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‘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 | Kudos to our health and community services staff for keeping us healthy
||| FROM SJCo BOH: DALE HEISINGER MD, CHAIR; NOEL MONIN; JOHN GEYMAN MD; CHRISTINE MINNEY, JAMIE STEPHENS, CINDY WOLF, KYLE DAVIES ||| Recently the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/University of Wisconsin published the county health rankings
Letter to Editor | Thank you for allowing me to serve
||| FROM PATTY MILLER ||| It has been my privilege to serve as one of your Hospital District Commissioners for the Orcas Island Health Care District since the start of the PHD in 2018. I
Letter to Editor | Time for ranked-choice voting in San Juan County
||| FROM LEARNER LIMBACH ||| Have you ever looked at your choices on a ballot and thought, “I’m just not excited about any of these?” I have, and I’m tired of being coerced into voting for
‘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.
Climate Eyes | Taking an inventory of where we are in this climate crisis
||| CLIMATE EYES BY STEVE BERNHEIM ||| “How can we work with the Comprehensive Plan … to create a culture that lives harmoniously with … Nature?” Last week twenty local residents hooked up on a
Letter to Editor | There are some amazing, devoted, dedicated folks holding our schools together during this pandemic
Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week is May 3 - 7 ||| FROM LINDA SHERIDAN ||| Dear Teachers, Staff, and Administrators, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for all of the hard work
Guest Opinion | Inside the GOP gerrymander for 2022
||| FROM HEDRICK SMITH, RECLAIM THE AMERICAN DREAM ||| Washington – Republicans are rejoicing and Democrats are dismayed that population losses in the Rust Belt and gains in the Sun Belt, recorded by the 2020
Midnight Mutterings | A (?) murder of crows
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Recently, still taking a break from voter suppression, I threatened to tell one or two crow stories and now here is the first. Would love to hear your
‘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 | A heartfelt thanks for passing this school levy
||| FROM ERIC WEBB for ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOLS ||| I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Orcas Island Community for your overwhelming support of our Technology Capital Projects Levy. You have
Guest Opinion | If not now, when? What COVID-19 teaches us about the future of tourism
||| FROM AMY NESLER for SAN JUANS VISITORS BUREAU ||| Since May 2 - 8 is National Travel and Tourism Week, this is the perfect opportunity to restart the dialogue about the future of the
‘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 | School levy will support more than just repair, replacement of equipment
||| FROM LINDA SHERIDAN, ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT ||| Please Vote! The School Board members of the Orcas Island School District unanimously voted to place a Capital Projects and Technology Levy on the ballot
Letter to Editor | I have questions before I can vote for school levy
||| FROM BEA VON TOBEL ||| In order to help me decide how to vote on the levy, I have the following questions: What does OISD project as the annual funds to be made available