News – Page 81 – theOrcasonian.com

Library is hosting a poetry event on the South Lawn

By Community|2022-04-13T13:00:55-07:00April 13th, 2022|Comments Off

Our new best buddy, Big Blue is just crushing it out at the Exchange

By Edee Kulper|2022-04-13T10:44:18-07:00April 13th, 2022|1 Comment

EDC steps in to help with recovery from Friday Harbor fire

By Community|2022-04-13T14:53:39-07:00April 13th, 2022|Comments Off

Overdose deaths in Washington top 2,000 in 2021 and continue to rise

By News Source|2022-04-12T15:15:16-07:00April 13th, 2022|Comments Off

EDC to offer fire recovery sessions for business owners and employees

By Community|2022-04-12T16:04:41-07:00April 12th, 2022|Comments Off

Property damage by fire may qualify for property tax relief

By Community|2022-04-12T15:04:08-07:00April 12th, 2022|Comments Off

County Council to finally rule on capping vacation rental permits

By Matthew Gilbert|2022-04-13T09:52:51-07:00April 12th, 2022|19 Comments

Poetry | my mother’s hands

By News Source|2022-04-11T13:03:53-07:00April 12th, 2022|Comments Off

Washington water supply outlook report for April

By News Source|2022-04-11T20:08:08-07:00April 12th, 2022|Comments Off

Washington State Ferries in need of more workers

By News Source|2022-04-11T20:44:25-07:00April 12th, 2022|Comments Off

Compass Health hires first-ever Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer

By News Source|2022-04-11T12:04:56-07:00April 11th, 2022|Comments Off

Jane Fuller is running for County Council, District 3

By Community|2022-04-11T11:16:48-07:00April 11th, 2022|1 Comment

Development Director wants government offices in rural areas

By Community|2022-04-11T12:38:25-07:00April 11th, 2022|Comments Off

Notice of a special School Board meeting

By Community|2022-04-10T14:49:06-07:00April 10th, 2022|3 Comments

Community Church plans services, events for Holy Week

By Community|2022-04-09T17:48:36-07:00April 10th, 2022|Comments Off

Salish Sea Early Music Festival returns to Orcas

By News Source|2022-04-09T15:20:16-07:00April 10th, 2022|Comments Off

Coming up: A four-season cottage garden presentation in the San Juan Islands

By Community|2022-04-13T16:14:29-07:00April 10th, 2022|2 Comments

Sun Days on Orcas | The numbers

By Edee Kulper|2022-04-09T17:47:56-07:00April 10th, 2022|4 Comments

ATF investigators seeking public’s assistance as they investigate FH fire

By News Source|2022-04-11T11:18:04-07:00April 9th, 2022|Comments Off

EMS student shares the experience of being on scene at Friday Harbor fire

By Community|2022-04-09T19:26:12-07:00April 9th, 2022|6 Comments

Inslee: What the State has been up to this past week

By News Source|2022-04-09T13:57:06-07:00April 9th, 2022|Comments Off

Senior Services Council to meet April 21

By Community|2022-04-09T13:46:35-07:00April 9th, 2022|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Slow down for speeders

By Community|2022-04-09T13:08:21-07:00April 9th, 2022|7 Comments

Local Earth Day Climate Committee to launch on Earth Day eve

By Community|2022-04-09T12:07:43-07:00April 9th, 2022|1 Comment

Sheriff’s Report | March 30 – April 5, 2022

By Community|2022-04-09T13:15:22-07:00April 9th, 2022|Comments Off

ATF arrival in Friday Harbor standard procedure. Streets to remain closed

By Community|2022-04-08T23:00:13-07:00April 8th, 2022|Comments Off

Upcoming ‘hire local’ job fair to be hosted by Economic Development Council

By Community|2022-04-08T14:53:40-07:00April 8th, 2022|Comments Off

Quack, quack, the County Fair is coming back

By Community|2022-04-08T14:48:51-07:00April 8th, 2022|Comments Off

Newest COVID numbers from State Health Dept.

By Community|2022-04-08T13:56:48-07:00April 8th, 2022|Comments Off

Orcas Socrates Café continues at Senior Center

By Community|2022-04-07T12:43:05-07:00April 8th, 2022|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2022-04-07T17:05:23-07:00April 8th, 2022|1 Comment

Evening update on Friday Harbor fire

By Community|2022-04-08T16:44:15-07:00April 7th, 2022|1 Comment

Inter-island service suspended through Friday

By News Source|2022-04-07T13:48:59-07:00April 7th, 2022|1 Comment

WSF Weekly Update | Common cold takes hold in employees

By News Source|2022-04-07T13:33:19-07:00April 7th, 2022|Comments Off

Health District Commissioner resigns; replacement to be named from former applicants

By Community|2022-04-07T13:01:40-07:00April 7th, 2022|4 Comments

EDC sets up a donation page for Friday Harbor fire victims

By Community|2022-04-07T12:55:29-07:00April 7th, 2022|Comments Off

Orcas Senior Center pilots a home repair project

By Community|2022-04-07T12:36:37-07:00April 7th, 2022|Comments Off

Lit Fest returns to Orcas Island following a two-year pandemic hiatus

By Community|2022-04-08T10:39:06-07:00April 7th, 2022|Comments Off

San Juan, Orcas fire crews remain on the scene of downtown Friday Harbor fire

By News Source|2022-04-08T16:43:17-07:00April 7th, 2022|1 Comment

This Third Coast Percussion concert co-presented by OICMF, Orcas Center

By Community|2022-04-06T16:31:01-07:00April 7th, 2022|Comments Off

School bus driver flown off following yesterday’s accident on Orcas Road

By Community|2022-04-06T13:20:26-07:00April 6th, 2022|1 Comment

SJIMA exhibition INTO THE BREACH runs until May 30

By Community|2022-04-06T12:59:30-07:00April 6th, 2022|Comments Off

Classic Film Series closes out with ‘A Matter of Life and Death’

By Community|2022-04-06T12:32:44-07:00April 6th, 2022|Comments Off

San Juan County Treasurer Rhonda Pederson running for re-election

By Community|2022-04-05T22:51:49-07:00April 6th, 2022|Comments Off

State Parks Clean Vessel Act Grant Program funds $700,000 in new pumpout and floating restroom projects

By News Source|2022-04-05T15:38:06-07:00April 5th, 2022|Comments Off

Governor’s 2022 Smart Communities Awards nominations open now through May 6

By News Source|2022-04-05T15:10:23-07:00April 5th, 2022|Comments Off

Washington residents should not consume certain oysters harvested from Baynes Sound area in British Columbia

By News Source|2022-04-05T15:03:22-07:00April 5th, 2022|Comments Off

Orcas Island Community Foundation ranks #1 in national survey

By Community|2022-04-05T13:56:45-07:00April 5th, 2022|Comments Off

Hop on over to Lions Club Easter egg hunt at Cascade Lake

By Community|2022-04-05T12:40:15-07:00April 5th, 2022|Comments Off

Orcas Food Bank highlights the guy who brings the food on-island

By Community|2022-04-04T16:31:31-07:00April 4th, 2022|2 Comments

Effective anti-COVID drug available in Washington for eligible patients

By News Source|2022-04-04T16:29:08-07:00April 4th, 2022|Comments Off

Stephanie’s Tai Chi classes are resuming after a two-year hiatus

By Community|2022-04-04T14:47:28-07:00April 4th, 2022|1 Comment

Middle Schoolers are putting on a couple of plays this weekend

By Community|2022-04-04T12:35:03-07:00April 4th, 2022|1 Comment

Governor has been busy signing bills, 303 of them, following legislative session

By News Source|2022-04-02T16:41:13-07:00April 3rd, 2022|Comments Off

High Wind Warning arrives on the scene for tonight, tomorrow

By Community|2022-04-03T15:37:29-07:00April 3rd, 2022|Comments Off

Health Care District will meet via ZOOM on Tuesday

By Community|2022-04-02T15:59:31-07:00April 3rd, 2022|Comments Off

Judge rules against Navy SEAL training at Washington State Parks

By News Source|2022-04-03T12:22:26-07:00April 3rd, 2022|Comments Off

Kathy Collister’s Ukulele Kanikipila musical gatherings continue at Senior Center

By Community|2022-04-02T17:17:58-07:00April 3rd, 2022|Comments Off

This week’s Prune Alley update, a look at week ahead

By Community|2022-04-01T15:17:10-07:00April 3rd, 2022|Comments Off

Sun Days on Orcas | Obstacles – real or imagined?

By Edee Kulper|2022-04-03T10:59:48-07:00April 3rd, 2022|1 Comment

Turning the Wheel will be bringing creativity, play to Orcas community

By Community|2022-04-02T14:30:35-07:00April 2nd, 2022|Comments Off

Orcas Island residents can dispose of prescription drugs at upcoming Take-Back Event

By Community|2022-04-02T14:06:26-07:00April 2nd, 2022|1 Comment

What Was: unmarked, showing now at San Juan Islands Museum of Art

By Community|2022-04-02T13:44:07-07:00April 2nd, 2022|Comments Off

A sense of humor seems to be springing up around Orcas

By Edee Kulper|2022-04-02T12:27:50-07:00April 2nd, 2022|Comments Off

The Great Islands Clean-up is back in person

By Community|2022-04-02T12:07:15-07:00April 2nd, 2022|Comments Off

Sheriff’s Report | March 23 – 29, 2022

By Community|2022-04-01T14:45:24-07:00April 2nd, 2022|Comments Off

DOH issues health advisory for norovirus-like illnesses linked to raw oysters

By Community|2022-04-02T11:09:29-07:00April 1st, 2022|Comments Off

A hyperactive sunspot just hurled a huge X-class solar flare into space

By News Source|2022-04-01T16:57:24-07:00April 1st, 2022|Comments Off

Senior Center offers Silver Swans for basic, gentle ballet

By Community|2022-04-01T16:48:05-07:00April 1st, 2022|Comments Off

Local group forms to lure, entice more tourists on Orcas with new activities

By Community|2022-03-31T20:35:32-07:00April 1st, 2022|4 Comments

New approaches to housing and behavioral health top Inslee’s budget takeaways list

By Community|2022-04-01T15:22:16-07:00April 1st, 2022|1 Comment

Developer group seeks major overhaul of downtown Eastsound

By Community|2022-03-30T17:22:33-07:00April 1st, 2022|9 Comments

Latest COVID numbers from State Health Dept.

By News Source|2022-04-01T13:43:32-07:00April 1st, 2022|Comments Off

WSF weekly update

By News Source|2022-04-01T13:38:55-07:00April 1st, 2022|Comments Off

Final (so far) weekly COVID update from San Juan County

By Community|2022-04-01T12:24:14-07:00April 1st, 2022|1 Comment

Orcas Islanders join together to link arms for Ukraine

By News Source|2022-03-30T17:20:56-07:00April 1st, 2022|9 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2022-03-31T16:46:38-07:00April 1st, 2022|Comments Off

Council still on deck for climate change

By Community|2022-03-30T17:20:12-07:00April 1st, 2022|2 Comments

Roulac’s Qigong series returns to Senior Center

By Community|2022-03-31T16:13:47-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

You’re invited to IT Basics for Business workshop

By Community|2022-03-31T16:36:58-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Springtime brings new works to Friday Harbor Atelier

By Community|2022-03-31T15:34:13-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Inside OCRC are food access programs for Orcas Islanders

By Community|2022-03-31T15:28:57-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Local author captures essence of Orcas Island life in her new book

By Community|2022-03-31T16:34:27-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Discussing whether OPALCO should pay dues to Lower Snake River dam lobbyists

By Community|2022-03-31T14:28:44-07:00March 31st, 2022|9 Comments

‘Two Little Ducks; Quack Quack’ the Fair is back!

By Community|2022-03-31T12:18:35-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Be sure to catch this April art exhibit at Orcas Island Library

By Community|2022-03-30T13:38:58-07:00March 31st, 2022|Comments Off

Bill to conserve Washington kelp and eelgrass forests signed into law

By News Source|2022-03-30T15:57:02-07:00March 30th, 2022|2 Comments

Second COVID-19 booster dose recommended for certain individuals

By News Source|2022-03-30T12:19:31-07:00March 30th, 2022|1 Comment

John Geyman, M.D. has written a new book on transformation of health care since 1960

By Community|2022-03-29T16:16:41-07:00March 30th, 2022|Comments Off

Poetry | Glory to Ukraine

By Community|2022-03-30T12:20:41-07:00March 30th, 2022|2 Comments

Save now! Pay later! OPALCO’s Switch It Up program expands

By Community|2022-03-29T16:32:17-07:00March 30th, 2022|11 Comments

The glaring divide of COVID-19 death rates between red and blue America

By News Source|2022-03-29T15:07:35-07:00March 29th, 2022|3 Comments

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. approves major disaster declaration for Washington

By News Source|2022-03-29T14:08:34-07:00March 29th, 2022|Comments Off

New Leaf Cafe welcomes new executive chef

By Community|2022-03-29T13:45:08-07:00March 29th, 2022|3 Comments

Local musicians do us proud in recent contest performances

By Community|2022-03-29T13:26:51-07:00March 29th, 2022|1 Comment

Register now for upcoming Community Car Show at fairgrounds

By Community|2022-03-29T13:11:05-07:00March 29th, 2022|Comments Off

Deputy Eric Peter announces candidacy for county sheriff

By Community|2022-03-29T12:29:30-07:00March 29th, 2022|1 Comment

Madeleine Albright: Resilience of spirit, more than intellect, is the key to life

By News Source|2022-03-29T12:14:17-07:00March 29th, 2022|Comments Off

What is happening with PlayFest?

By Community|2022-03-27T22:59:58-07:00March 28th, 2022|Comments Off

Poetry | Cherry Blossoms

By Community|2022-03-27T11:58:46-07:00March 28th, 2022|1 Comment