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Orcas Island High School band performing at the 2023 Pacific Lutheran University Band Invitational. The MAG Benefit Concert featuring local musicians will help fund K-12 music education at Orcas Island Public School, including important off-island learning experiences.

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MAG benefit concert returns, features Orcatrazz Swing Band and other island musicians

Submitted by Music Advocacy Group.

Contributed photo. The Pea Patch Steering Committee, left to right: Lisa Steckley, Bonnie Burg, Bob Morris (via Zoom), Amanda Sparks, Jamie Cier (via Zoom by voice), Margie Bangs, Patricia Benton, Lisa Byers and Eros Belliveau.

Life

Pea Patch property to serve as a nonprofit campus

by Rick Rhoads

Preparing for preservation of the historic log cabins in Eastsound Contributed photo

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Orcas Island Historical Museums to begin preservation of log cabins in Eastsound

Submitted by Orcas Island Historical Museums.

Contributed photo Kalama Hatchery

News

Conservation advocates to sue over Columbia River hatchery programs harming wild salmon recovery

Submitted by the Wild Fish Conservancy

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Business

Rosario Resort changes owners

Submitted by the Barto family.

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News

Fractured fence, wayward walkers, triple trespass | San Juan County Sheriff’s Log

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls.

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Life

‘Let’s Talk About Love’

Submitted by Debra Lee Babcock.

A rendering of a Kidder Way townhouse on Orcas.

Life

County awards $190,000 to support affordable housing project on Orcas

Staff report

Julia Summers’ art show will be up through February.

Life

News from the senior center

Grannie’s Attic 2.0 at Orcas Senior Center returns

Contributed photo Kathleen Foley Lewis with a bluebird.

Life

The Orcas Island Garden Club presents ‘Garry Oaks, Bluebirds & You!’

Submitted by the Orcas Garden Club.

Courtesy of Washington State Department of Agriculture. The Northern giant hornet is an invasive species from Asia and a known predator of honeybees.

News

Governor proclaims Invasive Species Awareness Week

Submitted by the State of Washington Recreation and Conservation Office.

Contributed photo. Front Row, left to right: Caden Mcguire-King, Elliot Wooding, David Nunez, Winston Landman. Second row, left to right: Douglas Kirby, Norah Duthy, Aria Griffin, Anthony Louie Averna, Greyson Howard. Third row, left to right: Michael Neighbors, Tazman Pechacek, Weston Wooding, Geovanni Averna. Four row, left to right: Jason Dean, Laurie Glass, Rob Kirby, Ty Nunez, Mario Nunez, Rob Harvey.

Sports

Orcas wrestlers compete in Mount Vernon

by Orcas Island Wrestling

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News

Live fire burn training at Glenwood

Submitted by Assistant Chief Don Swain.