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
OPALCO survey results are In
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| OPALCO has been engaging the co-op membership in the realities facing the energy world. Things are changing due to climate impacts, carbon reduction legislation,
Island Primary Care-Orcas hiring for two positions
||| FROM ISLAND PRIMARY CARE - ORCAS ||| Island Health is currently recruiting for two positions at Island Primary Care - Orcas. The two positions being hired for are one Medical Assistant position and one Patient
Get your Washington State Boating Education Card
||| FROM U .S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ||| The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Bellingham and San Juan Islands Flotilla offers boaters four opportunities to take an online, Washington State Basic Boater Education Course. The course
February 10, 2026, Special Election | Vote! Sign! Send!
The February Special includes a ballot measure for the San Juan Island School District No. 149. The measure is concerning a replacement enrichment levy. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County
Eastsound Free America Walkout January 20 at 2pm
||| FROM BARBARA NESBET || One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, attacks on immigrants, families torn apart, mass surveillance, and terror
Larsen releases statement on Trump’s Greenland comments
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement on Presidents Trump's comments about taking over Greenland: “The Arctic has always been
Tomorrow! Tuesday! Free America Walkout
||| FROM INDIVISIBLE SAN JUANS ||| We are feeling determined and resilient as our resistance grows! Tomorrow, the Free America Walkout starts at 2:00 pm local time. Our Indivisible San Juan Islands Community, YOU, have been showing up,
No Place Like Loam | Landscape as orientation
||| NO PLACE LIKE LOAM by ALEX TAMAYO WOLF ||| We live in a world optimized for movement and starving for position. Everything urges us forward—optimize, scale, accelerate—yet very little helps us answer the first
Guest Opinion | EWUA Board to consider road maintenance contribution without policy framework
||| FROM ELISABETH BRITT ||| The Eastsound Water Users Association (EWUA) board is preparing to vote on a proposal that would commit the association to a $30,000 initial payment and $10,000 annually toward the maintenance
Education Foundation invites you to Annual Grilled Cheese Showdown
||| FROM JANET BROWNELL for ORCAS ISLAND EDUCATION FOUNDATION ||| This family-friendly fundraiser takes place on Thursday, February 11 starting at 5:00pm in the public-school cafeteria. Your admittance entitles you to soup and six grilled
Winter Spirit week brings fun, school pride to Orcas Christian School
||| FROM ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL STAFF ||| Orcas Christian School (OCS) wrapped up its winter season with a lively, laughter-filled Winter Spirit Week, giving students five days of creative fun and friendly competition. Throughout the
Letter to Editor | And now the end is near and so we face the final curtain…
||| FROM DOUG & MICHELL "MITCH" MARSHALL ||| Dear Friends and Neighbors, The Office Cupboard was always more than a place to buy your office, school, and art supplies, or to get your print work
I don’t want you to miss this…
||| FROM YOUTUBE ||| Across a divided nation, a simple journey is drawing Americans together — without speeches, signs, or slogans. Nineteen Buddhist monks are walking 2,300 miles across the United States, moving steadily from
Experience a sound bath, or do some yoga at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Sound Bath Tuesdays Join us at Orcas Senior Center every Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. for a relaxing sound bath with crystal bowls. Sessions are guided by
Letter to Editor | OPALCO General Manager makes how much per year?
||| FROM ALEX MACLEOD ||| I saw OPALCO’s notice the other day inviting candidates on San Juan and Orcas Islands to consider running for open seats on its board. To any mulling the possibility, and
The Whale Museum, Alchemy Art Center partner to launch new workshop series
||| FROM CONOR AGNEW for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum is partnering with Alchemy Art Center to launch a new artistic workshop series, “Digging into Bones!” This series brings art and science together
