Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
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Letter to Editor | Every San Juan County voter has a say in District 3 council race
||| FROM KATHERINE BRYANT INGMAN CAMPAIGN||| As the August 4th primary approaches, Katherine Bryant Ingman's campaign wants to clear up a common misunderstanding about how San Juan County Council elections work. Many residents believe they
Dirt Jam | Dr. Dirty reunion concert this weekend at Captain’s Taproom
||| FROM LIV NEWKIRK for CAPTAIN'S TAPROOM ||| Join us Sunday, August 2nd for a walk down memory lane as Terry Anderson returns to the islands with a concert at Captain's Taproom on Shaw Island
Get immunized before the school year with your local public health department
Sign up or stop by for one our clinics this summer to make sure you’re caught up before school starts ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Health & Community Services (HCS)
Washington | Today is the last day to register to vote online
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| (Today) is the last day to register to vote online: please take a moment today to ensure you are ready to cast your vote! Check
I’m Not the Church Lady | Build your own rehab center
Having an agenda of no agenda requires me to simply show up and see what shows up ||| What if recovery isn't some place we have to get to? What if it isn't another project
San Juan County Sheriff’s Office statement on plane crash on Sucia Island
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| On Thursday, July 23, around 5:30 pm, the San Juan County Sheriff's Office started receiving 911 calls reporting a plane crash at Shallow Bay/Sucia Island. It was reported
Letter to Editor | Why we support Jennifer Swanson
||| FROM TERRI GUDGELL MASON, KERWIN JOHNSON, ANITA ORNE, RICK HUGHES, RHEA MILLER, GORDON KOENIG, BILL WATSON, TRISH LEHMAN, RON ZEE ||| Some of us have had the pleasure and opportunity to learn about Jennifer
Sucia Island plane crash up close shows bystanders’ heroics
||| FROM CBS NEWS |||
OPALCO students earn scholarships and leadership recognition through Nourdine Jensen Youth Scholarship Program
||| FROM JO LANGE for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| In early July, six San Juan County students proudly represented Orcas Power and Light Cooperative (OPALCO) at the 2026 Idaho Consumer-Owned Utilities Association (ICUA)
Construction on the Pea Patch Community Campus has begun
Summer update on site work and fundraising success ||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for PEA PATCH COMMUNITY ||| Summer is in full swing and so is the site work to prepare the Pea Patch Community Campus
Orcas Center Visual Arts Committee announces new community show
“Light and Shadow" to open on August 28 ||| FROM MARJORIE TAYLOR for ORCAS CENTER ||| For this show, the VAC welcomes artists to contribute pieces that reflect their own interpretation of the light and
Urgent | Final chance to donate blood this summer on San Juan & Orcas
||| FROM HANNAH MCNUTT for BLOODWORKS NORTHWEST ||| Right now, Bloodworks Northwest remains in Code Red emergency shortage, meaning we have less than a one-to-two-day supply of blood available for patients in our region. More
Port commission will meet on Monday
||| FROM CHIP LONG for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, July 27th at 4:00 p.m. online via Zoom and in-person at the
WSF Weekly Report | 98,174 riders in one day; annual tribal canoe journey; fall reservations available
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve On Saturday, we welcomed 98,174 riders on board, our highest single-day ridership since 2019. That easily surpassed our previous post-pandemic high of
Breaking News | Plane just went down at Sucia Island
Orcas Island Fire & Rescue later confirmed that everyone aboard had been rescued and was receiving medical care or being transported from the scene. Kenmore Air said everyone on board has been accounted for. According
Larsen stands firm against Trump’s unjustified war
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement: “Today I voted once again to stop the President from attacking Iran. All
