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ANDERSON COOPER
News Brief | Experts tested what AI would do to save itself
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Letter to Editor | Incredible show “Indivisible” at the Orcas Center
||| FROM JAMES MOST ||| Wow. I just went and saw "Indivisible" at the Orcas Center today, and I was blown away. It is a wildly creative and powerful show blending dance, animation, giant puppets, spoken word, music, and aerials....I was so impressed with the geyser of originality and creativity on display.
SJC Monthly News Digest – April 2026
This is a roundup of April news ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| This column is part of a series detailing San Juan County’s recent news. Follow along each month to learn about important County projects, Council initiatives, department updates, and more. Sheriff’s Office Moves into New Substation on Lopez Island The San Juan County
Protect Your Flock | Tips to prevent avian influenza exposure
Spring environmental health tips from your local public health department ||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| Your local public health team wants to remind you of a few tips to help make your spring season as fun and healthy as possible. Avian influenza infections in people are rare. Still,
Orcas Choral Society to present songs, dance, quilts
||| FROM ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| May 16 and 17, come celebrate our nation’s 250 years of creativity in song and dance and the traditional art of quilting, as Orcas Choral Society presents its spring concert, An American Choral Tapestry at the Orcas Center. All the songs in this concert
Guest Opinion | The wrong question … and a suggestion
||| FROM BILL APPEL ||| Over the past few years (who’s counting?) we have participated in, been treated to, or studiously ignored a fierce debate around the following question: “Should OPALCO be permitted to construct a utility-scale solar facility at Bailer Hill and/or to expand its existing solar facility on
News Brief | Nearly $100M to help support endangered salmon runs
||| FROM KOMO-TV SEATTLE ||| NOAA Fisheries has just announced up to $99 million for conservation and recovery projects in the West Coast states and Alaska. Much of the nearly $100 million is aimed at restoring habitat that is either blocked or damaged. The goal of the new money is
Rogue AI agent goes haywire, deletes company’s entire database in 9 seconds
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Walk with the birds at Cascade Lake ‘walk and talk’
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Spring is here and the birds are singing! But what might they be saying? Wake up early, get some fresh air, gift your body with exercise and learn about our local birds. Join the Orcas Island Garden Club for a free, open to
Guest Opinion | The issues surrounding our National Parks
||| FROM JOSLIN BROETJS BAIRSTOW ||| As a resident of Orcas Island, I have the privilege of being surrounded by natural landscapes and beautiful parks. Theodore Roosevelt, commonly known as the conservation president, believed that our forests, mountains, prairies, and deserts are sacred spaces that should be protected for future
May library art exhibit
||| FROM ANDREA COHEN for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| The photographs of Lewis Francis are on exhibit at the Orcas Island Library for the month of May. Originally from Gibraltar, Lewis moved to California in the 1990’s and moved to Orcas a few years ago. His show of black-and-white landscape photographs,
Traffic accident claims lives of Orcas islanders
||| FROM SOURCE ONE ||| CHELAN - A three-vehicle crash on U.S. 97 in Chelan County left three people dead and two others injured late Friday night, according to a Washington State Patrol press memo. The collision occurred around 9:11 p.m. on May 1 near milepost 233 along the highway,
Farm Transfer 101 webinar supports future of farming in the San Juans
||| FROM REBECCA MOORE for WSU SAN JUAN COUNTY EXTENSION ||| The San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild and WSU San Juan County Extension invite farmers, landowners, and community members to attend Farm Transfer 101: Planning for the Future of Your Farm in the San Juan Islands, a 1.5-hour introductory webinar
Alex Ramel | 40th District legislative update
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. ALEX RAMEL ||| The last time we connected, the legislative session had almost concluded, but additional work remained as we passed the final state supplemental budgets, and the Governor signed legislation into law. My colleagues – Senator Lovelett and Representative Lekanoff, and I have
Artworks features Alexis Terry Bouchard for May
||| FROM B.J. ARNOLD for ORCAS ISLAND ARTWORKS ||| The Orcas Island Artworks presents these new paintings by artist Alexis Terry Bouchard as the featured artist for the month of May. She paints and makes art to connect to and show her appreciation and curiosity of the natural world. She
Earth Day Honors | Local hero appreciation
||| FROM MARCY MONTGOMERY for SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Earth Day Orcas is a unique and inclusive embrace of nature, arts, music, science and dance that celebrates a shared commitment to protecting the Salish Sea’s environmental wonders, and the Earth at large. We invite you to join in honoring
