Days

By Community|2025-04-27T11:52:59-07:00April 27th, 2025|0 Comments

Denmark’s next big adventure | Let’s buy California from Trump

By News Source|2025-04-26T11:55:03-07:00April 27th, 2025|0 Comments

Letter to Editor | Thank you for celebrating school music

By Community|2025-04-24T21:23:27-07:00April 27th, 2025|0 Comments

Experiments to dim the Sun will be approved within weeks

By News Source|2025-04-24T15:48:13-07:00April 27th, 2025|3 Comments

Building & land use permits, planning projects & recruitments

By Community|2025-04-25T15:00:19-07:00April 26th, 2025|0 Comments

Letter to Editor | Health District thanks community

By Community|2025-04-25T13:36:21-07:00April 26th, 2025|0 Comments

Port Commissioners to meet Monday

By Community|2025-04-25T15:54:16-07:00April 26th, 2025|0 Comments

San Juan County Council appoints new local health officer

By Community|2025-04-25T14:44:44-07:00April 26th, 2025|0 Comments

Sheriff’s Report | April 16 – 22, 2025

By Community|2025-04-26T11:00:31-07:00April 26th, 2025|0 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | The power of being Middle C

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-04-26T10:16:57-07:00April 26th, 2025|0 Comments

A love letter to island volunteers

By Community|2025-04-25T15:09:11-07:00April 25th, 2025|0 Comments

San Juan County begins process to update Critical Areas Ordinance

By Community|2025-04-25T13:31:24-07:00April 25th, 2025|0 Comments

Letter to Editor | About that public works project on Shaw

By Community|2025-04-25T12:39:35-07:00April 25th, 2025|0 Comments

New daily service schedule, growing ridership & other insights on County’s pilot transport services

By Community|2025-04-25T12:14:01-07:00April 25th, 2025|0 Comments

Emilio Alejandro Santiago wants to serve as your next Mayor of the Town of Friday Harbor

By Community|2025-04-25T11:13:05-07:00April 25th, 2025|0 Comments

Weekly WSF Report | Tour de Lopez; Earth Day; summer reservations

By News Source|2025-04-25T11:00:27-07:00April 25th, 2025|0 Comments

Orcas to welcome Native American Canoe Journey May 21

By Community|2025-04-24T20:49:19-07:00April 25th, 2025|0 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-04-24T15:02:23-07:00April 25th, 2025|0 Comments

Report of person missing from Lopez

By News Source|2025-04-25T11:01:43-07:00April 24th, 2025|0 Comments

The greening of transportation on Orcas Island

By Community|2025-04-24T14:56:03-07:00April 24th, 2025|20 Comments

Student Art Exhibit opening Friday, April 25

By Community|2025-04-24T13:52:02-07:00April 24th, 2025|0 Comments

LWVSJ Observer Corps Notes | San Juan County Council April 22, 2025

By Community|2025-04-24T12:53:41-07:00April 24th, 2025|Comments Off

World Central Kitchen adapts as Gaza cut off from aid and supplies

By News Source|2025-04-24T11:37:14-07:00April 24th, 2025|Comments Off

Jurors excused Monday, April 28 through Friday, May 2

By Community|2025-04-24T11:32:07-07:00April 24th, 2025|Comments Off

Wildfire smoke continues to impact local air quality

By News Source|2025-04-24T11:27:14-07:00April 24th, 2025|1 Comment

The best protection against measles

By Community|2025-04-24T10:55:45-07:00April 24th, 2025|Comments Off

Notice of upcoming special meeting of Fire Commission

By Community|2025-04-24T10:48:34-07:00April 24th, 2025|Comments Off

An Evening with David Roth

By Community|2025-04-23T14:55:54-07:00April 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

Let’s honor and celebrate our home planet

By Community|2025-04-23T13:16:41-07:00April 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

Health Care District Board to meet tomorrow

By Community|2025-04-23T11:25:36-07:00April 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

Rep. Larsen statement on Ukraine-Russia peace talks

By News Source|2025-04-23T11:21:10-07:00April 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps*: County Council April 21, 2025

By Community|2025-04-23T10:58:39-07:00April 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

Free Wildfire Readiness event – May 10 – 1-3pm

By Community|2025-04-23T10:53:09-07:00April 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

Due Next Week | Real and personal property taxes due April 30

By Community|2025-04-23T10:39:44-07:00April 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

Loyalty to the Earth | There is no room for more

By Elisabeth Robson|2025-04-22T13:02:13-07:00April 23rd, 2025|10 Comments

Conservation Land Bank opens Watmough Head trail on Lopez Island

By Community|2025-04-22T13:11:42-07:00April 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

Fleabag from National Theatre Live at Orcas Center

By Community|2025-04-22T12:18:13-07:00April 22nd, 2025|1 Comment

Orcas Island Film Festival presents the Spring Mini Fest

By Community|2025-04-21T14:52:32-07:00April 21st, 2025|Comments Off

State budget cuts could slash Puget Sound’s passenger ferry service

By News Source|2025-04-21T11:25:48-07:00April 21st, 2025|Comments Off

Orcas Island Garden Club awards grants to two local non-profit groups

By Community|2025-04-21T10:36:18-07:00April 21st, 2025|Comments Off

Counting clams kicks off this year’s Indian Island program

By Community|2025-04-21T10:21:46-07:00April 21st, 2025|Comments Off

Monthly hearing services at Senior Center

By Community|2025-04-20T12:12:59-07:00April 21st, 2025|Comments Off

How the Trump administration’s interpretation of one word—‘Harm’—could gut habitat protections for Endangered Species

By News Source|2025-04-20T12:15:22-07:00April 21st, 2025|3 Comments

Dive into education and plastic pollution at this year’s Great Islands Clean Up

By Community|2025-04-19T15:53:26-07:00April 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Airhawks Flying Club soars higher

By Community|2025-04-20T12:35:20-07:00April 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Art, creativity, flexibility in upcoming classes at Senior Center

By Community|2025-04-20T12:21:57-07:00April 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Learn about this PNW UFO encounter from 1947

By Community|2025-04-19T15:40:16-07:00April 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at Orcas Center

By Community|2025-04-18T13:42:56-07:00April 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Easter | A time for renewal

By Community|2025-04-19T16:02:49-07:00April 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Keep Shaw Shaw

By Community|2025-04-19T16:20:45-07:00April 19th, 2025|Comments Off

OIFR 2024 Year in Review | Annual report and member appreciation

By Community|2025-04-19T15:33:50-07:00April 19th, 2025|3 Comments

Bring spiritual awareness to your life with Wu Style Tai Chi

By Community|2025-04-19T15:20:50-07:00April 19th, 2025|Comments Off

Food System Plan charts path to a more resilient local food future in San Juan County

By Community|2025-04-19T13:43:55-07:00April 19th, 2025|1 Comment

LWVSJ Observer Corps | Board of Health April 16, 2025

By Community|2025-04-18T13:51:57-07:00April 19th, 2025|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | April 9 – 15, 2025

By Community|2025-04-18T14:31:41-07:00April 19th, 2025|Comments Off

Reminder | We the People March in Eastsound on April 19

By Community|2025-04-18T15:14:59-07:00April 18th, 2025|2 Comments

Latest from Lekanoff | Vision for the future; housing stability; juvenile justice reform

By Community|2025-04-18T15:12:13-07:00April 18th, 2025|1 Comment

The Exchange Update | April 2025

By Community|2025-04-18T13:15:50-07:00April 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | PlayFest 2025

By Jackie Bates|2025-04-18T12:58:01-07:00April 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Rep. Alex Ramel | 9 Days Left: Inside the final sprint of the 2025 legislative session

By Community|2025-04-18T12:04:02-07:00April 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Drop-in peer grief support group at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2025-04-18T11:54:41-07:00April 18th, 2025|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Report | Pizza box in the rain; reservations to open next week; work zone cameras

By News Source|2025-04-17T15:46:18-07:00April 18th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-04-18T13:17:33-07:00April 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | More thoughts on OIHCD levy lift

By Community|2025-04-17T15:05:51-07:00April 17th, 2025|4 Comments

Gratitude for Springtime on Orcas

By Community|2025-04-17T14:28:14-07:00April 17th, 2025|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps | County Council April 15, 2025

By Community|2025-04-17T13:38:42-07:00April 17th, 2025|Comments Off

Island Ways | Third Nantucket undersea electric cable needed much sooner than expected

By News Source|2025-04-17T13:30:15-07:00April 17th, 2025|Comments Off

Ready to run? Candidate filing week is May 5 through May 9

By Community|2025-04-17T11:36:38-07:00April 17th, 2025|Comments Off

Jury Duty: April 21-25, 2025

By Community|2025-04-17T11:29:07-07:00April 17th, 2025|Comments Off

PlayFest has returned to Orcas Island

By Community|2025-04-16T14:43:06-07:00April 16th, 2025|Comments Off

County launches pilot project to provide marine transportation services

By Community|2025-04-16T13:12:46-07:00April 16th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | About that Public Works plan on Shaw…

By Community|2025-04-16T13:00:19-07:00April 16th, 2025|1 Comment

Quiet your mind, walk the labyrinth at Emmanuel Episcopal

By Community|2025-04-16T11:01:19-07:00April 16th, 2025|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps | San Juan County Council April 14, 2025

By Community|2025-04-16T10:41:24-07:00April 16th, 2025|Comments Off

Humans will soon understand dolphins, claim experts

By News Source|2025-04-15T17:20:24-07:00April 16th, 2025|2 Comments

Loyalty to the Earth | Earth Day was born in the Age of Machines

By Elisabeth Robson|2025-04-16T20:20:00-07:00April 16th, 2025|Comments Off

Earth Day Film Fest news

By Community|2025-04-15T14:55:19-07:00April 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Reminder | Ballots are due by Tuesday

By Community|2025-04-15T13:33:58-07:00April 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Worlds of Color art coming to Senior Center

By Community|2025-04-15T12:49:32-07:00April 15th, 2025|1 Comment

Orcas pianist receives First Place award in state Young Composers Project

By Community|2025-04-15T12:25:03-07:00April 15th, 2025|2 Comments

Rep. Larsen Calls for Kilmar Abrego García’s return to U.S.

By Community|2025-04-15T12:17:25-07:00April 15th, 2025|Comments Off

If Kilmar Abrego García is doomed, we all are

By News Source|2025-04-15T12:04:59-07:00April 15th, 2025|4 Comments

Land Bank will meet on Friday

By Community|2025-04-15T11:51:26-07:00April 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Start of summer reservations delayed until April 22

By Community|2025-04-15T11:26:24-07:00April 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Time to report: How did your Garden Club daffodil bulbs bloom?

By Community|2025-04-14T20:06:13-07:00April 14th, 2025|Comments Off

Bring your plant questions to Master Gardeners on Wednesday

By Community|2025-04-14T19:58:55-07:00April 14th, 2025|Comments Off

Winter is over! What did you think? | Take the Winter Schedule Survey

By News Source|2025-04-14T16:43:40-07:00April 14th, 2025|Comments Off

Summer vehicle reservations open on Tuesday

By News Source|2025-04-14T12:55:12-07:00April 14th, 2025|Comments Off

Emmanuel Holy Week schedule

By Community|2025-04-14T11:27:05-07:00April 14th, 2025|Comments Off

We the People March in Eastsound on April 19

By Community|2025-04-13T16:31:43-07:00April 14th, 2025|4 Comments

This Washington border county is desperate for Canadians

By News Source|2025-04-13T15:09:17-07:00April 13th, 2025|Comments Off

Join us for Sunday brunch & auction in support of Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2025-04-13T14:06:16-07:00April 13th, 2025|Comments Off