Crescent Beach Kayak is getting ready for the summer season in artistic and seaworthy style. Owner Joan Rorabaugh has created…
Long-time Orcas residents Kendall and Sandra, their son Justin, and Justin’s wife Keary are new owners of the Orcas Island Golf Club.
Shoshana Avree and Holly C. Berman have announced the opening of HOME, a community-style cafe in the Oddfellows Hall, Thursday evenings from 4 to 8 p.m. beginning April 9.
HOME will be serving homemade soup, gluten-free muffins, (dairy-free and agave sweetened) healthy Chai (caffeine, sugar and dairy free), and curried sweet potato bites.
The job picture in San Juan County is … well, it could be worse. The state’s unemployment rate rose in…
Amid frigid temperatures and frigid economy, a ray of sunshine peeked through the clouds. But don’t break out your shades…
National Geographic Traveler selected Orcas Islands’ Turtleback Farm Inn to be in their 2009 Stay List of “Hotels We Love”…
Kiki’s Kafe closed its doors on Friday, March 13. Barista Beth Roberts was honored by the “Tuesday Morning Photo Club,”…
After finishing architecture school, Matthew Maher had a desire to build simple, sturdy, self-contained units. That is the foundation of his new Orcas business, Stem.
Residents of Olga have seen a lot of activity since December at the power station on Pt. Lawrence Road and experienced two power outages. It’s all part of the upgrading of the power station that was built in the 1970s.
The Orcas Island Farmers’ Market (OIFM) has hired Charly Robinson as the new market manager.
The San Juan County Public Works Department reports that design work and permitting have been completed on the $2.5 million Fisherman Bay Road improvement project on Lopez Island, and right of way preparation work will begin shortly. Major construction is scheduled to begin in April and completed by the end of August. Federal and State grants totaling approximately $1.50 million will cover nearly 60 percent of the total project cost.
Eastsound and Lopez accounting firm Haweley & Nicholson PS has merged with Mount Vernon area Hilsinger & Company SJI PS to form Hilsinger & Company SJI PS. Sandra Hawley and Beth Nicholson will continue to offer a full range of accounting services, including tax preparation, bookkeeping audits, consulting and valuations in Eastsound.