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Needlework Circle at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2024-11-02T15:54:16-07:00November 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

They thought they found their dream home — so did thousands of bats

By Community|2024-11-02T11:44:45-07:00November 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Honoring Our Heroes | Orcas Island’s commitment to veterans

By Community|2024-11-01T19:25:39-07:00November 2nd, 2024|2 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Jeff changes his mind

By Jackie Bates|2024-11-02T10:43:01-07:00November 2nd, 2024|9 Comments

Clocks shift back for daylight saving time Saturday night

By News Source|2024-11-01T19:36:44-07:00November 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | October 23 – 29, 2024

By Community|2024-11-01T14:07:24-07:00November 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Washington’s voters have already returned more than 1.75 million ballots

By News Source|2024-11-01T17:09:14-07:00November 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Tara Plank’s Yoga Movement Class

By Community|2024-11-01T14:27:29-07:00November 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Kicking off the season of generosity & light

By Community|2024-11-01T14:19:32-07:00November 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Leadership San Juan Islands celebrates its 20th year

By Community|2024-11-01T22:15:44-07:00November 1st, 2024|Comments Off

UPDATE: Sea wall repairs temporarily close MacKaye Harbor dock and boat ramp

By Community|2024-11-01T12:05:26-07:00November 1st, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Thanks to all who made Halloween Dance a fun night

By Community|2024-11-01T11:58:36-07:00November 1st, 2024|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Report | Morocco conference; 2 rescues; high school trades; readying for Standard Time; Happy Halloween

By News Source|2024-10-31T15:35:32-07:00November 1st, 2024|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2024-10-31T15:24:14-07:00November 1st, 2024|7 Comments

Letter to Editor | Paulsen showcases dedication to our county

By Community|2024-10-31T15:12:21-07:00October 31st, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Hughes champions diversity, inclusion

By Community|2024-10-31T14:12:36-07:00October 31st, 2024|10 Comments

Lions Club announces $25,000 matching grant for Senior Center renovation

By Community|2024-10-31T14:03:26-07:00October 31st, 2024|Comments Off

Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, and South Dakota

By Community|2024-10-31T13:54:24-07:00October 31st, 2024|Comments Off

Free Nutrition Class on Gut Health

By Community|2024-10-31T13:44:16-07:00October 31st, 2024|Comments Off

Hops on the Rock Orcas Island Beer Festival, November 9

By Community|2024-10-31T13:23:50-07:00October 31st, 2024|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | Candidates: Bring each other up, not down

By Community|2024-10-31T12:01:21-07:00October 31st, 2024|1 Comment

Health Care District meeting

By Community|2024-10-31T11:21:37-07:00October 31st, 2024|Comments Off

Barbara Evans featured artist for November at Library

By Community|2024-10-31T10:52:40-07:00October 31st, 2024|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps | County Council October 28 & 29, 2024

By Community|2024-10-31T10:32:18-07:00October 31st, 2024|Comments Off

Fall Carnival tonight

By Community|2024-10-31T10:10:33-07:00October 31st, 2024|Comments Off

New ferry sailing schedule designed to cut delays, frustration in San Juan Islands

By News Source|2024-10-30T13:07:44-07:00October 30th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Thank you to all for your support and efforts

By Community|2024-10-30T12:42:51-07:00October 30th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | What’s not to love about the Land Bank?

By Community|2024-10-30T12:35:05-07:00October 30th, 2024|Comments Off

Questions or need voting assistance? Elections office is open all weekend

By Community|2024-11-04T09:54:32-08:00October 30th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Shaw Islanders for Kari McVeigh

By Community|2024-10-29T16:06:27-07:00October 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Exceptional people, documentaries honored at Friday Harbor Film Festival

By Community|2024-10-29T14:21:08-07:00October 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Begin NaNoWriMo at Orcas Library

By Community|2024-10-29T13:58:48-07:00October 29th, 2024|Comments Off

San Juan County Fair announces 2025 theme & calls on community for poster art

By Community|2024-10-29T13:47:03-07:00October 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Garden Club presentation native bees, hoverflies in our gardens

By Community|2024-10-29T12:51:26-07:00October 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Experience She Rose | A Celebration of The Divine Feminine

By Community|2024-10-29T12:32:32-07:00October 29th, 2024|Comments Off

Gen Z could determine the 2024 elections … if we turn out to vote

By Community|2024-10-29T12:27:13-07:00October 29th, 2024|2 Comments

How to track your ballot after mailing or dropboxing

By Community|2024-10-28T17:10:50-07:00October 28th, 2024|1 Comment

Sea Wall Repairs to temporarily close MacKaye Harbor dock and boat ramp on Lopez

By Community|2024-10-28T16:31:23-07:00October 28th, 2024|Comments Off

League of Women Voters condemns attack on ballot box

By News Source|2024-10-28T16:11:59-07:00October 28th, 2024|2 Comments

Letter to Editor | McVeigh is the only person to lead this community

By Community|2024-10-28T13:35:49-07:00October 28th, 2024|Comments Off

OCS students develop leadership skills at outdoor school

By Community|2024-10-28T11:59:56-07:00October 28th, 2024|Comments Off

It’s Halloween dance time coming up at Odd Fellows

By Community|2024-10-28T11:37:20-07:00October 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Adrift | Algorithms, reality, choice, free speech

By Community|2024-10-28T11:22:21-07:00October 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | San Juan County is lucky

By Community|2024-10-28T11:17:22-07:00October 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Why San Juan County should have dark skies

By Community|2024-10-27T11:17:27-07:00October 28th, 2024|11 Comments

New owner of Rosario Resort faces the economics of paradise

By News Source|2024-10-27T11:37:06-07:00October 28th, 2024|1 Comment

Larsen informs voters of his work on affordability and opioids

By News Source|2024-10-27T11:11:55-07:00October 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Vote for experience

By Community|2024-10-27T11:12:28-07:00October 27th, 2024|Comments Off

Evening Vinyasa Yoga

By Community|2024-10-31T10:07:29-07:00October 27th, 2024|Comments Off

Reminder | Islands Oil Spill Association forum

By Community|2024-10-26T14:35:03-07:00October 27th, 2024|Comments Off

San Juan County 911 service experiencing disruption | Updated

By Community|2024-10-28T15:55:13-07:00October 27th, 2024|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Myth-busting ‘non-partisan’ office

By Community|2024-10-27T11:08:15-07:00October 27th, 2024|11 Comments

Port Meeting

By Community|2024-10-26T14:24:34-07:00October 27th, 2024|Comments Off

‘Fish War’ film about tribal fishing rights coming to all 3 islands

By Community|2024-10-26T14:09:51-07:00October 27th, 2024|Comments Off

Council to meet on Orcas Tuesday

By Community|2024-10-26T13:35:54-07:00October 27th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Fact-checking McVeigh’s statement

By Community|2024-10-26T13:43:25-07:00October 26th, 2024|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | Hughes is level-headed, reasonable

By Community|2024-10-26T13:28:20-07:00October 26th, 2024|Comments Off

The AI power struggle | Data centers are in a desperate search for energy

By Community|2024-10-26T13:24:24-07:00October 26th, 2024|20 Comments

“The Velocity of Autumn” play review

By Community|2024-10-26T13:12:20-07:00October 26th, 2024|Comments Off

Guests Opion | Public lands, a question of values

By Community|2024-10-26T12:06:56-07:00October 26th, 2024|2 Comments

In Memoriam | Carl H. ‘Savvy’ Sanders, Jr. USN (Ret.)

By Community|2024-10-26T10:28:03-07:00October 26th, 2024|5 Comments

Letter to Editor | O’Day has our vote

By Community|2024-10-26T13:37:37-07:00October 26th, 2024|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | October 16 – 22, 2024

By Community|2024-10-24T15:03:48-07:00October 26th, 2024|Comments Off

The many hats we wear

By Community|2024-10-25T15:06:17-07:00October 25th, 2024|Comments Off

LWVSJ Observer Corps: County Council October 22, 2024

By Community|2024-10-24T15:22:39-07:00October 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Andrew Collins Trio at the Orcas Center

By Community|2024-10-24T15:42:22-07:00October 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Mystery radio play to be presented at Senior Center

By Community|2024-10-23T12:00:21-07:00October 25th, 2024|1 Comment

Wind advisory for tonight

By News Source|2024-10-25T11:23:42-07:00October 25th, 2024|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Report | Four weeks without crew shortage cancellations; New San Juans rates

By Community|2024-10-24T15:17:48-07:00October 25th, 2024|Comments Off

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

By Community|2024-10-24T13:20:41-07:00October 25th, 2024|1 Comment

Drawing for Beginners

By Community|2024-10-24T13:10:56-07:00October 24th, 2024|Comments Off

County opens 2024 vacation rental compliance certification process

By Community|2024-10-24T12:59:57-07:00October 24th, 2024|Comments Off

A holiday tradition continues, with a twist

By Community|2024-10-24T11:22:59-07:00October 24th, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Vote YES on Proposition 1

By Community|2024-10-24T10:57:52-07:00October 24th, 2024|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | Fact-checking McVeigh statements

By Community|2024-10-24T10:51:48-07:00October 24th, 2024|5 Comments

LWVSJ Observer Corps | County Council October 21, 2024

By Community|2024-10-24T10:41:17-07:00October 24th, 2024|Comments Off

Leaping Fool Winter Writers’ Series submissions open

By Nik Schulz|2024-10-24T10:58:59-07:00October 24th, 2024|Comments Off

Free Tooth Extraction Clinic

By Community|2024-10-23T15:09:38-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Paulsen is the worthy choice for SJC

By Community|2024-10-22T15:44:31-07:00October 23rd, 2024|1 Comment

Larsen and Kuster introduce bill to enhance federal response to close substance use care gap and save lives

By News Source|2024-10-23T14:49:01-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Should we be subsidizing the profligate power consumption of mansion owners?

By Community|2024-10-23T20:42:19-07:00October 23rd, 2024|13 Comments

Setting Public Works Priorities: Council approves 6-Year transportation plan

By Community|2024-10-23T13:32:22-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Eager to see Rick Hughes return

By Community|2024-10-23T12:12:45-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Choose Hughes

By Community|2024-10-23T12:06:24-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Paulsen is an advocate for affordable housing

By Community|2024-10-23T11:47:24-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Who’s buying our County Council?

By Community|2024-10-23T11:42:18-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

New winter sailing schedule for San Juans

By News Source|2024-10-22T14:19:15-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Island Ways | Crew shortages cause several slow boat cancellations on Nantucket

By Community|2024-10-22T14:13:18-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Right person at the right time

By Community|2024-10-22T13:52:24-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Letters to Editor | Why I support Rick Hughes’ candidacy

By Community|2024-10-22T14:54:59-07:00October 23rd, 2024|Comments Off

Pea Patch community campus update

By Community|2024-10-22T15:26:56-07:00October 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Does Land Bank affect other property taxes?

By Community|2024-10-22T15:17:05-07:00October 22nd, 2024|2 Comments

In Memoriam | Valerie Binford

By Community|2024-10-22T14:44:04-07:00October 22nd, 2024|1 Comment

Invest in Unbiased Local Political Discourse | Support League of Women Voters & SanJuans.Today

By Community|2024-10-25T11:57:32-07:00October 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Response to O’Day supporters

By Community|2024-10-22T12:50:19-07:00October 22nd, 2024|1 Comment

Health Care District Board Meeting

By Community|2024-10-22T12:10:24-07:00October 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Land Bank seeks input on Draft Stewardship Management Plan

By Community|2024-10-21T14:16:55-07:00October 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Community Development leadership provides Fall update

By Community|2024-10-22T11:49:26-07:00October 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Hughes brings experience, enthusiasm, empathy

By Community|2024-10-22T11:42:30-07:00October 22nd, 2024|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | I fully endorse Rick Hughes for County Council

By Community|2024-10-22T11:25:52-07:00October 22nd, 2024|Comments Off