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Connecting and building relationships | Liberté Beauty Orcas has a different approach

As a businessperson, Liberté Liberté is motivated by one thing: enriching relationships with the people around her.

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Sisters accused of burglary and trespassing livestream arrest on Facebook

Two sisters were arrested on Lopez Island after illegally staying in a home and brandishing a machete at…

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Adopt your new best friend | Editorial

I first let a shelter dog into my heart 12 years ago, and I have never looked back.

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Why we have a paywall on our websites | Editorial

It costs money to gather news.

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Ray’s Pharmacy provides variety of COVID-19 vaccines and testing

Ray’s Pharmacy is becoming a hub for vaccines.

“Julia” tells the story of the legendary cookbook author and television superstar who changed the way Americans think about food, television, and even about women. Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child’s surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.

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Movie lovers rejoice | Orcas Film Festival is back

The Orcas Island Film Festival will showcase the offbeat and the up-and-coming during its first in-person event since…

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Left to right: Molina Stone; Rhya Segault; Morgan Anderson; Shaye Spinner; Ava Ashcroft; Valeria Villareall; Malia Martinolich; Lil Maloi; Alexandria Sanders; WIllow White; Alecia Talbot; Tayla Malo; Bethany Carter; Sera Knapp; Paula Gutierrez Latorre; Hannah Alexander; August Moore; Ada Cruz Hernandez; Makayla Hodges; Bella Evans; and Milana Schneider.

Sports

Grateful to be back on the court

This year’s volleyball team is a robust mix of returning, varsity players and green athletes who are ready…

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Left to right: Finn Ontjes, Theo Vaccarella, Quinn Fleming, Will Stephens, Justin Krisch-Derr, Hunter Knapp, Ryan Krisch-Derr, Logan Jones, Porter Willis, Coach Mike Kulper.

Sports

Veteran cross-country team is ready to compete

The Vikings cross country team is back for its first normal season since fall 2019, and coach Mike…

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Back row, l-r: Ethan Moss, Diego Lago, Tommy Anderson-Cleveland, Cadence Krayveld, Orion Meskew, Jefferson Freeman, Nicholas Rivera, Forest Frausto, Celia Groeninger, Kristian Freeman, Head Coach Terry Turner Front Row L to R: Ass. Coach Sydney Hayworth, Lily Sky Bouchard, Juliette McKenney, Sam Sutton, Toby Smith, Pedro Banderas Guerra, Isaac Moss, Andrew Garcia, Scarlett Coffey, Isaac Figueroa. Laying at front, l-r: Remy Lago & Paxton White.

Sports

Soccer welcomes veteran players and new faces

The 2021 soccer team will face opportunities and challenges this season.

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Left to right: Orcas Center Artistic Director Jake Perrine, Membership Director Nicole Matisse, Communications Director Bethany Marie and Executive Director Dimitri Stankevich in front of the Orcas Center whale sculpture.

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Orcas Center is reopening to the public | Fundraising is on now for a $100,000 matching grant

A beloved community resource has undergone a major makeover.

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Left to right: Melinda Milligan, Suzanne Gropper, Dorrie Braun and Diane Craig.

Life

‘Savannah Sipping Society’ opens at the Grange | Play review

Live theatre is back at the Grange, and it was a triumph.

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A large flower made by Lynda Ransley.

Life

The women welders of Orcas

For four days every year, a group of women, covered in protective gear from head to toe, gather…

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Orcas Island School District teacher Catherine Laflin, Orcas Island Elementary School and Montessori Public Principal Lorena Stankevich and OISD teachers Alexa Nigretto and Anne Ford McGrath with some of the materials used in GLAD strategies for the classroom.

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English language students inspire new learning strategies for the classroom

English language learners are a growing and vital component of the American classroom.