The day after the 2016 presidential election, Susan Osborn was sad and…
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Ian Lister won “Best Holiday Dodgeball Attire” at the first annual community…
A decommissioned Sheriff’s boat at the Orcas Ferry Landing fuel dock sank…
Orcas Medical Center is at a crossroads. After Island Hospital announced it…
You’ll win because you have ideas, and they only have fear. It’s…
After hundreds of police hours and very few leads, the case involving…
Orcas Island voters have supported the Orcas Library expansion. A total of…
During the cold nights of November, go on a journey to the…
John Friedmann will take you on an autumn journey into time and…
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For Holly Dennis, her business is a labor of love.
When Marlis Sandwith came to work for Teri Williams, they decided to buy a large farm table instead of individual desks.
It doesn't matter what century you are in, there is nothing as magical as those first tremulous steps toward new love.
Their footsteps echo in the corridors of history, but we rarely hear them.
An incredible love story.
When Ron Krebs was elected San Juan County Sheriff in 2014, the department had been experiencing a relatively quiet period.
Whenever I ask someone about joining one of the nonprofit boards I serve on, this is the reaction I receive: a panicked look, a quick shake of the head and "No, I am already on a board and I volunteer a lot. There is no way I can possibly take anything else on."
Following a farm brunch at The Kitchen in Eastsound, visitors can check out more than a dozen unique farms during the Orcas Island Farm Tour on Sunday, Oct. 2. At the end of the day, Orcas Farm will host a soiree, with live local music, DJ Teacher's Pet, a free farmers potluck wood-fired pizza from Inn at Ship Bay by donation and the Lion's Club Beer Garden, sponsored by Island Hoppin' Brewery.
Orcas resident Patricia J. Tullock, 49, pleaded guilty to one count of theft in the first degree, three counts of forgery and two counts of trafficking in stolen property. She was sentenced on Sept. 20 to 50 months. Tullock was transferred to Island County Jail where she will be assessed and then taken to a correctional facility.
Judge Donald Eaton has granted former Orcas High School teacher Gerald Grellet-Tinner a new trial after a lead investigator on the case was accused of misconduct. A new trial is scheduled for Dec. 5. The defendant was released from custody on Sept. 20 after Judge Eaton announced his ruling.
Winter is fast approaching. It's a time when the pace slows down, the rain falls and we start making holiday plans.
Islanders will be seeing a great deal of activity on Orcas roads in the coming years.
A motion to dismiss the conviction of former Orcas High School teacher Gerald Grellet-Tinner has been filed after allegations of misconduct from a lead investigator on the case. Judge Donald Eaton will announce his decision on the motion on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 2 p.m.
Domestic violence is one of those uncomfortable, difficult to discuss issues.
Orcas Island Film festival producers are in full gear, getting the island ready for another weekend of films.
Using live piano music by Lisa Harris as well as recordings of classical music, the Island Inspirational All-Stars chasséd and leaped across the Orcas Center main stage on Sept. 10 to a sold-out crowd.
[WARNING: The following story may contain details too graphic for some of our readers.]
It's been a tumultuous year for Orcas Fire and Rescue.
A San Juan Island woman was murdered in her home in the early morning hours of Sept. 3. Her husband is in custody and is expected to be charged with her homicide in San Juan County Superior Court next week.
Grace Grantham has been a photographer since she was a teenager.
The San Juan County Council voted unanimously to change the speed limit on an Eastsound stretch of road and in the Deer Harbor Hamlet.
Anthony The Dancer has built a life around the art of movement.
I've been attending the San Juan County Fair since I was a kid, and every year I am as enthralled as ever.
At 15 years old, Orcas Island-grown magician Matthew Laslo stood on a Las Vegas stage, in front of thousands of people, to perform an original effect for Penn and Teller's television show.
The Orcas Island Jazz Festival is on its way to being a local tradition.
Whether injected, snorted or smoked, heroin is rapidly delivered to the brain. The euphoria is immediate, and after just a few times of using, people can become addicted. Washington state is experiencing an opioid abuse and overdose crisis, and the San Juan Islands are not immune.
In response to national unrest between law enforcement and the citizens it is charged with protecting, retired police officer Ray Clever could no longer keep quiet.
Joshua Daniel Treleven, 37, of Friday Harbor, admitted to breaking into Roy's Coffee Shop and stealing a speaker, a blender plunger and a cup of soda. He was charged with burglary in the second degree and theft in the third degree.
American Pickers' quest for hidden treasure is taking them all the way to the San Juan Islands.
