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Chief Holly vanSchaick (third from left) with station staff.

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Fire Commissioners embrace a new chief | First female chief for SJC

by Toby Cooper

Mariachi Herencia de Mexico comes to Orcas Center this fall.

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Orcas Island Jazz Festival opens the fall season at Orcas Center

The Orcas Island Jazz Festival, Orcas Island’s premier jazz event, opens the Fall Season at Orcas Center. Head…

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Island Way workshop on federal inflation reduction act funding

Submitted by Orcas Power and Light Cooperative.

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Dumped duds, fishy footprints and weapon welding | Sheriff’s Log

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls.

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San Juan County adopts 32-hour work week

by Erin Wygant

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Get ready for the 2023-2024 school year

Submitted by Orcas Community Resource Center.

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San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responds to single vehicle, double fatality on Orcas Island

Submitted by the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office.

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Under her stage name of Lolita (aka Tokitae, aka Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut), a young female orca performs for an audience of adoring fans in a small tank at the Miami Seaquarium in this archive photo from the mid 1990s.

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Tokitae’s death ends dream to return her home

The last remaining Southern Resident Killer whale taken from the Salish Sea during the captures in the late…

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Taylor Made closes out the free summer concert series

Submitted by Orcas Center.

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IOSA headquarters in the works

By Kathryn Wheeler

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Hilary Canty will be honored with a Community Leadership Award from the San Juans Economic Development Council.

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Hilary Canty of OICF to be honored with Leadership Award at EDC luncheon

Hilary Canty, Executive Director of Orcas Island Community Foundation will be honored with a Community Leadership Award from…

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All summer long the research vessel, Brendan D II, will assist with research and mapping eelgrass across San Juan County. You may see them moving methodically across the water at local shorelines.

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Collaborative research aims to uncover causes of eelgrass decline in the San Juan Islands

Submitted by Friends of the San Juans.

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Rainshadow redemption run | Your objective is not always the purpose

By Matthew B. Tong