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
Kid Faire and Up Up Up! in its last Orcas performance
||| FROM COLLEEN SMITH SUMMERS for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center is proud to present its annual Summer Concert Series on the Village Green, bringing free, live music to the heart of Eastsound. This vibrant
Art opening to feature paintings, sculpture works of Ayame Bullock
FROM AYN GAILEY for CROW VALLEY GALLERY ||| The public is invited to a reception for STONE & STEM, this Sunday, August 16th at 4pm at Crow Valley Gallery. Meet the artist Ayame Bullock and
Larsen presses ICE for answers about Ferndale facility
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director
UPDATED | At Odd Fellows | An evening with educator and author Jackson Katz, Ph.D.
||| FROM ROBERT DASH ||| Join us at Odd Fellows Hall for an engaging talk and discussion on Thursday, August 20, at 6:30 pm led by internationally renowned educator, author, and lecturer -- and longstanding
OIHCD’s 2026 Strategic Planning Process | Charting the District’s vision
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| Following our levy commitment in 2025, Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) leadership spent a day earlier in 2026 working through a long-range strategic vision of the
Champions of the Golden Valley film to play in Friday Harbor, Lopez, Shaw Islands
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS & KAREN PALMER for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Friday Harbor Film Festival welcomes Shaw Islanders to the Best of the Fest program! This Explorers & Adventures film screens free of charge
CWR Encounter #56 | J, K, and L Pod
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 08:32 AM ObservEnd: 09:30 AM Vessel: KCB III Staff: Dave Ellifrit, Michael Weiss Other Observers: Taylor Redmond Pods: J, K, L IDsEncountered: K12, K14,
Auditor seeks volunteers to write opposing statements in Voting Guide for November ballot measures
Volunteers are needed to write opposing statements for Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District and Port of Lopez ballot measures ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Auditor, Natasha Warmenhoven, is seeking people
San Juan County Board of Health calls for restoration of public health funding
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| At its June meeting, San Juan County Board of Health moved to send a letter to state legislators urging action to restore funding for Foundational Public Health Services
Washington’s ferry system in the middle of one of the largest transitions in its history
Can today's boats last long enough for tomorrow's to arrive? ||| FROM KOMO-TV SEATTLE ||| The current WSF fleet reflects decades of underinvestment in vessel construction, according to ferry leaders. Construction recently began on the
San Juan County begins search for next local health officer
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County announced at the last Board of Health meeting that Dr. Amy Harley will conclude her service as the Local Health Officer for San Juan County
2026 Wooden Boat Rendezvous coming to Deer Harbor
||| FROM WARD FAY, JIM WAITE and BILL SYMES for WOODEN BOAT SOCIETY OF THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS ||| The Wooden Boat Society of the San Juan Islands will host this year’s Wooden Boat Rendezvous
CWR Encounter #55 | Bigg’s Killer Whales
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Full Encounter Report ObservBegin: 04:22 PM ObservEnd: 04:36 PM Vessel: Mike 1 Staff: Mark Malleson, Joe Zelwietro Pods: Bigg's killer whales IDsEncountered: T069E LocationDescr: Seabird Rocks EncSummary: Upon
Public Hearing continued on proposed Ordinance No. 1841 | New regulations for short term rentals
||| FROM DENICE KULSETH for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| The Friday Harbor Town Council is accepting public testimony on proposed Ordinance No. 1841, which would establish new regulations for accommodations of 30 days or
Compass Health to purchase county building in Friday Harbor, continuing long-term services locally
State funding and a decades-long county partnership secure the building's future ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Compass Health, a community-based healthcare agency supporting youths and adults, is purchasing the building it has been leasing
I’m not the church lady | Living inside a world that mistakes appearance for essence
||| I'M NOT THE CHURCH LADY by ROSIE KUHN ||| Can I continue being who I am when being who I am doesn’t produce the response I so hope for? Only once, that I can
