Opinion
OPALCO member bylaw change initiative | Guest column
A group of co-op members on Lopez Island, organized as the Lopez Chapter of Citizens for Safe Technology,…
Opinion
Funhouse Commons commends work of Newtown Committee | Guest column
The board and staff of the Funhouse Commons would like to thank Fred Klein and the 35 other…
Opinion
What are essential public services? | Guest column
Many of you joined us in the first round of Community Conversations to discuss what makes the quality…
Opinion
Update on re-use at Orcas Transfer Station | Guest column
If you have been wondering, pondering, musing over and/or otherwise asking yourself and others about the status of…
Opinion
You are a partner in community journalism | Editorial
In the past three years, we have brought home awards from the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association for our…
Opinion
Get the giggles with ‘Hot Bed Hotel’ at Grange | Play review
Prescription for a winter evening on Orcas Island: “Hot Bed Hotel,” Doug Bechtel’s latest offering on stage at…
Opinion
One more election ahead of us | Editorial
You wake up, pour yourself a cup of coffee and head out to get your newspaper, the Islands’…
Opinion
Behind the scenes of Orcas Has Talent | Reporter’s notebook
The lights come up, the crowd is silent, the air still. We sing, exposing truths we usually hide.…
Opinion
Valentine musings | Reporter’s notebook
Candy hearts that taste of chalk, cheesy greeting cards, glassy-eyed teddy bears. These are the images that come…
Opinion
Myth of coal jobs | Guest column
Much has been made, in these pages and elsewhere, about the many new jobs to be created by…
Opinion
We should talk | Guest column
My fellow county council members and I hope you will join us in a Community Conversation about the…
Opinion
Newspapers stay relevant in ever-changing world | Editorial
“Nobody reads newspapers anymore.” “It’s time for newspapers to go all digital.” We’ve all heard those comments. Perhaps…
Opinion
Keeping the spirit of words alive | Editor’s notebook
The words showed up only when I closed my eyes. With my eyelids pressed down tight, I could…