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.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
The story of the 2025 Legislative Session
Advancing good things. Preventing harm. Holding the line. Walking forward, together. ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| This year, our work in Olympia called on every ounce of wisdom, courage, and commitment
Un-bee-lievable | 250 million bees escape after semi spills load in Whatcom County
||| FROM KOMO-TV SEATTLE ||| A buzzworthy story is unfolding in Whatcom County, where 250 million bees have escaped after a semi-truck carrying boxes of the insects lost part of its load. The Whatcom County
WSF Weekly Report | $900M from state budget; Wenatchee goes electric; WSF 74th anniversary
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the 2025-2027 state budgets last week. I’m excited to share that nearly $900 million from the transportation budget
Orcas Island Health Care District – Board of Commissioner Seat 5 vacancy
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| Following the voluntary resignation of District Commissioner Dave Zoeller effective 05/28/2025, The Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) has formally nominated Trey Holland for the appointment to
Thank you, Orcas Island, for celebrating community
||| FROM LYNN WHITE for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The community came together for a beautiful day at Parish Hall and the Labyrinth to celebrate the nonprofits that make a difference on Orcas Island
Present Laughter from National Theatre Live at Orcas Center
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center brings Noël Coward’s classic comedy, Present Laughter, to the big screen on Wednesday, June 4 at 7pm, as part of National Theatre Live’s digital programming,
Jurors beginning June 2 are excused
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| JURY DUTY: BEGINNING JUNE 2 2025 Jurors summonsed for jury duty beginning on Monday, June 2nd are excused. This includes jurors summonsed for the two week jury period
Town Council reschedules regular business meeting on June 19 to June 18, 2025
||| FROM JENNIFER M. KREMBS for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| Due the Juneteenth holiday, the Town Council regular business meeting scheduled for June 19, 2025 is rescheduled to 12 noon on June 18, 2025.
OPALCO explores solar expansion on Decatur Island
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| OPALCO is looking to build local renewable power generation to offset potential power shortfalls due to the lack of needed energy supply from the
Rep. Larsen announces 2025 Congressional App Challenge
Challenge open to all Middle and High School students who live or attend school in Washington State’s 2nd District ||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| EVERETT, WA – Today, Rep. Rick
Washington Gov. Ferguson signs packaging EPR law
Washington is now the seventh U.S. state with a packaging EPR law. ||| FROM WASTE DIVE ||| Gov. Bob Ferguson signed SB 5284 into law on Saturday, the culmination of years of advocacy to get
Kindergarten Transition | A special start for new students
||| FROM THE RESOURCE CENTER COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ||| The Orcas Community Resource Center recently hosted their annual Kindergarten Transition event, welcoming over 30 families as their children prepare to begin school this fall. Children from
Online open house for feedback to WSF ticket price increase
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| The Washington State Transportation Commission (WSTC) sets our ticket prices every two years. Now through Monday, June 9, WSTC is hosting an online open house for the public to
Hawaiʻi makes history as first state to charge tourists to save environment
A Hawaiʻi vacation will cost you more in the near future thanks to a new “green fee” that the governor signed into law today. ||| FROM HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT ||| Hawaiʻi has officially become the
Health Care District regular & special board meetings tomorrow
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold a regularly scheduled board meeting on Wednesday, May 28th from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room at the
San Juan Islands Sculpture Park summer art series returns
Saturdays from 2-4pm June 22 - September 14 (excepting August 17) ||| FROM KRISTEN ARNIM for SAN JUAN ISLANDS SCULPTURE PARK ||| Save your Sunday afternoons for some fun, free art at the San Juan
