Here’s a thought…
“The competition between Nature and the economy is deep and broad.
In the short term, the economy usually wins. In the long term …?”
BILL APPEL
Eastsound Planners Discuss Vision and Details
-- by Margie Doyle and Madeleine Treneer, updated July 16 at 4 p.m. -- The bulk of the Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 12, was spent on refining the allowable
Three More Orcas Graduates
-- by Margie Doyle -- OASIS graduates from left, Ashanti Ellyson, Zonia Darnell and Danny Hodges Orcas Alternative Student-Initiated Studies (OASIS) High School celebrated three more students achieving their Graduation Equivalency Diplomas (GED)
Eastsound Planning Committee Meets Tuesday
Tuesday, July 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Hall The monthly meeting of the Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) is held on Tuesday, July 12, instead of the usual first Thursday
An Inside Look at the Orcas Island Youth Conservation Corps – Week 2
-- by Izabela Janacek, Martha Lum & Molly Troxel -- [metaslider id=45169] Have you ever wondered how people make trails? The kids of Orcas Island Youth Conservation Corps or OIYCC learned just this, during a recent
Celebrate with Cancer Survivors as They Start Their 7th Year
Thursday, July 14 at 5 p.m. at the Community Church --by Sue Lewis -- The Cancer Survivorship Group will celebrate its 6th anniversary on Thursday, July 14. We are excited to begin our seventh year
Molly Gloss and Wild Ginger to Entertain on Shaw
Saturday July 16 at 11 a.m. at the Shaw Island Library -- from Alex MacLeod -- Shaw Island Library and Museum The Shaw Island Library & Historical Society will celebrate the 50th anniversary
Would You Take an Earlier Ferry to America?
-- from Cathy Ellis -- "How many ferry commuters are interested in an earlier scheduled departure from Orcas to Anacortes?" If a solution can be found to adjust schedules for an earlier departure from Orcas
Conservation District Program Makes it Possible to Lease a Leaf
San Juan Islands Conservation District announces Take Charge electric vehicle (EV) program -- from Jensen Lovelett -- The San Juan Islands are the perfect place for electric vehicles. To support the transition to low carbon transport
Indian Island Reveals Deadly Result of Holiday Weekend Visitors
-- from Russel Barsh, KWIAHT -- More than 500 people visited two-acre Indian Island over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend, many of them taking advantage of the opportunity to observe an annual bivalve
Plant Problems? Orcas Master Gardeners Have Answers
Wednesday, July 13, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Driftwood Nursery -- from Kate Yturri -- The Orcas Master Gardeners will be at Driftwood Nursery this Wednesday July 13 from 11 a.m. -1 p.m. We are
San Juan County Council Candidates Speak Before the Public
-- by Margie Doyle -- Candidates for San Juan County Council, from left: Steve Wehrly, Bill Watson, Frank Penwell, Bob Jarman and Sheryl Albritton. All county voters will select two candidates from these five
Shibori in the School Garden: Indigo and Imagination
Colleen sharing how the indigo dyeing process works. -- by Ashley Randall -- On July 2nd the Farm to Cafeteria Program hosted its first of three summer workshops in the school garden. Our
Guest Opinion | How Can Islanders Save 77 Million Gallons of Water this Year?
-- from Lauren Platman, Friends of the San Juans -- With summer underway, some islanders are already feeling the heat-and the drought. Some wells are already being starved of fresh water, which makes the rainy
Take a Look At / From Islands’ Best-Kept Secret
-- from Craig Canine, Preservation Trust -- Quick: From what publicly accessible high point in the San Juan Islands can you see three of Washington’s five volcanoes? If you guessed Mount Constitution, guess again. The answer
Environmental Protection Rulings Upheld in B.C. Pipeline Project
--- by Nadia Prupis for Common Dreams -- Environmentalists and Indigenous rights advocates celebrated on Thursday [June 30] after a judge struck down the Canadian government's 2014 approval of a controversial pipeline project in a
