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Learn how state and federal government is impacting the arts and humanities

By Community|2025-05-04T11:59:26-07:00May 4th, 2025|1 Comment

2025 Comp Plan Update | Second draft available for review

By Community|2025-05-04T11:35:28-07:00May 4th, 2025|Comments Off

Collapsing bird numbers in North America prompt fears of ecological crisis – research

By Community|2025-05-03T15:08:03-07:00May 4th, 2025|Comments Off

A ferry sunny May Day protest in Friday Harbor

By Community|2025-05-03T16:01:18-07:00May 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

‘Worlds of Color” art show at Orcas Senior Center

By Community|2025-05-03T14:18:31-07:00May 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

New EMTs at Orcas Fire and Rescue

By Community|2025-05-03T14:11:45-07:00May 3rd, 2025|6 Comments

Sheriff’s Report | April 23 – 29, 2025

By Community|2025-05-03T12:37:34-07:00May 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Hawaiʻi Legislature takes historic step toward a visitor ‘green fee’

By News Source|2025-05-03T11:59:47-07:00May 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Pink smoke

By Jackie Bates|2025-05-03T11:31:36-07:00May 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

An evening exploring environmental stewardship

By Community|2025-05-02T14:16:02-07:00May 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

San Juan Islanders gather at each ferry terminal for May Day, International Workers’ Day

By Community|2025-05-02T13:08:16-07:00May 2nd, 2025|1 Comment

The Artworks featured artist for May

By Community|2025-05-02T12:04:00-07:00May 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Farewell, But Not Goodbye | Open house celebration for Dimitri Stankevich

By Community|2025-05-02T11:51:36-07:00May 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Conservation Land Bank opening Watmough Head trail on Lopez

By Lin McNulty|2025-05-02T11:01:04-07:00May 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

WSF Weekly Report | Online community meetings; fare setting process; boating season opens

By News Source|2025-05-02T10:53:35-07:00May 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-05-01T12:09:20-07:00May 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Reflections of a new American on the state of our government

By Community|2025-05-01T16:12:57-07:00May 1st, 2025|5 Comments

Help make history for Orcas track & field

By Community|2025-05-01T15:59:46-07:00May 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Getting ready for Medicare

By Community|2025-05-01T14:52:09-07:00May 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Wildfire Awareness Month in the San Juans

By News Source|2025-05-01T14:32:50-07:00May 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Systemwide WSF community meetings, May 21-22

By News Source|2025-05-01T14:00:49-07:00May 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Health & Community Services launches redesigned website to enhance user experience

By Community|2025-05-01T13:10:09-07:00May 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Island Stewards | Thank you for showing up

By Community|2025-05-01T12:25:40-07:00May 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Annual OPALCO member festival a huge success

By Community|2025-04-30T15:06:32-07:00April 30th, 2025|Comments Off

SJC Monthly News Digest – April 2025

By News Source|2025-04-30T14:32:01-07:00April 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Climate and Sustainability Advisory Committee seeks two new members

By Community|2025-04-30T14:06:39-07:00April 30th, 2025|2 Comments

Letter to Editor | The patient died: a parable

By Community|2025-04-30T14:08:05-07:00April 30th, 2025|8 Comments

Larsen releases statement on the passing of Yolanda Larsen

By Community|2025-04-30T12:30:50-07:00April 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Jurors for May 5-9, 2025 are excused

By Community|2025-04-30T12:23:40-07:00April 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Loyalty to the Earth | Bound

By Elisabeth Robson|2025-04-29T12:05:04-07:00April 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Salish Sea Early Music Festival returns

By Community|2025-04-29T15:47:56-07:00April 29th, 2025|Comments Off

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

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

Letter to Editor | Tidal change?

By Community|2025-04-29T11:54:41-07:00April 29th, 2025|1 Comment

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

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

Christian School to host free community Mexican dinner

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

PFFAP applications open to support local infrastructure, small businesses

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

Guest Opinion | Terminal disease

By Community|2025-04-28T11:41:30-07:00April 28th, 2025|19 Comments

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

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

Upcoming classes at Orcas Senior Center

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

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|Comments Off

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

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

Letter to Editor | Thank you for celebrating school music

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

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|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Health District thanks community

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

Port Commissioners to meet Monday

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

San Juan County Council appoints new local health officer

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

Sheriff’s Report | April 16 – 22, 2025

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

As the Paradigm Shifts | The power of being Middle C

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

A love letter to island volunteers

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

San Juan County begins process to update Critical Areas Ordinance

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

Letter to Editor | About that public works project on Shaw

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

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|Comments Off

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|Comments Off

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

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

Orcas to welcome Native American Canoe Journey May 21

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

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|Comments Off

Report of person missing from Lopez

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

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|Comments Off

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