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For the Port’s winning efforts, airport manager Jeannie Sharp (center) was presented with a wooden sculpture. To Sharp’s right is Port commissioner Jason Laursen and to her left is commissioner Mia Kartiganer. They are pictured with board members of the Passport program.

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Port first winner of state-wide food bank challenge

Late last year, a few weeks before Thanksgiving, the Port of Orcas entered a competition with other Washington…

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Living edge woodworker, Tim Forbes.

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The wood-whisperer

In the hills above Orcas, on land dense with trees, Tim Forbes lives comfortably in harmony with the…

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Photo by Christian Bowen on Unsplash

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Join the Orcas Senior Center today

Submitted by the Orcas Senior Center.

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Music, magic, mayor | Get out this July Fourth weekend

It may not be a July 4th like we’re used to, but it’s getting closer.

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Land Bank partners with local student for community discussion

Discussion participants’ opinions help shape the direction around controversial land conservation topics in real-time.

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Stephanie Goudelock was reunified with her children in 2017.

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The importance of reunifying families

Submitted by, Linnea Anderson, Juvenile Court Administrator.

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Vote for Ricky | Letter

Everybody on Orcas Island,

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Update on Coffelt Farm from the SJC Land Bank

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Funhouse’s Latinx Mentor program marks a year

On June 26, The Funhouse Commons’ La Cima Latinx Mentor Program will culminate its first year of programming…

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State Parks Director Peter Mayer and Friends of Moran president Sandi Talt cutting the ribbon to the new visitors’ center on June 18.

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Happy 100th birthday to Moran State Park | New visitors’ center now open

It was a land donation that launched the entire Washington state parks’ system.

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Friends of the San Juans receives $5,000 grant from Keta Legacy Foundation

Submitted by Grit City Strategy and Communications.

Jacob Miller, Tony Furtado, and Stephanie Schneiderman will be performing live at Eastsound’s Village Green at 6pm Sunday, June 27. Visit <a href="http://www.OrcasCenter.org" target="_blank">www.OrcasCenter.org</a> for more information.

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Three to perform on The Village Green

Summer Concerts on The Village Green, a joint venture between Orcas Center and Doe Bay, continue June 27…

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New location for Garden C on Garden Club Tour

NEW LOCATION FOR GARDEN C on Garden Club Tour