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Coastal flood advisory

By News Source|2025-12-06T12:35:01-08:00December 6th, 2025|0 Comments

‘Counting Orca’ free screening from Center for Whale Research

By Community|2025-12-05T15:52:48-08:00December 5th, 2025|0 Comments

Letter to Editor | Regarding OPALCO rate hike

By Community|2025-12-05T14:31:35-08:00December 5th, 2025|5 Comments

Coastal flood advisory in effect from 4am to 10am Saturday

By News Source|2025-12-04T20:07:45-08:00December 4th, 2025|0 Comments

Step aside, Olga Red Gravenstein! The next generation of unique Orcas Island apples is ready for takeoff!

By Community|2025-12-04T15:37:10-08:00December 4th, 2025|0 Comments

OPALCO launches opt-in Renewable Energy Survey to gather member input

By Community|2025-12-04T14:23:19-08:00December 4th, 2025|4 Comments

Severe Weather Shelter now open at dark, 7 days a week

By Community|2025-12-04T20:02:42-08:00December 3rd, 2025|0 Comments

Despite the speed at which it is progressing, AI is getting far too little discussion in Congress

By News Source|2025-12-02T22:14:35-08:00December 3rd, 2025|0 Comments

Wild salmon and steelhead in Columbia River Basin are collapsing; endangered orcas that depend on them are starving

By News Source|2025-12-02T13:42:44-08:00December 2nd, 2025|9 Comments

Garden Club presents language of flowers & holiday tea party

By Community|2025-12-01T15:17:24-08:00December 1st, 2025|Comments Off

CWR logs two encounters with J Pod

By Community|2025-11-30T13:57:03-08:00November 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Lopez author releases new novel about Southern Resident Killer Whales

By Community|2025-11-29T14:10:45-08:00November 30th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Lummi Nation declares disaster after invasive crab arrives

By News Source|2025-11-29T13:21:35-08:00November 29th, 2025|Comments Off

Encounter with Bigg’s in Puget Sound

By Community|2025-11-28T17:36:02-08:00November 28th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Success in the climate change battle looks like this…

By Community|2025-11-28T20:43:05-08:00November 28th, 2025|10 Comments

‘The Share Table’ collaboration cultivates healthy eating, community in San Juan County

By Community|2025-11-26T12:44:18-08:00November 26th, 2025|Comments Off

OPALCO Board passes 2026 budget and rates

By Community|2025-11-25T14:55:27-08:00November 25th, 2025|6 Comments

No Place Like Loam | Winter Garden: What my Grandfather’s war garden still teaches me – Part 2

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-11-24T12:21:11-08:00November 24th, 2025|1 Comment

News Brief | A tribally owned network of chargers will soon be complete in the Dakotas

By News Source|2025-11-23T15:34:59-08:00November 23rd, 2025|5 Comments

News Brief | Home prices on a warming planet

By News Source|2025-11-23T15:04:17-08:00November 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | New fishing closures, and whale deaths raise concerns on B.C.’s coast

By News Source|2025-11-22T15:35:37-08:00November 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Drones are remaking marine mammal research

By News Source|2025-11-21T15:01:46-08:00November 21st, 2025|Comments Off

San Juan County beaches reopen for recreational shellfish harvesting

By Community|2025-11-20T15:29:11-08:00November 20th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Inside Economics | The reality of baby-bust economics

By News Source|2025-11-18T14:36:31-08:00November 18th, 2025|3 Comments

Center for Whale Research finds all three pods in Puget Sound

By Community|2025-11-18T14:19:18-08:00November 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Avian flu season | Message from WDFW and Kwiaht

By Community|2025-11-18T11:58:41-08:00November 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Is this imposter syndrome?

By Community|2025-11-17T11:01:33-08:00November 17th, 2025|20 Comments

News Brief | WA and Alaska halibut fishing crews see troubling signs

By News Source|2025-11-16T15:18:53-08:00November 16th, 2025|1 Comment

News Brief | How snowy could it be this winter?

By News Source|2025-11-16T14:49:53-08:00November 16th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Rare orca superpod comes to Seattle – All 74 of them

By News Source|2025-11-14T14:42:07-08:00November 14th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | NOAA cuts back on West Coast seismic data used for alerts

By News Source|2025-11-13T16:02:46-08:00November 13th, 2025|Comments Off

San Juan County partners with Mill to launch pilot program for home food recycling

By Community|2025-11-13T14:47:09-08:00November 13th, 2025|9 Comments

EV charging station installed; recycling tips; a way to recycle plastic film

By Community|2025-11-12T17:31:37-08:00November 12th, 2025|3 Comments

Salish Seeds Project in final steps of seed processing

By Community|2025-11-12T16:11:54-08:00November 12th, 2025|Comments Off

OPALCO member survey coming up

By Community|2025-11-12T15:07:48-08:00November 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Orcas Christian students give back through Fall service projects

By Community|2025-11-10T12:19:45-08:00November 10th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Dolphins observed wearing sea sponge hats

By Community|2025-11-09T18:15:20-08:00November 9th, 2025|Comments Off

Heating With Wood | A fireside chat

By Community|2025-11-08T14:06:41-08:00November 9th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Farmer’s Alamanc just published its last issue

By News Source|2025-11-07T17:06:04-08:00November 8th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Drilling frenzy arrives in Canada’s pristine wilderness

By News Source|2025-11-07T13:31:06-08:00November 7th, 2025|1 Comment

British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon sign agreement to renew, strengthen their collaboration

By News Source|2025-11-07T13:23:27-08:00November 7th, 2025|Comments Off

Wind advisory in effect

By News Source|2025-11-06T09:38:43-08:00November 6th, 2025|Comments Off

San Juan Preservation Trust hosts upcoming community talks | Land Conservation in the San Juans’

By Community|2025-11-05T13:45:28-08:00November 5th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Oysters can be put to work

By News Source|2025-11-04T15:22:49-08:00November 4th, 2025|Comments Off

No Place Like Loam | Growing Wine Grapes in Seattle? Part 3: Earth, Wind, and Wire

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-11-17T11:58:26-08:00November 4th, 2025|Comments Off

Dire warning for two orcas ‘left for dead’ in abandoned marine park

By News Source|2025-11-01T23:28:44-07:00November 2nd, 2025|1 Comment

Checking in with J Pod | Where is J64?

By Community|2025-11-01T15:26:22-07:00November 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Wind advisory in effect until 10PM

By News Source|2025-10-31T11:05:34-07:00October 31st, 2025|Comments Off

Join the Land Bank Commission, guide conservation in the islands

By Community|2025-10-30T23:26:13-07:00October 31st, 2025|Comments Off

Join new DCD director and councilmember Paulsen at Orcas land-use meeting

By Community|2025-10-30T13:53:38-07:00October 30th, 2025|Comments Off

How do YOU want to plan for sea level rise in San Juan County?

By Community|2025-10-30T13:34:40-07:00October 30th, 2025|Comments Off

New calf in the Bigg’s population

By Community|2025-10-30T12:16:20-07:00October 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Watch ‘The Snake and the Whale’ free through Sunday – and take action

By Community|2025-11-03T11:48:32-08:00October 29th, 2025|3 Comments

Stockpiling Hope | From scarcity to solidarity – Updated

By Community|2025-10-29T13:19:25-07:00October 29th, 2025|1 Comment

Successful prescribed burn completed at Odlin County Park

By Community|2025-10-29T10:57:27-07:00October 29th, 2025|Comments Off

Fire-smart landscaping for Western Washington with Marlene Finley

By Community|2025-10-29T10:44:54-07:00October 29th, 2025|Comments Off

2025 vacation rental (VR) certification cycle Is now open

By Community|2025-10-27T15:50:08-07:00October 27th, 2025|Comments Off

Island Stewards | As the veil thins, before the snow flies

By Community|2025-10-27T14:02:32-07:00October 27th, 2025|Comments Off

Commercial burn permits open Oct. 27 in San Juan County

By Community|2025-10-27T13:26:17-07:00October 27th, 2025|Comments Off

There’s No Place Like Loam | Less sugar, more soul: Making maple syrup at home in the Pacific Northwest

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-10-27T13:21:06-07:00October 27th, 2025|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | Arctic Pie Surprise

By Community|2025-10-26T17:06:02-07:00October 26th, 2025|1 Comment

News Brief | Critically endangered North Atlantic right whale making a comeback

By News Source|2025-10-26T14:33:39-07:00October 26th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | New underwater technology could give scientists a direct line to orcas

By News Source|2025-10-24T12:41:56-07:00October 26th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Alaska receives disaster help from Western Washington

By News Source|2025-10-24T14:12:12-07:00October 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Wind Advisory in effect thru 5am Sunday

By News Source|2025-10-25T12:38:48-07:00October 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Wind advisory posted this morning

By News Source|2025-10-24T09:31:04-07:00October 24th, 2025|Comments Off

Garden Club, Master Gardeners Program | Sow & grow native wildflowers

By Community|2025-10-23T14:59:50-07:00October 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

CWR locates 26 Bigg’s Killer Whales traveling together

By Community|2025-10-23T13:02:15-07:00October 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Inside ‘data centre alley’

By News Source|2025-10-22T14:35:06-07:00October 23rd, 2025|1 Comment

News Brief | In Alaska, land is easy to come by. But energy and food are not

By News Source|2025-10-22T13:55:42-07:00October 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

New J Pod calf documented

By Community|2025-10-21T12:48:51-07:00October 21st, 2025|4 Comments

Odlin County Park to host interagency prescribed burn on Lopez Island

By Community|2025-10-20T13:34:51-07:00October 20th, 2025|Comments Off

No Place Like Loam | Growing wine grapes in Seattle? Part 2

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-10-20T13:29:21-07:00October 20th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Fault lines could be synchronized when ‘The Big One’ hits

By News Source|2025-10-17T15:56:25-07:00October 19th, 2025|1 Comment

The Whale Museum announces virtual global Orca workshop

By Community|2025-10-18T11:36:48-07:00October 18th, 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

SJC Land Bank to meet October 17

By Community|2025-10-15T14:05:14-07:00October 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

Orca survey 2025 census update

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

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

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

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

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

Marineland marine park threatening to kill 30 whales

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

Land Bank’s fall newsletter is here

By Community|2025-10-10T14:11:58-07:00October 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

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

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

Burn permits now open in San Juan County

By Community|2025-10-07T16:07:49-07:00October 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

OPALCO renewable energy community meetings recap

By Community|2025-10-06T13:15:31-07:00October 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