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Check Out These Vacancies
-- from San Juan County Communications -- The County Council is searching for San Juan County citizens to fill current and upcoming vacancies on various boards and commissions. Additional information about each committee is available
State Parks Announces Final Free Days for 2018
-- from Washington State Parks -- Recreation and outdoor enthusiasts have two more opportunities to visit Washington’s state parks for free in 2018. On these free days, day-use visitors will not need a Discover Pass
Poetry for Our Times: Let Us Lift Our Lamps
-- by Emma Lazarus -- excerpted from "The New Colossus" Lady Liberty walks a tightrope --"a welcoming mother, a symbol of hope to the outcasts and downtrodden of the world.""Give me your tired, your
Orcas Island School District to Honor our Veterans
Tuesday, November 13, 8:45 a.m., Orcas School Cafeteria -- from Orcas Island School District -- The Orcas Island School District is proud to invite all community members, most especially veterans, to its Tuesday, November 13
Health Care District Closing In on a 2019 Budget
-- by Susan McBain, Orcas Issues Reporter -- Next Tuesday, November 6, the commissioners of the Orcas Island Health Care District (OIHCD) will finalize the District’s 2019 budget. Both a budget hearing and a levy
A Poem for Our Times: Election Day, November, 1884
-- by Walt Whitman -- If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show, ‘Twould not be you, Niagara—nor you, ye limitless prairies—nor your huge rifts of canyons, Colorado, Nor
Sheriff’s Report | October 24 – 30, 2018
-- from San Juan County Sheriff's Office -- Wednesday, October 24, 2018 18-008183 Suspicious Person/Circumstance 09:53:05 10/24/18 An Orcas Island Deputy responded to the Eastsound area for a suspicious package. Upon arrival a taped up
Daylight Savings Time Ends Tonight
-- by Lin McNulty, Managing Editor -- Perhaps tonight's time-switch is more of a blessing than usual. Who couldn't use an extra hour of sleep to escape current events? On Sunday morning, at 2 a.m.,
League of Women Voters Hosts Book Discussion
Monday, November 12, 12:30 p.m., San Juan Library -- from Hayley Day for League of Women Voters -- The League of Women Voters’ November program will be a discussion of sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild’s “Strangers
Comp Plan Survey Now Available Online
-- from San Juan County Communications -- If you were unable to attend the Comprehensive Plan update community workshops in September and October, please take the online survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B7MPCCX The survey will be available
UPDATE: Local Ferries Return to Normal Schedule on Sunday
-- from Ian Sterling for Washington State Ferries -- A full four-boat schedule will return to the Anacortes/San Juan Islands/Sidney, British Columbia route starting Sunday, Nov. 4. Please note that details from the
Veteran Navigators Returning to Orcas
Saturday, November 10, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Orcas School Cafeteria -- from Jana Webb for Community Resource Center -- If you served in the U.S. Military, we would like to help you access your
Have You Received Your Ballot for November 6 Election?
-- from San Juan County Communications -- All ballots were mailed on October 16. Yet an extraordinary number of late and misdirected ballots have been reported to the Elections Office this election. Part of the
County Awards Funds from Lodging Tax and Public Facilities Revenues
-- by Margie Doyle -- This fall, San Juan County awarded grants from Lodging Tax Funds, as recommended by the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee (LTAC); and from the Public Facilities Financing Assistance Program (PFFAP) Grant,
Election Information from Island Progressives
-- from Our Revolution of San Juan County (ORSJC) -- Election Day is next Tuesday, November 6th, and you should have your ballots and voters guide in hand by now. There is a new source of
Letter to Editor | Join Me in Voting for Randy Gaylord
-- from Diane Boteler, MD -- I am voting to re-elect Randy Gaylord for San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney. I have been fortunate to know Randy as a friend and fellow Orcas Islander for more
