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
School Board will be meeting Thursday – updated location is school library
January 27, 2022 @ 5pm ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island School District School Board will be hosting their meeting IN-PERSON in the School Library AND online VIA ZOOM. Here is
Island Hospital is now Island Health
||| FROM ISLAND HEALTH ||| Today, Island Hospital leadership announced a new name, logo and tagline to better encompass all the services they provide. Island Hospital is now Island Health. “While the building that houses
Newest COVID numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,203,311 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 23.* There have been 10,458 COVID-19 deaths
School Board Spotlight | Bridget Broderick
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Bridget Broderick and family Bridget moved to Orcas Island with her family of five in the fall of 2018. She has three children currently attending Orcas
Library’s Endurance Series to feature Bruce Benton and his book ‘Riverblindness in Africa’
||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Bruce Benton Author Event: Wednesday, February 2 at 6 p.m. – The Endurance Series Episode 7: The Enduring Benefits of Collaboration in the Treatment
School Board will be meeting Thursday
January 27, 2022 @ 5pm ||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island School District School Board will be hosting their meeting IN-PERSON in The OISD Multipurpose Room behind the Old Gym AND
Take climate change action with OPALCO
Stewards, Energy Roundtables and Island Way Workshops ||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| Are you looking for things you can DO to combat climate change? Is there a home energy
Letter to Editor | Stewardship, community, and living wage jobs
||| FROM MIA KARTIGANER ||| Unlike mainland emergency responders with easy access to hospital ERs, Orcas Island’s EMTs are uniquely mentored in helping to sustain life for as long as it takes to shepherd people
Warmenhoven announces candidacy for SJC Auditor
||| FROM NATASHA WARMENHOVEN ||| Natasha Warmenhoven, candidate for San Juan County Auditor It is with great excitement that I announce my candidacy for San Juan County Auditor. I believe that my education
High quality masks are now available locally – for FREE
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| For islanders who are still using cloth masks in higher risk situations: the County Health Department is making higher quality N95 and KN95 masks available
Guest Opinion | Coronavirus and our island ecosystem
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| Thus far, efforts to contain and combat the SARS-Cov-2 virus that causes Covid-19 have focused on humans. Reasonable enough, given that there are billions of us, mainly packed
Reps. Larsen, DelBene to highlight federal bridge repair funding in Skagit County
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN ||| SKAGIT COUNTY, WA – On Tuesday, January 25, Reps. Rick Larsen (WA-02) and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) will hold a press conference with local officials to highlight how
Order from SJC Court: Due to COVID, no jury trials until mid-February
||| FROM MELLISSA DERKSEMA, SJC COURT ADMINISTRATOR ||| As of January 19, 2022, San Juan County Superior and District Courts have entered new emergency orders postponing all jury trials until mid-February, due to high transmission
Guest Opinion | We need to resolve our working community housing crisis
||| FROM BILL BANGS ||| Most of us know or have heard of someone who has been a hardworking neighbor in our county for many years and who has lost their long-term rental home. Some
Orcas Health Care District will meet January 25
||| FROM TOM EVERSOLE, INTERIM HEALTH CARE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT ||| The Board of Commissioners of the Orcas Island Health Care District will meet Tuesday, January 25 via Zoom at 5:00 PM. Members of the community
Port to hold meeting to submit goals for 2021-2023
||| FROM JEANNIE SHARPE for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port will be submitting DBE Goals for 2021-2023 and are required to have a public meeting and post the goals. If you are interested,
