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‘How to hire a caregiver on Orcas Island’
Dennis King, Lahari’s Executive Director, will be presenting a workshop on how to find and hire caregivers on…
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Calling all tree-loving, bunny-hugging, dirt worshipers
It’s award season here in the San Juans! The Oscars have nothing on the Finnies. Know someone who…
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Rainey Rierden accepted into Anacortes Arts Festival
The acrylic work of young Orcas Island artist Rainey Rierden has been accepted into the “Emerging Artists” category…
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Orcas’ newest deputy comes from Lopez
Sam Fowler is a sixth-generation Lopezian and Orcas Island’s newest sheriff’s deputy.
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Orcas Center hosts second community conversation event
Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, the Orcas Center has been undergoing its own metamorphosis over the…
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New Washington State Ferries vessel Suquamish joins fleet this fall
Submitted by Washington State Ferries.
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Coffelt Farm Stewards hire new executive director
Kate Mikulak (pictured here) has joined the Coffelt Farm Stewards as executive director. Mikulak has been working with…
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Talk on farmed salmon virus
This past March, Washington state successfully passed a law phasing out open-water Atlantic salmon aquaculture from Puget Sound.
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Orcas Chamber Music Festival enters its 21st year
Aloysia Friedmann has just sent out a 19-page rehearsal schedule for the Orcas Chamber Music Festival. It’s a…
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New director of philanthropy at Friends of the San Juans
Submitted by Friends of the San Juans.
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Orcatrazz Swing Band in concert
The Brown Bag Concert at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish will present the Orcatrazz Swing Band on Wednesday, Aug. 8,…
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Local couple’s nephew part of ‘Icarus Cup’ competition
Alec Proudfoot, the nephew of Karen and Clay Parsons who live in Deer Harbor, was part of a…
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The season of biking safety
Every summer, island drivers are obliged to share the road with thousands of bicyclists.