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ORS/Exchange Announces “Recycle 2.0” Effort
-- from Orcas Recycling Services -- The nation-wide crisis in the recycling industry has hit home. Recycling prices at the Orcas Transfer Station will go up August 9th, as they have already done on San
Council, Planning Commission Hearing on Shoreline Master Program
Friday, August 17, 9 a.m., Council Hearing Room -- from Katie Fleming for Friends of the San Juans -- Protecting San Juan County's marine shorelines is among the most important actions we can take to support
Letter to Editor | School Teacher-Law Enforcement-Immigration Debacle
-- by Alex MacLeod -- Not long after Randy Gaylord filed sex charges against Gerald Grellett-Tinner, then an Orcas High School teacher, he signed a “Certificate of Helpfulness” on behalf of a “U Visa” request
Air Quality Affected by Wildfire Smoke
-- from San Juan County Communications --Air monitors in our region today are reporting ‘unhealthy’ levels of particulate matter in the air due to wildfire smoke, largely from fires burning in British Columbia. San Juan
Letter to the Editor: Of Signs, Land, and People
-- by Randy Gaylord -- Dear Editor, My thanks to those who voted in the primary election. Shortly after the election, Team Gaylord removed most of the Re-Elect Gaylord for Prosecutor signs from our scenic
Updated August Election Results
-- by Margie Doyle -- Further results of the August 7, 2018 Primary were revised at 2:59 p.m. on August 9 by the San Juan County Department of Elections. (for preliminary results, see https://results.vote.wa.gov/results/current/sanjuan/ Final
Auditor Seeks Writers of Arguments Against Two Local Measures
-- from Milene Henley, San Juan County Auditor -- Voters in San Juan County will decide two local measures in the November election. (People who don’t vote won’t decide anything.) On Lopez, the annual one-year
Orcas Women’s Coalition Hosts Quarterly Meeting
Sunday, August 19th from 4-6 PM at the Orcas Senior Center -- from Gretchen M. Krampf, OWC Steering Committee Member-- Orcas Women's Coalition (OWC) is a vibrant, energetic network of women and transgender people on
Antibiotics Delivered to Ailing Juvenile Orca
-- from ABC News -- Veterinarians managed to give antibiotics to an ailing juvenile orca, an unprecedented action for marine life in the wild, scientists said. An international team of veterinarians, researchers and biologists spent
Eastsound Streetscape Plans Described at County Advisory Meet
-- by Margie Doyle -- A great part of the Aug. 2 Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) meeting was dedicated to presentations by county Public Works Engineer Shannon Wilbur, describing draft plans for Streetscapes in
Sheriff’s Report | August 1 – 7, 2018
-- from San Juan County Sheriff's Office -- Wednesday, August 1, 2018 18-005549 Fraud 10:01:55 08/01/18 A Lopez Island man reported receiving a call from a man representing himself as a local utility who demanded
EPRC Considers a Plea for our Orcas
-- by Margie Doyle -- Orca whales at Mitchell Bay, San Juan Island. Photo courtesy of Snug Harbor Marina and Resort At the Aug. 2 Eastsound Planning Review Committee (EPRC) meeting, Toby Cooper
Keepers of the Patos Light Celebrate History and Rebirth
--- by Margie Doyle -- Edrie Vinson, right, and her granddaughter Terri, serve the anniversary cake on Patos Island on Aug. 5, 2018 Quietly, steadily, while many of us research and question civic
Library Fair Just Around the Corner
Thousands of books, CDs, and DVDs stacked across tables in the parking lot of the Library, creating bustling aisles of eager bargain hunters in support of a good cause. Books are sorted by categories and
AT&T Outage Map Shows It’s Not Just Us
-- by Lin McNulty -- The AT&T website, downdetector.com is currently bristling with reports of outages, with reports originating from Mountain View, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Kill Devil Hills, Manteo, San Francisco, and Stillwater.
Letter to Editor | Keep Eastsound Airport a Rural Airport
-- from Clark Cundy -- I attended the Port meeting at the Firehouse on July 26 and came away needing to read more about the project. I also attended the meeting at the Odd Fellows
