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Guest Opinion: The Impetus for After-Hours Urgent Care on Orcas Island
-- by Vincent Shu, MD -- Despite there have been heated discussions and negotiations in the recent months between OIHCD and UW Orcas Clinic specific to the need of after hours/urgent care, OIHCD commissioners have
Letter to Editor | Thank You to Orcas Community for Strong Support of School Music
– from Miriam Ziegler, President, Music Advocacy Group – The Orcas community enjoyed a real musical treat on Sunday, March 3 — the 22nd Annual Music Advocacy Group (MAG) Benefit Concert for the OISD
Letter to Editor | Orcas School Traffic Safety a Priority
-- from Eric Webb, Orcas Schools Superintendent -- Over the past several months, I have been addressing a traffic safety issue at the intersection of School Road and Madrona Street. This has been an ongoing
Letter to Editor | Vacation Rental Tipping Point
-- from Greg and Heather Dew Oaksen -- We are concerned and worried about our island communities! Short term vacation rentals reduce availability of affordable long-term rental housing making it almost impossible for families and
Letter to Editor | Coffelt Farm Needs Land Bank to Invest Funds
-- from Sally Spicer -- I am writing this letter to beg the San Juan County Land Bank to invest the funds necessary to save the San Juan County agricultural institution that is Coffelt Farm.
Letter to Editor | Orcas Island’s Elephant in the Room…Deer
-- from Robin Hirsch -- There is some serious degradation of the under-story in our woods due to the rising, unchecked, inestimable deer population. The biodiversity of life that exists in the forest ground canopy is seriously
Guest Opinion | It’s Supposed To Be the Choice of OPALCO Members
-- from Alex MacLeod -- The decision last week by the OPALCO Board to disqualify Dwight Lewis’ board candidacy in the upcoming election stabs at the heart of what it means to be a cooperative.
Letter to the Editor: Thanks to Norm Flint for Help and Safety
from Jay Kimball The Odd Fellows would like to express their gratitude to Norm Flint for all he is doing with his snow plow, to help clear the streets, driveways, and creating safe access to businesses
Taking on Economic Inequality
-- from Hedrick Smith for ReclaimTheAmericanDream.com -- Behind the hollow sparring over the border wall and government shutdowns, the ground is shifting under President Trump and the political pendulum is swinging toward a new economic
Guest Opinion | State Ferry System and Economy Need New Ferries
-- from Rick Hughes -- Washington State Ferries’ new Long Range Plan, released in January, was the result of nearly two years of input, experience and expertise of a wide range of stakeholders who know
Letter to Editor | Salmonberry Thanks Energy Efficiency Project Supporters
-- from Tina Whitman for Salmonberry School -- Salmonberry School’s faculty, staff, students and families would like to thank everyone who supported our recent energy efficiency upgrades. Over the winter break, ductless heat pumps were
Letter to Editor | Council Doesn’t Always Do What We Would Like
-- from Richard Grout -- I’d like to respond to your recent Guest Opinion entitled “County Councilors’ Votes Muddy Their Public Reputations.” The author asserts that our county council members, as part of a three
Guest Opinion | County Councilors’ Votes Muddy Their Public Reputations
-- from Cindy Wolf -- Last Tuesday [Feb. 5] our representatives threw away a golden chance. The San Juan County Council voted unanimously to appoint a State Senator who was not their constituents' first choice
Letter to Editor | It Was A Super, Cheesey Event
-- from Janet Brownell for Orcas Island Education Foundation -- The Orcas Island Education Foundation wants to congratulate DANTE MILLER (of Roses Café and Bakery) for being the winning chef in our 2nd Annual Grilled Cheese
Letter to Editor | If I Were Randy Gaylord
-- from Nick Power -- Many people have approached me asking for my views on Sheriff Krebs’ manipulation of the courtroom security camera so that defense counsel notes were legible during the criminal trial of State v. Dustin Schible.
