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The Funhouse Common’s Mentor Program is looking for youth mentors!

Submitted by the Funhouse Commons.

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Meet Sheriff Ron Krebs (left) and Sgt. Eric Peter (right) at the forum.

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Sheriff’s race voter forum – Meet Sheriff Ron Krebs and Sgt. Eric Peter

Submitted by the League of Women Voters of the San Juans.

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Audition Notice: Whale of a Show!

Submitted by Orcas Center.

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Terri Rodgers (OIPRD), Audrey Wells (Kiwanis), Kiki Coe (Kiwanis), Justin Paulsen (OIPRD), Dianna Hofman (Kiwanis), Velma Doty (Kiwanis), Dennis Dahl (OIPRD).

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Orcas Island children to benefit from new playground

Submitted by Kiwanis Club of Orcas Island and Orcas Island Park and Recreation District.

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Marcia.

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“Driven to Abstraction” at the library

Utilizing the artist’s toolbox of shape, color, pattern and rhythm, Marcia explores the territory between reality and the…

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Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Caleb Klauder of Orcas plays at Ryman Auditorium

by Ken Firoved

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2022 GiveOrcas Holiday Campaign

Submitted by The Orcas Island Community Foundation.

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Late this summer, Diego Garcia, who just graduated from the Orcas Christian School, flew the Airhawks Flying Club aircraft to Bellingham for his Private Pilot check flight and oral exam with an FAA Examiner.

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Airhawks scholarship student receives his wings

Submitted by Mike Parnell

“Corsage,” a visually stunning contemporary waltz through the life of the extravagant Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Vicky Krieps), whose beauty and corsetry were famed in lands worldwide.

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Film fest back in full force | Jacqueline Bisset to attend, Jean-Marc Vallée to be honored

Orcas audiences will again be whisked away to lands near and far during the eighth annual Orcas Island…

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Learn Woodworking Basics with the EDC

Submitted by San Juan County Economic Development Council.

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Puyallup Indian School, Tacoma, WA 1889 (Suquamish Museum Archives).

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Healing from the trauma of Indian boarding schools

by Iris Graville and Judy Meyer

Broombuster volunteers work on cutting Scotch Broom from a Comox Valley roadside. Photo supplied

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The Port’s having a Noxious Weed Pulling Party

Frustrated with the ferry schedules? Angry with the state of the world? Work some of it off when…

Contributed photo by the Orca Behavior Institute

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New study demonstrates that commercial whale-watching reduces vessel incidents in the vicinity of killer whales in Washington State

Submitted by the Orca Behavior Institute.