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Letter to Editor | Mary Pugh delivers great programming service to islanders
-- from Tom McDonough -- Sometimes you never know who is in the background doing something pretty darned important. They go unnoticed but really they need to be applauded for all their efforts. So welcome to the
Letter to Editor | What about social distancing for whale watchers?
||| from Tracy McQueen ||| 5:35 PM on [Saturday], Doe Bay looking east toward South Peapod Island, there are at least six whale hunting boats including Western Explorer II, Blackfish IV, Island Explorer 5, and
Letter to Editor | Thanks from Durland, along with a candidate endorsement
||| from Michael Durland ||| I ran for County Council District 2 Orcas because I feel that the current Council is not in touch with the wishes of the citizens of San Juan County. I ran
Letter to Editor | About that ferry service…
||| from Eric Gourley ||| I read with interest the WSDOT Ferry explanation for their inexcusable delays. Laying the blame on Covid 19, increased ridership, insufficient crews, unscheduled maintenance, and lack of revenue inadequately explains
Editorial | We didn’t all fall in love with the same island
||| by Lin McNulty, Orcas Issues Editor ||| When I came to Orcas Island in 1991, there was a flashing yellow light at what is now Main Street and North Beach Road, right near the
Letter to Editor | Open letter to our Senators and Congress folks
-- from Norm Zimlich -- The United States Postal Service is being sabotaged by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, in support of President Trump’s quixotic and self-serving campaign to undercut and discredit voting-by-mail in the coming
Orcasional Musings | No!
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Cancel Culture has arrived on Orcas Island!"Cancel Culture"?What's that?"Cancel Culture" is the state of being so certain that your own way of thinking is the one and only
Letter to Editor | Intolerance has made its way to Orcas Island
-- from Cindy Carter -- Early Wednesday morning, campaign signs of candidates currently actively campaigning were vandalized by those bringing hate to the island. Timothy Hazelo, Kim Wyman, Loren Culp and Joshua Freed are all
Letter to Editor | Vandals on Orcas
-- from Robert L. Waunch -- I drove by the North Beach Rd and School Rd intersection today where we’ve always had a number of signs of candidates for various offices. I observed that vandals had
Letter to the Editor | Tune in to Lopez Huddle Q&A with Dist. 1 council candidates
-- from Sharon Abreu -- This Tuesday, August 11 at 3pm, you can tune in online to the Lopez Huddle group's candidate Q&A with the top two contenders for the San Juan County Council District 1 seat:
Orcasional Musings | Say, Sheriff, who was that masked man?
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| We just got back from our weekly shopping trip to Island Market. It's really the truth: You see everybody you know at the market. But nowadays, with all
Letter to Editor | School District grateful to community
-- from Eric Webb, Orcas Schools Superintendent -- I would like to extend my gratitude to the Orcas Island community for their overwhelming support of our Education Programs & Operations Levy. Orcas Island residents have
Letter to Editor | Fund network of alternative medicine providers
-- from Domenic Verbano -- I urge you to fund an Island Network of island physicians, chiropractors, acupuncturists, nutritionists, and movement therapists, as well as others, to work at and in conjunction with a locally
Village Voices | What have you read or watched recently?
-- by Minor Lile, Orcas Issues reporter -- With the monthly Village Voices series, we aim to take the pulse of the Orcas Island community. Every month we’ll be out and about, asking people to
Guest Opinion | In regard to Prune Alley improvements…
||| from Fred Klein ||| With all due respect to the obviously heartfelt concerns of authors and commenters on this topic, if I may, I would like to take a step back from the issue
