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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County calls for bids for extraction of surplus gravel on Waldron; public bid begins Oct. 1
The County will also negotiate a Gravel Extraction Lease with the successful bidder for the purchase of the gravel ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is holding a bid opening for
Now Available | Best available science & GAP analysis for critical areas ordinance update
The County's goal is to adopt an updated CAO by March of 2026. ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is updating its critical areas protections, also referred to as the Critical
Center for Whale Research | An update on J36
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| On September 12, 2025, researchers at CWR, along with our colleagues at SR3 and SeaDoc Society, documented 26-year-old female southern resident J36 carrying a dead female calf. Sadly,
Robust year ahead for Orcas Center
Role Out to preview 2025-26 season ||| FROM COLLEEN SMITH SUMMERS for ORCAS CENTER ||| Meet the staff of the Orcas Center, pictured above, during the Role Out. As the leaves turn and kids return
OCS students launch discount card fundraiser for Hawaii mission trip
||| FROM STAFF AT ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| Orcas Christian School will serve others abroad this school year with a trip to Hawaii during spring break, and students are taking a unique approach to raising
2025 Orcas Island pickleball tournament results
$10,000 raised and winners all around ||| FROM SUZANNE OLSON for ROTARY PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT ||| In its eighth year at Buck Park, the Orcas Island Rotary Pickleball Tournament raised $10,000 for the Orcas community. Tournament
Letter to Editor | Waldron cats in need of home
||| FROM MILES BATTLES ||| I’m a high school volunteer at Orcas APS. There are seven cats up for adoption rescued from a feral colony on Waldron Island: Thistle, Poppy, Bramble, Foxglove, Anise, Hazel, and
No jurors needed for September 22 – October 3
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| JURY DUTY: SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 3, 2025 All jurors summoned for the two week jury period beginning Monday September 22nd through Friday October 3rd are excused. Jurors
Save your spot at the Exchange SWAP meet this Saturday
||| FROM ORCAS RECYCLING, THE EXCHANGE ||| Got stuff you want to sell but don’t want to mess with a garage sale? Don’t bother! Just load up your car or truck and bring it to
San Juan Islands Museum of Art announces fall exhibits
||| FROM BARBARA MARRETT for SJI MUSEUM OF ART ||| The San Juan Islands Museum of Art’s Fall Exhibits pay tribute to the world above and below with three distinct exhibits in the Museum’s three
Buy it, move it | This home on port property could be yours
||| FROM CHIP LONG for PORT OF ORCAS ||| Offers are being accepted for a home located at 197 Aviator Drive, Eastsound, WA 98245, currently Port of Orcas property. Importantly, a condition of the sale
It isn’t always a boat for Oil Spill Association
||| FROM BILL SYMES and ELAINA THOMPSON for ISLANDS' OIL SPILL ASSOCIATION ||| When Islands’ Oil Spill Association (IOSA) kicks into gear, the cause usually involves a boat: fuel emitted from a sunken vessel, spilled
Land Bank monthly meeting Sept. 19
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY CONSERVATION LAND BANK COMMISSION ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Commission will hold a regular monthly meeting on September 19 , 2025 from 8:45am – 11:10am via Zoom. The meeting will also
LWVSJ Observer Corps | County Council September 8, 2025
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| The Marine Resources Committee (MRC) will comment on the Opalco Tidal Energy Project application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC). The project is early
No-charge noxious weed disposal available through Sept. 30
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Noxious Weed Control Program works with the local transfer stations to accept noxious weed debris at no charge. The last day for free disposal
Guest Opinion | The brain error in AI tutor for schools and education
||| FROM DAVID STEPHEN ||| The [September 1, 2025] Labor Day was a question of what should become of education, if AI can operate intelligence, to do aspects of productive work? What is the missing
