Life
How healthy are local honeybee hives?
If your lawn is sprouting dandelions and clover, your bok choy is going to flower and himalayan blackberries…
Life
Family fights MS with croquet and chili fest
Come September, Suzanne and John Olson, Suzanne’s daughter Lola Pederson and her boyfriend Brandon Banducci will saddle up…
News
School daze: Orcas kids get ready to hit the books
Island-wide, startled kids are asking: “Is it that time already?” Yes, it’s time to start thinking about trading…
News
Hot dogs sizzle in solar cookers at first Island EcoFest
Last Saturday inventors, tinkerers, energy specialists, green builders and even an Orcas Island-based national magazine gathered to swap…
Life
Orcas teen Matthew Bowen sweeps first, second, third at Emerald Downs
Fifteen-year-old Matthew Bowen recently dusted the competition at Emerald Downs racetrack, sweeping his age division. The event? An…
News
A day in the life: Mandy Troxel, crafty island mama
Island mama Mandy Troxel might be best described as nimble. She manages two jobs while raising a quartet…
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Proposal would give Community Development and Planning power to levy fines
A significant policy shift written into the proposed “Code Enforcement” ordinance for San Juan County would give Community…
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Schermerhorn’s ship detained in Greece, Gaza flotilla ‘throttled’
Twenty minutes out of the Greek port, the U.S. ship “The Audacity of Hope” was apprehended by Greek…
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Colleen Armstrong appointed associate publisher of Sounder
Islands’ Sounder editor Colleen Armstrong has been promoted to the position of associate publisher. She will keep her…
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Logging in Moran State Park due to root rot
Roughly 50 Douglas fir trees around Moran State Park’s Environmental Learning Center are currently being logged because they…
Sports
Orcas kids compete at Vancouver Lake regatta
Orcas Island sailing is taking it up a notch, and they're doing it with gusto – six local…
News
Orcas food bank hosts open house to celebrate opening of new building
The Orcas Island Food Bank invites the entire island community to a dessert-and-hot-drinks open house on Sunday, July…
News
Victor Boede killed in single-car rollover on Olga Road
Orcas Island resident Victor Boede, 53, was killed in a single-car rollover accident the night of Tuesday, June…