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
Island Verse literary collective & Land Bank partner for a series of FREE Writing Workshops
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is excited to partner with Island Verse Literary Collective for a free writing workshop series. Facilitators Shauna Barrows and Danny Sherrard
Public Hearing continuation on Friday Harbor House
||| FROM TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| On July 11, 2024, the Town Council granted the applicant’s request for a continuation of the public hearing for the Friday Harbor House Development Agreement to August 1,
Midnight Mutterings | Debate
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| While I vowed not to write political stuff here some time ago, I never said I wouldn’t copy someone else’s words. And so I am bringing you none
WSF Chaos | SJC community stranded as ferry service deteriorates
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for COMMUNITY WATER TAXI ||| In the last four weeks, the Washington State Ferry (WSF) Inter Island service in San Juan County (SJC) has experienced its most severe performance decline, with
San Juan County’s ‘wicked problem’
||| BY MATTHEW GILBERT, theORCASONIAN OP/ED REPORTER ||| The long wait for the release of comments to the draft San Juan Islands Destination Management Plan (SDMP) finally ended on July 8 when the results were
Summer is in full swing
||| FROM TERA in lieu of HILARY CANTY ||| Wow, the island is abuzz! It’s wonderful to see our local businesses swirling with traffic, flowers in full bloom and feel the sunshine bouncing around. There’s
Washington State Ferries canceled 1,145 sailings this summer, with outsized impact on the San Juans
Washington State Ferries is low on vessels and crew. Nowhere is harder hit than the San Juan Islands where one in 20 trips were canceled this summer ||| FROM KNKX ||| San Juan Islanders are
Cider, Mead Festival this weekend
||| FROM MICHELLE HASSEBROCK for ORCAS ISLAND HISTORICAL MUSEUMS ||| The 12th Annual Orcas Island Cider and Mead Festival is this Saturday, July 13. Over 20 vendors, large and small, will be pouring local and
Fires banned on DNR-protected lands
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| As of July 10, 2024, at 1:00pm, Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued a declaration banning all fires statewide on DNR protected lands. This ban extends
Free Concert, Delicious Food
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND WINERY ||| Orcas Island Winery Saturday, July 13. Doors open at 5 pm Portland's beloved Any Given Session is a heart, rock and soul band comprising long-time friends and former bandmates, they are
Whale Museum’s Global Orca Workshop
||| FROM TATE THOMSON for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Come join The Whale Museum’s Global Orca Workshop virtually through Zoom! The dates are Tuesday, August 27 from 1 - 8 p.m. and Wednesday, August 28
Great Swendini magic show
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us at the Orcas Senior Center on Monday, July 22 at 1 p.m. for The Great Swendini’ s mesmerizing magic show. Swen Nater, a seven-foot-tall
Letter to Editor | I strongly support McVeigh for County Council
||| FROM EMILY GEYMAN ||| As Superintendent of Schools in Friday Harbor for two years, Kari demonstrated the very attributes that a Council member needs: ability to listen to and work with others, creativity in
How Native nations forced federal investment in salmon reintroduction
Work above the Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams has proven that salmon will return home, pressuring the government to uphold obligations to Upper Columbia United Tribes. With further litigation on hold, the federal government
Squirt guns and ‘go home’ signs: Barcelona residents take aim at tourists
||| FROM THE STRAITS TIMES ||| LONDON/ZARAGOZA, Spain - For the past few months, tourists in certain areas of Spain have found fewer welcome mats and more hostility. Anti-tourism graffiti loops across buildings, and tens of
Green invasion hits Orcas Island’s Cascade Lake
||| FROM TOBY COOPER for THE SALISH CURRENT ||| Eurasian watermilfoil — a fast-growing, non-native aquatic plant that threatens the natural freshwater ecosystems, human recreation and domestic water infrastructure — has infested Orcas Island’s Cascade
