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New impact report on Salish Sea & the San Juan Islands

By Community|2025-12-21T10:29:02-08:00December 21st, 2025|Comments Off

Gusts up to 55mph until 11pm tonight

By News Source|2025-12-18T16:02:38-08:00December 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Checking in with J Pod and J45

By Community|2025-12-18T15:55:23-08:00December 18th, 2025|Comments Off

County Float at MacKaye Harbor on Lopez Island closed due to storm damage

By Community|2025-12-18T15:24:04-08:00December 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Could Mount Baker be tapped for geothermal energy? Salish Current reports

By Community|2025-12-18T15:13:18-08:00December 18th, 2025|9 Comments

Larsen celebrates wins for Washington State in Coast Guard Authorization Act

By News Source|2025-12-18T12:07:25-08:00December 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Whale Museum’s Marine Naturalist Training Program opens registration for 2026

By Community|2025-12-17T15:49:41-08:00December 17th, 2025|Comments Off

This time it’s the wind

By News Source|2025-12-17T15:04:57-08:00December 17th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | America by Mid-Century and what climate change will do

By News Source|2025-12-17T14:41:44-08:00December 17th, 2025|Comments Off

No Place Like Loam | You don’t prune heritage trees. You keep them company

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-01-12T12:23:05-08:00December 17th, 2025|2 Comments

Increased rains increase threat of landslides

By News Source|2025-12-16T13:37:27-08:00December 16th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Food and fossil fuel production causes $5bn of environmental damage every hour

By News Source|2025-12-16T13:25:12-08:00December 16th, 2025|2 Comments

CWR encounters Rare Bigg’s Sightings

By Community|2025-12-16T12:47:00-08:00December 16th, 2025|Comments Off

WSF/fire departments coordinate during High Wind event today

By Community|2025-12-15T20:28:47-08:00December 15th, 2025|1 Comment

Monthly Land Bank Commission meeting and annual retreat, Friday, December 19

By Community|2025-12-15T15:07:32-08:00December 15th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Is the Pacific Northwest ready for an influx of climate refugees?

By News Source|2025-12-15T14:25:10-08:00December 15th, 2025|Comments Off

An invitation to our community | Join the conversation on Public Transit

By Community|2025-12-15T14:03:22-08:00December 15th, 2025|2 Comments

Garden Club | Time to think about fire safety

By Community|2025-12-15T13:26:41-08:00December 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Support our EWUA operators

By Community|2025-12-13T22:35:11-08:00December 14th, 2025|1 Comment

Larsen | Washington delegation demands answers on BP pipeline leak

By News Source|2025-12-13T14:22:50-08:00December 13th, 2025|Comments Off

K47 | New calf reported in K Pod

By Community|2025-12-13T13:59:16-08:00December 13th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | What’s going on at Eastsound Water Users Association?

By Community|2025-12-12T14:37:49-08:00December 12th, 2025|5 Comments

News Brief | Are killer whales and dolphins helping each other hunt off B.C. coast?

By News Source|2025-12-12T13:15:53-08:00December 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Gathering our bearings | Island Stewards end-of-year update

By Community|2025-12-12T12:39:56-08:00December 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Heavy rainfall this week increases threat of landslides

By News Source|2025-12-11T16:27:41-08:00December 11th, 2025|Comments Off

PeaceHealth United General responding to flood risk

By News Source|2025-12-11T13:10:00-08:00December 11th, 2025|Comments Off

WA delegation requests expedited emergency declaration for devastating storms, atmospheric rivers hitting WA

By News Source|2025-12-11T12:20:24-08:00December 11th, 2025|Comments Off

County Council adopts 2025 Comp Plan update | Leaves several items for further discussion in 2026

By Community|2025-12-11T12:06:14-08:00December 11th, 2025|Comments Off

Regional flooding / travel advisory for islanders

By Community|2025-12-10T12:32:23-08:00December 10th, 2025|Comments Off

Holiday tips from The Exchange

By Community|2025-12-10T09:53:33-08:00December 10th, 2025|Comments Off

Potential flood impacts to I-5 and Hwy 20

By Community|2025-12-10T09:27:32-08:00December 10th, 2025|Comments Off

Holiday greetings from Garden Club

By Community|2025-12-09T14:40:43-08:00December 9th, 2025|Comments Off

Now, it’s just rain, rain, rain; and then flooding

By News Source|2025-12-08T21:26:16-08:00December 8th, 2025|Comments Off

Protect What Makes  Orcas Island  Home: Support the Salish Sea Dome Project

By Community|2025-12-08T16:10:47-08:00December 8th, 2025|Comments Off

CRW logs two encounters with two eco-types

By Community|2025-12-08T15:30:32-08:00December 8th, 2025|Comments Off

No Place Like Loam | The last apple standing, Part 1

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-12-08T14:46:24-08:00December 8th, 2025|1 Comment

Running on Empty | What copper teaches us about the limits of ‘clean energy’

By Community|2025-12-08T13:10:46-08:00December 8th, 2025|13 Comments

Flood watch posted by National Weather Service through Friday afternoon

By News Source|2025-12-08T21:27:26-08:00December 7th, 2025|Comments Off

News Brief | Artificial intelligence technology is ‘changing every sector of society’

By News Source|2025-12-06T17:04:47-08:00December 7th, 2025|7 Comments

Coastal flood advisory

By News Source|2025-12-07T15:31:28-08:00December 6th, 2025|Comments Off

‘Counting Orca’ free screening from Center for Whale Research

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

Letter to Editor | Regarding OPALCO rate hike

By Community|2025-12-05T14:31:35-08:00December 5th, 2025|8 Comments

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

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

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|Comments Off

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

By Community|2025-12-04T14:23:19-08:00December 4th, 2025|9 Comments

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

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

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|Comments Off

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|10 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

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

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-01-12T12:24:59-08:00October 27th, 2025|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | Arctic Pie Surprise

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