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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Sheriff’s Report | April 29 – May 5, 2026
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 29 26-002400 Suspicious Person/Circumstance 08:39:06 04/29/26 A report of suspicious activity on the 100 block of Spring Street was reported to the Sheriff's Office. It
Want to direct? An evening with Ken Kwapis, director
||| FROM SAM GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY ||| Orcas Island Public Library will host a special evening with award-winning film and television director Ken Kwapis on Thursday, May 14, at 6:00 p.m. The
County Council to travel to Lopez Island for upcoming May 12 meeting
The meeting will be held at the Lopez Community Center ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council will hold its regularly scheduled May 12 meeting on Lopez Island. The public is
San Juan County announces resurfacing of 18 miles of roads this summer
Chip seal maintenance programs help preserve county roads ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Public Works Department is announcing its annual summer road resurfacing schedule to chip seal approximately 18 miles
WSF Weekly Report | Good Morning America visit; media visits; online community meetings
||| FROM STEVE NEVEY for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| A message from Steve I spent Monday with my deputy, John Vezina, and Electrification Program Administrator David Sowers at Eastern Shipbuilding Group. We visited the Florida site
Are you entering something in the Fair?
Check out these important dates for 2026 fair exhibitors ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Parks & Fair Department is excited to continue offering convenient online pre-registration and multi-island pick-up
Letter to Editor | A compelling reason to learn CPR
||| FROM GERI BAKER for ORCAS ONLINE ||| On April 20, 2026 my husband Stu collapsed in his chair (Widow-Maker heart attack. 70% mortality rate) at our office in Eastsound and was without pulse for
GoFundMe campaigns set up for traffic accident victims
||| FROM JEFF PLATT for GOFUND ME ||| The friends and families of the young couple from Orcas Island who died in the crash on US-97 near Beebe Bridge in Lake Chelan have started GoFundMe
Coming Soon | Master Gardeners spring plant sales on San Juan, Orcas
Healthy herbs, tomato and pepper starts, and locally grown perennial landscaping plants need new homes! ||| FROM CAITIE BLETHEN for SJC MASTER GARDENERS ||| One of the most anticipated signs of spring, the San Juan
Salmonberry Community School is turning 25
...and we're having a party! ||| FROM LAURA BLACK for SALMONBERRY SCHOOL ||| Anyone who has ever been in relationship with the little school with a big heart is invited to attend our birthday party
Larsen defends reproductive health care
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined more than 250 House and Senate Democrats in filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to
Have a garden question? Ask an Orcas Master Gardener
Saturday May 9th at the Market Garden Nursery ||| FROM ORCAS MASTER GARDENERS ||| Do you have a question about your soil, have a problem with your fruit tree, or are thinking about starting a
SJC’s Agricultural Resources Committee to host farmer listening session on meat processing
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 13, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. and will be held virtually on Zoom ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Agricultural Resources Committee (ARC)
Join Garden Club for permaculture presentation
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| LEARN FROM PERMACULTURIST, STEWARD, AND PASSIONATE GARDENER, TAJA WICKS Wednesday, May 20th, 10 am (at the Orcas Center or by Zoom) JOIN US AT 9:30 AM (just
News Brief | The world is about to get a preview of life in 2035
||| FROM NEW YORK TIMES ||| A climate monster is growing right now in the Pacific Ocean, perhaps the most fearsome El Niño since before scientists even began modeling them. The El Niño building right
Leadership San Juan Islands schedules annual meeting
||| FROM GRETCHEN KRAMPF for LEADERSHIP SAN JUAN ISLANDS |||
