— from Orcas Issues Staff —

Orcas Issues, the Voice of the Orcas Community, has news for you every day of the year. And we do it on a shoestring budget with the support of our readers and loyal advertisers.

We maintain a full-time+ editor and four at-large reporters: Susan McBain, Matthew Gilbert, Deborah Sparks, and Minor Lile. We are also blessed with some popular weekly columns from Steve Henigson (Orcasional Musings,) Rosie Kuhn (Aging Like a Guru), and, occasionally, Maurice Austin (Flotsam & Jetsam). Top that all off with stellar book reviews from Jens Kruse (Kruse Reviews).

And our supporters receive our Daily Digest newsletter each evening summing up the day’s news.

There is more we want to do, however. Under consideration are a Classified Ad section, a redesign of the site to make it more user-friendly, and perhaps adding a bookkeeper to our staff.

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