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Sunday July 23 through Thursday, July 27 at various venues -- by Margie Doyle -- Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo, back on Orcas for StoryFest, July 23-28 Next week, summer Islanders Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo bring the worlds of storytelling to the island as Orcas Storyfest unfolds for the seventh time on
-- by Emma Heikkinen, Orcas Issues Summer Intern -- The Eastsound Planning and Review Committee (EPRC) met for a three-hour session on July 6 from 3-6 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Station to discuss the Subarea Plan Work Group recommendations, which will be used to create a comprehensive survey. Other policy changes and proposals were
-- from Mike Welding for NAS Whidbey -- A Search and Rescue (SAR) team from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island conducted two rescues this past weekend, one on Saturday Jun. 3, the other on Sunday, Jun. 4, 2017. The first rescue was in Olympic Mountains, the other on Mount Baker. Saturday evening, two free
-- from the San Juan Preservation Trust -- The San Juan Preservation Trust announced on May 12 that Tim Seifert, who has served as the organization’s Executive Director for 15 years, has informed the Preservation Trust's board of trustees that it is time to identify his successor. Accordingly, the board has launched a nationwide search
-- from Bellingham Herald -- Two Northwest Indian tribes are suing the U.S. Coast Guard, saying the agency has failed to protect endangered orcas from the risk of oil spills associated with tanker traffic in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle on Tuesday, the Tulalip
-- from Mike Welding, NAS Whidbey -- Search and Rescue crews from NAS Whidbey Island conducted three separate missions over the weekend. Missions included one mountain rescue near Snow Lake in the Snoqualmie Pass and two Medical Evacuations (MEDEVACs) – one from Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles, Wash., and the other from Friday Harbor in
-- from Mike Welding -- Search and Rescue (SAR) crews from Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island conducted five separate missions within a six day period, including one search and four Medical Evacuations (MEDEVACs). The first mission occurred during a daytime training flight on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017. The morning SAR Alert crew was flying
-- by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- 16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely." Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all
-- from Marla Johns, OIFR -- On Sunday, November 20, 2016, Orcas Island Fire & Rescue was dispatched at 1:15 p.m. to rescue an injured mountain biker, “a few miles in on Power line trail in Moran State Park.” The on-duty Battalion Chief, Paramedic, and the OIFR Technical Rescue Team located the best access route
-- from Office of the Governor -- Today officials from the Obama administration and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and U.S. Reps. Denny Heck, Derek Kilmer and Rick Larsen announced new federal actions to help protect and recover the health of Puget Sound, one of the nation’s largest estuaries.