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Guest Opinion | Paul Ehrlich was early, not wrong
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| Paul Ehrlich When Paul Ehrlich died recently (March 13, 2026), many of the obituaries and articles about him repeated a familiar judgment: he was alarmist, even brilliant, but
No Place Like Loam | The pruning mistake creating water sprouts
(and costing you fruit, time, and money) ||| NO PLACE LIKE LOAM by ALEX TAMAYO WOLF ||| The Problem Made Visible I walk the same roads through Eastsound most mornings. It’s an old habit now.
Letter to Editor | Congratulations to OPALCO … but
||| FROM RIKKI SWIN ||| I extend my sincere congratulations to OPALCO's subsidiary, Rock Island Communications, on securing the $16.5 million BEAD grant to expand broadband connectivity across the San Juan Islands. This funding represents
Guest Opinion | Getting ready to tighten our belts
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| Many of us in San Juan County have noticed the same thing over the past decade: life here keeps getting more expensive. Electric bills have climbed. Property taxes have climbed.
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Guest Opinion | Another Eastsound Water essay
||| FROM THOMAS OWENS ||| A Path Forward Eastsound Water’s ongoing turmoil is multi-faceted involving both tense Board-Membership interactions and instability in internal operation. While these two elements of the Association’s crisis are certainly intertwined,
No Place Like Loam | The myth of pruning
What abandoned orchards reveal about fruit trees, pruning, and the advice we repeat without questioning ||| NO PLACE LIKE LOAM by ALEX TAMAYO WOLF ||| The Argument Made Palatable A century ago our island wasn't
Midnight Mutterings | Columnists
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I’ve never personally known a columnist before I became one of sorts, here on The Orcasonian a few years ago. I hardly know what to think of daily
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
No Place Like Loam | Edible landscape design
Aronia (Chokeberry) — Top 10 Permaculture Species ||| NO PLACE LIKE LOAM by ALEX TAMAYA WOLF ||| Why Aronia (Chokeberry) Is the Shrub That Crushes Blueberries in Nutrition, Resilience, and Design I woke this morning
Letter to Editor | What EWUA members should pay attention to
The Clark Well Story ||| FROM CORY HARRINGTON ||| Eastsound Water recently released Episode #2 of its ongoing email series, “The New Clark Well & Treatment Plant.” The stated goal of the series is to
Guest Opinion | Why we must speak up on deep sea mining in Alaska
Our Ocean, Our Voice | ||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently opened a public comment period on a Request for Information and Interest that could pave the way
Letter to Editor | Local democracy at work
||| FROM JEFF STRUTHERS ||| This week, I watched an Examiner’s hearing on OPALCO’s proposed upgrade to its facility on Decatur. A room full of islanders, including many from Decatur, expressed a variety of concerns.
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Letter to Editor | Grandparents for vaccines
||| FROM DALE HEISINGER ||| I am a grandparent of five grandchildren and a retired pediatrician and, as expected, I advised my two sons to get their children vaccinated, which they did. The American Academy
