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Year-end Recap from Representative Rick Larsen
As 2014 comes to a close, I want to let you know that it has been an honor serving you and the people of the Second Congressional District. The last two years have not been
Guest Opinion: Naming Fear’s Kids
-- from Jan Ferris Kotun -- A friend refuses to make new year’s resolutions, on the grounds that she never keeps them. I have a new approach: to name their enemy, or enemies, and avoid
Letter to Editor: Consider Cannabis as Agricultural Crop
-- from Denise Clark, Lopez Island -- Since the discussion regarding growing marijuana in San Juan County is complicated and multi-faceted, I would like to start a conversation with one concern at this time. I
Have Yourself a Merry Christmas — Traditional or Otherwise!
-- by Margie Doyle -- Those of us Boomers, born 1946-1964, can’t help but have had an “ideal”, Norman Rockwell-Donna Reed Christmas image burnished in our memory of what Christmas celebration is all about –
Ferry Reservation Frustration Blues: A Poem
-- by Caroline Buchanan -- UPGRADE I really don’t want it, need it I am happy with my finally familiar functional computer. But if I don’t get an account with Washington State Ferry Reservation System
Guest Opinion: Small Change Provides Improvement to Navy Capabilities
-- from Captain Michael Nortier, Commanding Officer, NAS Whidbey -- Many people may be unaware that our service members – our sons, daughters, friends, and neighbors – are training in the skies above the Olympic
Larsen Opposes House Passage of Spending Bill
Elections Should Give Power to the People, Not to Money, Larsen Says of No Vote WASHINGTON DC -— Rep. Rick Larsen, WA-02, tonight voted against a government spending bill that gives the wealthy an even
Guest Opinion: Why Should EWUA Charge Higher Fees for Guest Houses?
-- from Michael Riordan -- What some people seem to be missing in the current debate over EWUA policies is recognition of the many beneficial impacts this water system has on Eastsound and surrounding areas.
Guest Opinion: EWUA Meeting / One Member Perspective
-- from Lesley Liddle -- [Monday]'s EWUA meeting was a good informative meeting overall; Paul Kamin put together a well-organized presentation, some of it heavily weighted to impress on certain points of current policy with
Guest Opinion: Navy Jets Will Bring More Noise, Electromagnetic Radiation
-- from John Titus -- The Naval Air Base at Whidbey Island is proposing to add another 36 Growler jets to the existing 82 jets currently based there. This is part of a sweeping new
Letter to Editor: A Mixed Farewell
-- from Phoebe Hershenow, Family Nurse Practitioner, Orcas Family Health Center -- Dear Orcas Friends, Colleagues, and Patients, With very mixed feelings my husband Nick and I have decided to leave Orcas. My last day
Update: Missing Dogs Found
-- from Thayne & Carol, Grey Muzzle Rescue & Sanctuary -- Updated Dec. 6 at 9:30 a.m. FOUND AND HOME SAFE! Exhausted and thin, but they appear OK. Found up a winding road off Dolphin
Guest Editorial: A New Exchange — What If?
-- from Tim Blanchard, ORS Board President and Pete Moe, Executive Director -- Ever since we lost The Exchange to fire, everyone’s wondering, “When will it re-open?” It’s an important question. Every day our community
Editorial: Support Orcas Issues on Small Business Saturday
-- by Margie Doyle -- Sometimes, because Orcas Issues is an information service, it seems to fail to register as a business. But that's what we are: a small, local (in modern parlance "hyper-local"), news
Concerned about EWUA Policies and Rates? Attend Special Meeting
-- by Paul Kamin, EWUA General Manager -- The EWUA Board has scheduled a membership meeting for Monday Dec 8th at 6:30 -8:30 pm at the Eastsound Fire Hall. The meeting will include two topics
