The Eastsound Water Users Association board decided to put a six-month hold on the rate increase at their regular meeting on Tuesday, May 17. The hold will allow board to begin working group discussions with the members most impacted by the change in the rate structure.
Common Sense Alliance has taken its objections to San Juan County’s Critical Area Ordinance to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Senator Kevin Ranker shared breakfast and state budget news with a cafe full of attendees on Friday, April 22.
Scott Williams has been appointed acting Fire Chief, with Chad Kimple acting as Assistant Fire Chief.
Each year, the Orcas Island Garden Club finds a handful of unique…
For 23 years, Cathy Doherty was a nurse practitioner at the Lopez…
Lieutenant Governor Cyrus Habib and State Senator Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas, held a…
Construction of the Orcas Ferry Landing Park and Ride is nearing its…
When the news broke that thousands of non-native salmon were released into…
Inter-Island Propane’s request to install a 30,000-gallon propane storage tank in an…
Home health care in the San Juan Islands is changing hands from…
The Lummi Nation has declared a state of emergency after thousands of…
The construction of new restroom facilities at the summit of Mount Constitution…
On Wednesday, Aug. 2, the Northwest Washington state was inundated by a…
UW Medicine taking over the Orcas Medical Center will not affect Orcas…
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed in the San Juan County Superior…
A coalition of islanders is one step closer to protecting the rights…
The Seaview residential community is rising up to prevent the installation of…
Every day, the future of journalism is threatened by accusations of fake…
The topic of affordable housing on Orcas is a large enough issue…
The village of Eastsound was treated to a rare sight on the…
Places to leave your vehicle while you explore Agate Beach or Iceberg…
Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” album earned second-place on Rolling Stone’s “Women Who Rock:…
North Beach Road was lined through downtown Eastsound by rowdy revelers to…
Loneliness after loss can be hard to talk about with others. Join…
One stroke at a time. One stroke after another brought him closer…
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again is an adage…
Mount Baker Farm opened its gates to the public as a campground…
There are few things more annoying than having to listen to the…
Construction at the Orcas Island Airport is nearing completion, at least for…
On the western shores of Orcas Island, restaurants are a rarity. But…
Fifty-eight. That’s how many people were identified as homeless in San Juan…
On a parcel of land north of Deer Harbor, a little less…
Jerad Alan Grey, 34, of Friday Harbor, has been charged with residential…
After 3 p.m., when the crowds have all left and the piles…
May is National Bike Month. Since 1956, the League of American Bicyclists…
Are you ready to rock? Well, put on your acid wash jeans,…
The San Juans don’t have a Michaels or a Jo-Ann – but…
Danielle Dyer sailed into Deer Harbor on a mission: to bring her…
