Juan Nuñez and his wife Mindy Harris have launched Nuñez Services based…
A young island entrepreneur has identified an opportunity to create a new…
Everyone is all smiles at the Acapulco Mexican Restaurant in Eastsound. For…
Orcas Recycling Services has a management team for the new Exchange reuse…
Doe Bay Wine Company has announced that it will be opening a…
As a kid, Tamary Baz had posters of pregnant women on her…
by Jennifer Lehr Special to the Sounder I remember as a kid…
On the western shores of Orcas Island, restaurants are a rarity. But…
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…
Kirsten E. Pickard, ARNP has joined the practice at Orcas Island Family…
With over 35 years as a healthcare provider, Mara Williams is a…
Long-time excavator Justin Frausto is the new general manager of Windsock Farms…
Paula Treneer, hailing originally from Seattle, has recently re-located from Paris, France…
Lopez resident Sara Waugh has started a new accounting and tax preparation…
The Barnacle in Eastsound reopened on Jan. 15 under the care of…
Submitted by Rock Island Rock Island has been hard at work bringing…
Dust off your resumes and tell your friends. WSU Extension has opened…
For a midday boost of fresh juice, nutritious rice bowls and strong…
Cody Phillips has opened “Cody’s Chimney Sweep and Gutter Cleaning” on Orcas…
Cybersecurity is not just for large businesses. Small and mid-sized businesses are…
A recent transplant from Waldron Island, Kristy Bredin is a new practicing herbalist at the Healing Arts Center in Eastsound.
West Sound Café will open for the 2016 season re-energized by new chef Dirul Shamsid-Deen.
Rosario Resort and Spa has announced the hiring of Chef Raymond Southern as Executive Chef.
Are you interested in doing business with the government? Join the San Juan Economic Development Council for a two-hour seminar on San Juan Island, which will provide information on the goods and services that state and federal agencies buy, and how they buy them. The workshop will also cover San Juan County's designation as a HUBZone by the Small Business Administration, which gives local businesses an edge over others competing for government contracts.
The San Juan County Economic Development Council will present a free half-day workshop for small businesses and entrepreneurs on Orcas on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 9 a.m. until noon at the Orcas Island Library.
Dave Snavely’s world has come full circle.In 1984 he graduated from Penn State University with a bachelor’s degree in forest science. He spent the next 23 years working as a general contractor, and met Tom Crowley while working on Blakely Island.
Rock Island Communications founder Mike Greene, who has most recently been serving as vice president of technology, has announced that he will be leaving the company as of Oct. 15.
Entrepreneurs can bring their business ideas to the next level in the first annual EDC Launch San Juan Islands business plan competition, created by the San Juan County Economic Development Council.
With all this good news, you must be asking yourself why I’m always whining about county revenues not keeping up with expenditures.
The San Juan Islands Made brand was established to help protect the integrity and value of locally manufactured, fished and timbered goods.
The two, who are born and raised on Orcas, have opened Sticks and Stones Outdoor Services.
Darrell Brayer has purchased San Juan Insurance Services and moved the agency to a new location at 19 Fishing Alley Suite B, off Main Street, next to the Washington Federal building.
An Orcas Island artist has been selected by the Blue Moon Brewing Company to help celebrate the company's 20 years of brewing.
Noted economists Dr. Hart Hodges and Dr. Anneliese Vance-Sherman will be featured guest speakers at the Economic Development Council’s annual “Economics” luncheon.
April Pollock is the manager of Clever Cow Creamery, an ice cream shop, which is opening early June in the Eastsound Square on the street side.
Orcas Wild, a new interpretive wildlife center, is opening in Eastsound across from the Episcopal Church on Main Street.
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission has teamed up with Wanderlust Camps to offer a new style of luxury camping at Moran State Park on Orcas Island.
Island Hospital ranked third in Washington for earning high scores for quality from Medicare patients who received care in 2013, according to an article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. In the survey, 79 percent of Island’s patients scored their care a 9 or 10.
The Orcas Island Library is hosting a series of money management classes from April 21 to 30. All classes are free and open to the public.
