Life
San Juan County kids compete in Skagit Valley Herald Bee in Mt. Vernon
Four San Juan County students competed along with 41 other top-notch spellers from Island, Skagit and Snohomish counties…
Sports
Softball: Orcas girls slip past La Conner for first key win
Lanie Padbury stole the game. It was the top of the 7th and the score was tied against…
Sports
Softball: Orcas Vikings beat Bellevue Christian
The Orcas softball girls chalked up another easy pre-league win on March 24 against Bellevue Christian. The score…
Life
Orcas Island celebrates National Poetry Month with readings, workshops, and more
Orcas is celebrating National Poetry Month in April with multiple feasts of the linguistic sort. Orcas Center is…
Business
Rainshadow Solar brings electric-assist velomobile to Orcas
Orcasites may have been perplexed and amazed in recent months at the sight of a nine-foot long, banana-like…
News
Orcas airport use will now cost landowners with deeded access $100 annually
Last week the Port of Orcas board passed a long-debated resolution that charges 28 adjoining parcels with deeded…
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Orcas resident hoping to bring Google broadband to San Juan County
Islander Alex Huppenthal has been working hard to garner community support for bringing ultra high-speed internet access to…
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Orcas Island Kiwanis paper airplane contest descends on high school gym
It was a flight of both the fancy and the plain, the exotically engineered and the good old…
Sports
Girls Softball: Orcas takes down Friday Harbor and Darrington in pre-league play
The Lady Vikings are heading into another fast-pitch season with three early non-league wins in their pocket. The…
Business
Goodbye, Christina’s
A beloved island culinary legend, Christina's Restaurant, has shuttered its doors forever. “That day is over; Christina's is…
News
Orcas School bond to be on August ballot
Possibly cutting the track and field was an easy enough call, but after that the agony began. The…
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Orcas School considering adding standardized tests for younger ages
Orcas middle and high-school students may be seeing more standardized tests in the future. Currently, students see their…
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Orcas organizer wants Google’s ultra-high speed Internet in the San Juans
“We're on fire! We want broadband now! So we're meeting up at the fire station on Orcas Island,”…