News – Page 17 – theOrcasonian.com

Chair yoga, meditation, ukulele, inspirational aging — all at Senior Center

By Community|2025-07-06T15:34:26-07:00July 6th, 2025|Comments Off

It was never about the fence

By News Source|2025-07-08T12:13:14-07:00July 6th, 2025|2 Comments

Multi-disciplinary artist featured at Artworks for July

By Community|2025-07-05T16:13:41-07:00July 6th, 2025|Comments Off

Fire Commission to meet on Monday

By Community|2025-07-05T13:47:54-07:00July 6th, 2025|Comments Off

Why Mammograms matter

By Community|2025-07-05T14:22:31-07:00July 5th, 2025|Comments Off

Music at Emmanuel series concerts

By Community|2025-07-05T13:14:45-07:00July 5th, 2025|Comments Off

Shaw Island School District job opportunity

By Community|2025-07-05T12:27:00-07:00July 5th, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Why I’m still a poopy-head sometimes

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-07-04T17:47:50-07:00July 5th, 2025|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | June 25 – July 2, 2025

By Community|2025-07-04T17:17:42-07:00July 5th, 2025|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Report | New vessels ordered; 4th of July sailings; study on passenger-only ferries

By News Source|2025-07-03T14:19:46-07:00July 4th, 2025|4 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-07-03T14:26:03-07:00July 4th, 2025|Comments Off

Jazz Festival returns this Labor Day weekend for 10th year

By Community|2025-07-03T15:20:38-07:00July 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

David Forte presentation discusses insurance rates on Orcas Island

By Community|2025-07-03T14:48:23-07:00July 3rd, 2025|2 Comments

OIGC to participate in Independence Parade Saturday, July 5

By Community|2025-07-03T14:37:04-07:00July 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Orcas caught ‘kissing’ for two minutes with tongue

By News Source|2025-07-03T12:52:55-07:00July 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Puget Sound orca pod threatened by salmon decline

By News Source|2025-07-02T20:21:58-07:00July 3rd, 2025|1 Comment

In Memoriam | Dorothy Weber Trogdon, February 25, 1926 to June 25, 2025

By Community|2025-07-02T18:24:37-07:00July 3rd, 2025|1 Comment

A musical trip through the decades | Golden Oldies at Senior Center

By Community|2025-07-02T16:39:58-07:00July 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Juror duty cancelled for July 7-11

By Community|2025-07-02T16:26:16-07:00July 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

On July 3, Earth will reach its farthest point from the Sun – 152M kilometers away

By Community|2025-07-02T15:55:24-07:00July 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Friday Harbor Film Fest special event | Resident Orca at SJ Community Theatre

By Community|2025-07-02T15:36:07-07:00July 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Leadership San Juan Islands welcomes new program director

By Community|2025-07-02T14:31:54-07:00July 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Susan Slapin works are at Banner Bank for July art exhibit

By Community|2025-07-02T14:19:47-07:00July 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Celebrate summer and support the library at the Annual Library Fair Book Sale

By Community|2025-07-02T13:55:27-07:00July 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Governor Ferguson selects Eastern Shipbuilding Group to construct new ferries

By News Source|2025-07-01T16:11:17-07:00July 1st, 2025|Comments Off

These Washington laws take effect July 1

By News Source|2025-07-01T15:24:17-07:00July 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Calling all pickleballers | Register NOW for summer tournament

By Community|2025-07-01T14:15:27-07:00July 1st, 2025|1 Comment

Youth Green Boating summer internship

By Community|2025-07-01T14:00:06-07:00July 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Funhouse seeking future rockstars

By Community|2025-07-01T13:48:47-07:00July 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Fairgrounds ready to welcome summer picnickers, fairgoers, campers, and more

By Community|2025-07-01T13:31:21-07:00July 1st, 2025|Comments Off

SJC Monthly News Digest | June 2025

By Community|2025-06-30T16:06:25-07:00June 30th, 2025|Comments Off

San Juan Islands Sculpture Park bird walk

By Community|2025-06-30T13:54:46-07:00June 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Litch Brothers and more to play at Village Green on July 6

By Community|2025-06-30T13:25:48-07:00June 30th, 2025|1 Comment

County investment in affordable housing on Orcas Island is coming to fruition

By Community|2025-06-30T13:15:20-07:00June 30th, 2025|3 Comments

Sheriff’s Office statement on incident involving a joint patrol with Coast Guard, Customs & Border Patrol

By Community|2025-06-30T13:04:36-07:00June 30th, 2025|7 Comments

Orcas ask humans to lunch, share massages

By News Source|2025-06-30T12:29:25-07:00June 30th, 2025|Comments Off

The first rule in Trump’s Washington: Don’t write anything down

By News Source|2025-06-29T16:23:54-07:00June 29th, 2025|Comments Off

Deaths, fines, and legal drama | End of Florida theme parks with captive animals may be nigh

By News Source|2025-06-29T19:21:22-07:00June 29th, 2025|Comments Off

What we’ll lose if bird banding ends

By News Source|2025-06-29T15:10:55-07:00June 29th, 2025|Comments Off

Upcoming, continuing classes at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2025-06-29T14:42:29-07:00June 29th, 2025|Comments Off

Airport to close Monday night for house move

By Community|2025-06-29T14:05:57-07:00June 29th, 2025|1 Comment

Cascade Job Corps Center will remain open

By News Source|2025-06-28T16:48:04-07:00June 29th, 2025|Comments Off

Friends welcomes new legal director, Magali Cota

By Community|2025-06-28T16:44:18-07:00June 28th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | New terminal agent to receive $725,000 annual fee

By Community|2025-06-28T15:09:38-07:00June 28th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Near misses

By Jackie Bates|2025-06-28T13:08:20-07:00June 28th, 2025|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | June 18 – 24, 2025

By Community|2025-06-28T14:57:54-07:00June 28th, 2025|Comments Off

Join Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce for a festive Fourth of July celebration

By Community|2025-06-27T16:42:35-07:00June 27th, 2025|2 Comments

Comings and goings at Community Foundation

By Community|2025-06-27T13:55:15-07:00June 27th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Dear jury manager

By Community|2025-06-27T12:38:27-07:00June 27th, 2025|Comments Off

Update | Olga Daze big, beautiful yard sale needs your donations

By Community|2025-06-27T12:30:56-07:00June 27th, 2025|1 Comment

Larsen: 1,500 people are currently detained in Tacoma ICE facility

By News Source|2025-06-27T12:02:49-07:00June 27th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | How can this be, WSF?

By Community|2025-06-27T11:48:06-07:00June 27th, 2025|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Report | Launch of Congressional Ferry Caucus; water rescue

By Lin McNulty|2025-06-26T15:36:15-07:00June 27th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-06-26T12:39:55-07:00June 27th, 2025|Comments Off

New subspecies of killer whales in the Pacific Northwest

By News Source|2025-06-26T17:15:56-07:00June 26th, 2025|Comments Off

Introducing Orcas Talks Money

By Community|2025-06-26T13:36:50-07:00June 26th, 2025|1 Comment

New parking regulations at Orcas Island Park and Ride

By Community|2025-06-26T12:52:12-07:00June 26th, 2025|Comments Off

Reminder | Last week to utilize county’s marine transportation services

By Community|2025-06-25T16:27:32-07:00June 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Anatomy of a scam | How Medicare fraud works and how to spot it

By Community|2025-06-25T14:56:42-07:00June 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Orcas Island Garden Club | Garlic scape salt anyone?

By Community|2025-06-25T14:39:56-07:00June 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Orcas Senior Center fundraiser | Brunch, bids, and a bird

By Community|2025-06-25T14:22:23-07:00June 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Cultivate your passion with WSU Extension Master Gardener Program

By Community|2025-06-25T13:46:03-07:00June 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Orcas Library Presentation | Snake studies and sharp-tails on San Juan Islands

By Community|2025-06-25T13:25:19-07:00June 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Jurors excused for June 30 – July 3

By Community|2025-06-25T13:12:09-07:00June 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Health Care District Board to meet on Wednesday

By Community|2025-06-24T15:17:39-07:00June 24th, 2025|Comments Off

Bruce Langford choral workshop June 28

By Community|2025-06-24T14:24:23-07:00June 24th, 2025|Comments Off

County Council to travel to Waldron Island for July 1 meeting

By Community|2025-06-24T14:15:28-07:00June 24th, 2025|Comments Off

Trump’s federal land sell-off proposal includes 5M acres in Washington

By News Source|2025-06-24T14:10:30-07:00June 24th, 2025|Comments Off

Orcas Island Garden Tour 2025 is just around the corner

By Community|2025-06-23T14:48:58-07:00June 23rd, 2025|2 Comments

Killer whales ‘massage’ each other using kelp

By News Source|2025-06-23T13:28:34-07:00June 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

A Soulful Summer Tribute | Kaylee Cole performs Carole King’s classics

By Community|2025-06-23T13:16:02-07:00June 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

Larsen releases statement on U.S. strikes against Iran

By News Source|2025-06-22T17:45:30-07:00June 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

In Memoriam | Ruth McBride 1948 – 2025

By Community|2025-06-22T15:04:09-07:00June 22nd, 2025|2 Comments

Island Stewards | Ferries, foundations, transportation, taxes, and taking care

By Community|2025-06-22T13:06:04-07:00June 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

Empty The Tanks! | Heartbreaking news as young orca Kamea dies at SeaWorld San Antonio

By News Source|2025-06-22T11:58:25-07:00June 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

Art Opening at Orcas Center | Zoe Osenbach

By Community|2025-06-21T12:46:50-07:00June 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

Senior Center offers hearing services, grief support, Feldenkrais, and Art

By Community|2025-06-20T15:21:43-07:00June 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

Earth’s Secret Hydrogen Jackpot | Enough clean power for 170,000 years

By News Source|2025-06-20T15:09:27-07:00June 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

Crescent Beach Preserve forest work on Orcas Island to begin in July

By Community|2025-06-21T13:34:06-07:00June 21st, 2025|2 Comments

Larsen tours Tacoma ICE facility and meets with Lelo Juarez

By News Source|2025-06-21T12:57:34-07:00June 21st, 2025|Comments Off

Higher fares on the horizon for Washington State Ferries

By News Source|2025-06-21T12:29:14-07:00June 21st, 2025|4 Comments

Port Commission will meet on Monday

By Community|2025-06-20T14:01:51-07:00June 21st, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | I did all the right spiritual stuff and still feel like crap: WTF?!

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-06-20T13:56:48-07:00June 21st, 2025|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | June 11 – 17, 2025

By Community|2025-06-20T12:49:37-07:00June 21st, 2025|Comments Off

Whatcom County announces significant rise in ferry fares to Lummi Island

By News Source|2025-06-20T14:15:23-07:00June 20th, 2025|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps | Board of Health April 18, 2025

By Community|2025-06-20T13:13:27-07:00June 20th, 2025|Comments Off

No jury duty for June 23-27

By Community|2025-06-20T14:02:31-07:00June 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Whale Museum announces new junior marine scientist camp for kids

By Community|2025-06-19T18:02:44-07:00June 20th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-06-19T16:51:06-07:00June 20th, 2025|Comments Off

End-of-year reflections and gratitude from OISD superintendent

By Community|2025-06-19T14:51:20-07:00June 19th, 2025|Comments Off

Trump is undermining U.S. science. Here’s why that’s dangerous

By News Source|2025-06-19T12:23:38-07:00June 19th, 2025|1 Comment

Actors Theater offering free lights & sound workshop

By Community|2025-06-19T11:52:15-07:00June 19th, 2025|Comments Off

Iran has been at war with us for 46 years

By News Source|2025-06-19T10:32:16-07:00June 19th, 2025|10 Comments

June 19, 1865

By News Source|2025-06-19T10:23:37-07:00June 19th, 2025|Comments Off

The ‘3.5% rule’ | How a small minority can change the world

By News Source|2025-06-21T12:35:22-07:00June 19th, 2025|Comments Off

How does the new state budget impact San Juan County funding & programs?

By Community|2025-06-18T15:37:03-07:00June 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | A muddle of disharmony

By Community|2025-06-18T14:00:08-07:00June 18th, 2025|12 Comments

Understanding your Medicare Summary Notices

By Community|2025-06-18T12:52:09-07:00June 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Land Bank June 2025 meeting & agenda

By Community|2025-06-18T11:34:06-07:00June 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Project Reminder | Bayhead Creek culvert project on Killebrew Lake Rd begins in September

By Community|2025-06-18T11:25:36-07:00June 18th, 2025|1 Comment