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
Larsen, DelBene secure $25 Million for Lummi Island Ferry
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded a $25 million grant to replace the 60-year-old Lummi Island ferry with an electric-battery hybrid
Get your San Juan Islands license plate at the County Fair
||| FROM MADRONA INSTITUTE ||| Don’t miss the opportunity to show off your island pride with a San Juan Islands license plate. You can sign up, elephant ear in hand, at the San Juan County
You are invited to help shape a composting program for the islands
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is exploring how to best implement commercial composting for residents and businesses in the Islands, and we need your help! The County’s Solid Waste Program
World-class talent to meet local flair at this year’s county fair
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| After two years of virtual trials and tribulations, the San Juan County Fair is back! It’s back with live entertainment featuring artists from as far as Austin, Texas
Help KWIAHT track bird flu in the islands
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| At least one confirmed and six suspected cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), the aggressive new variant of “bird flu,” have recently been identified in wild birds
OIHCD Board begins strategic planning sessions
||| FROM KIM KIMPLE for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Board of Commissioners of the Orcas Island Health Care District met August 4 to begin development of its strategic plan for work through
Second annual Lopez Uncovered Music Festival, Sat., August 13
Music . Art . Food . Dancing . Beer . And Fun! ||| FROM MARCY MONTGOMERY for LOPEZ UNCOVERED MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Come join us for the second annual Lopez Uncovered Music Festival and bask
Friday Harbor Film Festival features Janis Joplin film
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Janis: Little Girl Blue, Friday Harbor Film Festival’s next offering in The Director Series, will appeal to lovers of music, especially rock & roll. This
How to age well on Orcas
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| What does it mean to be a senior on this island? What does it mean to age well on Orcas? For the membership of the Orcas
Sun Days on Orcas | Sequel deserves some sort of grant, aid, or subsidy after all this road work
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| In all these months of construction along Prune Alley Road, I think the hardest business hit may be Sequel. I'm not speaking on behalf of them,
Orcas Island Library features two artists in August
||| FROM DAVID KOSIUR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| This month, the Orcas Island Library features work by two artists, Erin Earl Moonbrick and Zoe Osenbach. Earl’s triptych, “Background Radiation,” is an abstract work painted
Guest Opinion | Our county is owed better
||| FROM JUSTIN PAULSEN ||| One faction of the Charter Review Commission believe a second submission of charter amendments was inconsistent with the direction of the charter. The other believes that their action was consistent
PeaceHealth Family Medicine offering back-to-school sports physicals
||| FROM ANNE WILLIAMS for PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND FAMILY PRACTICE ||| The PeaceHealth Peace Island Family Practice clinic is holding two back-to-school sports physical clinics this month for established patients. The half-day clinics will be
Latest primary results from SJC Elections count
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY ELECTIONS ||| August 2, 2022 Primary Last updated on 08/05/2022 2:00 PM Number of Precincts 23 Number of Registered Voters 14,572 Total Ballots Counted 7,119 Estimated Ballots Left to Count
Progress update on Prune Alley project
||| FROM ERIN WYGANT for SAN JUAN PUBLIC WORKS ||| Progress Update: We have been working above ground for over a month now which means progress is readily visible throughout the project site. Concrete sidewalks,
Latest state Health Dept. COVID update
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,744,292 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 2. There have been 13,551 COVID-19 deaths
