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
Popular musicians to return for Chamber Music Festival residency
||| FROM LINDA SLONE for ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| The Polish accordion–violin duo that captured audiences’ hearts at the Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival in 2023 will be returning to the island for
WSF schedule | For rest of today?
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Update - The Chelan will join the route as vessel #1 and will begin service with the 6:05 p.m. sailing from Anacortes to Shaw and Orcas. Before the
More WSF schedule shuffles for today
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| We’ll need to cancel sailings and adjust the Anacortes/San Juan Islands schedule today due to vessel moves. The current tentative plan is for Chelan to arrive in Anacortes on Sunday, March
Ferry shuffle schedule for today
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| We’ll need to cancel sailings and adjust the Anacortes/San Juan Islands schedule today due to vessel moves. The current tentative plan is for Chelan to arrive in Anacortes on Sunday, March
Upcoming/ongoing fun stuff from Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Revitalize Your Body and Mind with Tara Plank’s Yoga Workshop Join Tara Plank for an energizing LYT Yoga Workshop on Saturday, March 7, from 10:30 a.m.
Guest Opinion | Why we must speak up on deep sea mining in Alaska
Our Ocean, Our Voice | ||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently opened a public comment period on a Request for Information and Interest that could pave the way
“Grease” is rolling into Orcas Center this spring
Updated time for upcoming matinees is 1 p.m. ||| FROM COLLEEN SMITH SUMMERS for ORCAS CENTER ||| We’ve got chills — and they’re multiplying. It’s not just the word, it’s happening! That’s right, “Grease” is
Larsen joins leader Jeffries in statement on Iran strikes
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RiCK LARSEN ||| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) joined Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the New Democrat Coalition's statements on U.S. strikes against Iran. Leader
Here’s WSF plan for today — so far
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| We’ll need to cancel sailings and adjust the Anacortes/San Juan Islands schedule today due to vessel moves. The current tentative plan is for Chelan to arrive in Anacortes on Sunday, March
News Brief | Why orcas don’t kill people
||| FROM A-Z ANIMALS ||| Orcas are fully capable of killing a human, but such incidents almost never occur in the wild. Orcas maintain a 0 percent fatality rate against humans despite being the ocean’s
Resource Center celebrates cold weather shelter’s impact
||| FROM ORCAS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER ||| The Orcas Community Resource Center is extending heartfelt thanks and support to the Orcas Island Cold Weather Shelter following a season of consistent, compassionate service to islanders facing
Sheriff’s Report | February 18 – 24, 2026
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 26-000987 Accident-Injury, Traffic 06:30:38 02/18/26 An Orcas Island Deputy along with Orcas Island Fire and Rescue responded to a motorcycle collision on Orcas Rd.
Weekend WSF sailing schedule is all cattywampus
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| We’ll need to cancel sailings and adjust the Anacortes/San Juan Islands schedule this weekend due to vessel moves. The current tentative plan is for Chelan to arrive in Anacortes on Sunday, March 1,
Vessel shuffle for ferries this weekend
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| We’ll need to cancel sailings and adjust the Anacortes/San Juan Islands schedule this weekend due to vessel moves. Saturday, Feb. 28 In the afternoon, the 124-vehicle Chelan will replace the 144-vehicle Yakima as the #2 vessel.
News Brief | Judge orders changes to Columbia and Snake River dam operations
||| FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ||| A federal judge in Oregon has ordered narrow changes to hydropower dam operations on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest in order to help salmon U.S.
The power of teamwork
||| FROM LINDSAY JENNINGS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| There is something truly special that happens when people come together with a shared purpose. It doesn't matter whether it's organizing a community fundraiser, planting
