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
Orcas bands Vexing Left and Wild Child in concert
||| FROM COLLEEN SMITH SUMMERS for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas band Vexing Left is lined up for a full concert at Orcas Center. The new multigenerational trio of Vexing Left consists of sax, bass, drums
Public Health Hot Topic | Happy and healthy holidays
Public health tips about respiratory illness prevention, food safety, and mental health resources. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| As the holidays approach, we want to take a moment to remember some healthy habits
OPALCO Board passes 2026 budget and rates
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| The 2026 OPALCO annual budget was approved at the November 20 board meeting including changes to the rate structure and a ~6% rate increase
End of year town hall event with Councilmember Jane Fuller
There will be an opportunity for questions, answers, and a discussion following a presentation. All are welcome! ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| As the year winds down, Councilmember Fuller will be holding a
Official notice of San Juan County canvassing board meeting for recount
The San Juan County Canvassing Board will convene at 8:30 am on December 1, 2025 to set the date and time of a manual recount of the votes cast during the 2025 General Election for
Celebrate Taylor Swift’s birthday with tribute band at Orcas Center
||| FROM COLLEEN SMITH SUMMERS for ORCAS CENTER ||| On Taylor Swift's birthday, Orcas Center is hosting 13 Til Midnight, a Taylor Swift Tribute Band, on the main stage. Fans can see the show at
Jurors for December 1-5 are excused
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| JURY DUTY: December 1-5, 2025 All jurors summonsed for the week beginning Monday, December 1st through Friday, December 5th, 2025, are excused. Thank you.
News Brief | ’Tis the season for shopping, scams, and stolen savings
||| FROM MALWARE BYTES ||| Holiday scams don’t just steal money or data—they steal peace of mind. During the holidays, the financial and emotional fallout of being scammed lands harder—spoiling plans, straining trust, and adding
No Place Like Loam | Winter Garden: What my Grandfather’s war garden still teaches me – Part 2
||| NO PLACE LIKE LOAM by ALEX TAMAYO-WOLF ||| Mom asks why I’m always up so early, out there in the wind, picking greens for a smoothie as if I’m feeding some phantom army. My
Auditions coming up for all-kid production at Orcas Center
||| FROM COLLEN SMITH SUMMERS for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center is producing an all-kids musical theater show that will run in early spring. Auditions for “How to Eat like a Child” are on Dec.
Fill Food Bank donation barrels at Island Market and Co-op
||| FROM CALI BAGBY for ORCAS. ISLAND FOOD BANK ||| Orcas Island Food Bank donation barrels are at Island Market and the Orcas Food Co-op. “We’re so grateful for the Market’s community spirit, dedication to
Get Scrooged for the holidays with Actors Theater
||| FROM TOM FISCUS for ACTORS THEATER OF ORCAS ISLAND The Actor’s Theater of Orcas Island is proud to continue its holiday tradition of a radio version of a classic Christmas show. This year we
Larsen fights to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement after signing a discharge petition that will force a vote in the House
News Brief | How billionaires took over American politics
||| FROM THE WASHINGTON POST ||| The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics. In an era defined by major political divisions
News Brief | Indoor firing ranges exacerbate blast waves
||| FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ||| The brain is a delicate network of about 100 trillion connections with a consistency close to Jell-O, and how blasts affect that network is still poorly understood. Experts
News Brief | A tribally owned network of chargers will soon be complete in the Dakotas
||| FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ||| Over the past three years, Standing Rock has installed chargers across the reservation as part of the Electric Nation project, a regional effort to create an intertribal charging
