News
Council votes to continue subsidies on owner-builder permit fees
On Tuesday, June 17, the San Juan County Council amended permit fees for Owner/Builder building permits designed to…
Sports
Orcas kids build and fly planes
On Saturday June 28 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., the Orcas Radio Control Aircraft Society (ORCAS) will host…
Sports
Parish and North place 10th in Rowing Nationals
Sam Parish and Barrett North competed in the Men’s Lightweight 2x (double) rowing event at the U.S. Rowing…
Sports
Olympic rower to offer adult rowing class in San Juans
Orcas Island Rowing Association (OIRA) is offering adult rowing classes taught by head coach Tina Brown, who is…
News
Plainclothes Border Patrol agents used at Anacortes
The Border Patrol checks at Anacortes include “plainclothesmen” who ask ferry workers to share “intelligence,” it was learned…
News
Waldron Candidates Forum
On Saturday, July 12, from 2 to 4 p.m., the Waldron Community Meeting (WCM) will host a candidates’…
News
County prevails in Lopez shoreline case
On June 12, 2008, the Shoreline Hearing Board denied a variance for a vacation home on a narrow…
News
Permits for rainwater
The Department of Ecology is clarifying regulations governing the collection and use of rainwater in Washington state. Currently,…
News
County proposes weed eradication assessment
The Chair of the San Juan County Noxious Weed Control Board told the San Juan County Council on…
News
Whale cranium recovered off San Juans
The cranium of a whale skeleton that has been on the ocean bottom near the San Juan Islands…
News
Adventuress grounded
An historic sailboat that many locals have seen navigating island waters for years encountered a mishap earlier this…
News
Bill Gates Sr. speaks on San Juan
We’ll spend 13 years in school preparing for college or the workplace. But it’s our first five years…