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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Rights of Nature movement continues to grow in Pacific Northwest
||| FROM KRISS KEVORKIAN for LEGAL RIGHTS FOR THE SALISH SEA ||| Bainbridge Island, WA (February 14, 2023)— The Mayor and City Council Members of the City of Bainbridge Island, signed a Proclamation describing the
Latest round of $70 million in state pandemic relief assists 3,787 small businesses
Grants provide relief to businesses in all 39 Washington counties ||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ||| The Washington State Department of Commerce, in partnership with the Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA), has distributed $70
NORAD air defense exercise off BC, WA coast today
||| FROM NORAD & US NORTHCOM ||| COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will conduct a planned, live-fly air defense exercise off the coast of British Columbia and Washington State today. A
Lake Tahoe has a people problem: how a resort town became unlivable
||| FROM THE GUARDIAN ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER Late last year, Lake Tahoe earned a spot on an exclusive travel guide. But the mountain destination, famed for its cobalt blue waters and
In Memoriam | John Marshall Louton, 1942 – 2023
||| FROM BETSY LOUTON ||| John Marshall Louton died peacefully surrounded by his family on January 19, 2023. John was born on September 4, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Woodstock. He attended Ohio
County Council proclaims Southern Resident Killer Whales culturally important to San Juans
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| We were not the first in the state of Washington, but San Juan County Council has passed a Proclamation urging our State and Federal governments to deepen their
Spring GiveOrcas campaign is just around the corner
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The Spring GiveOrcas Campaign is starting to roll. The application is posted on our website and Grants Manager Ed Andrews is at the ready to answer any questions. This
Center for Whale Research-led study garners hundreds of media reports, reaches millions worldwide
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| A new research study by the Center for Whale Research (CWR) and the United Kingdom universities of Exeter, York, and Cambridge has shown that “providing care to weaned sons
What is the Seattle social housing initiative?
Seattle voters have until Tuesday, Feb. 14 to vote on the social housing initiative, I-135 ||| FROM KUOW/NPR SEATTLE ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF theORCASONIAN READER If you live in Seattle and are registered to
11th annual SJI Ag Summit in-person on San Juan Island
||| FROM KELSEY GREEN for AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT ||| The 11th Annual San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit is taking place in-person on San Juan Island March 3 & 4, 2023. Event highlights include: Friday “Summit Hub”
Calling fiber artists for upcoming Orcas Center show in March
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is seeking fiber artists for the next Community Art Show this March! Textile and Fiber Arts Drop off your art on
Orcas Aviation pilot logs his 1,000th Mercy Flight
||| FROM ROBERT WAUNCH for ORCAS AVIATION ASSOCIATION ||| A significant milestone was reached the morning of January 9 th as Gil Blinn flew his 1,000th Mercy Flight. The Orcas Aviation Association (OAA) and the
A collection of short plays is coming to Orcas Center Black Box
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Join us for the first Black Box Production of 2023 at Orcas Center: The Lonely Plays, written by Seattle playwright Heidi Heimarck, directed by Ellen Graham and
Sheriff’s Report | February 1 – 8, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 23-000691 Welfare Check 09:46:24 02/01/23 Deputies responded to a report of a suicidal individual on the west side of San Juan Island. The report
Lovelett bills to update Growth Management Act heard in Senate committee
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATS ||| OLYMPIA - Two bills sponsored by Sen. Liz Lovelett (D-Anacortes) to reform the Washington state Growth Management Act (GMA) were heard in the Senate Local Government, Land Use & Tribal Affairs Committee
County Council awards five year lease at Coffelt Farm Preserve
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is pleased to announce Lum Farm has been awarded a long-term lease at Coffelt Farm on Orcas Island. Eric and Amy Lum have been
