Everett Earl “Bud” McKee was born May 31, 1931 in Longview Washington…
When I lived in Oregon, I was just 80 miles from the…
by Mike Conner Lopez Island Born into a sea of noise, Tahlequah’s…
Submitted by the Orcas Island Health Care District Get a jump start…
We received a flurry of complaints from islanders after a carnival game…
Submitted by Stephen Carter I have a modest proposal. Let’s eliminate the…
As the summer nears its end, and the weather starts to cool,…
In the last 10 years, the sport of stand-up paddleboarding has exploded,…
by Dave Dunaway Executive Director SAFE San Juans Four years ago a…
It’s time to get a little dust on your boots, hay in…
by Minnie Knych San Juan Island I am not an Army brat;…
I remember the first time I saw an orca, or really, any…
I am an Army brat. I was born in a hospital on…
by Christopher “Scotty” Gray Rear Admiral, USN Commander, Navy Region Northwest Recent…
by Lincoln Bormann Land Bank Director The San Juan County Land Bank…
Island drivers share the road with meandering deer, brave bunnies and, from…
by Chom Greacen Lopez Island We the People of the Salish Sea…
by Loren Johnson, MD As reported in the Sounder, the State Office…
They glisten across the night sky and symbolize the rocket’s red glare…
Submitted by Friends of the San Juans Vessel traffic from ocean-going oil…
The solitude that comes with living in the San Juan Islands is…
by George Lawson Lopez Island Departing daily at 7 a.m. from the…
High school graduation is the iconic event that officially carries you from…
by Hilary Canty Executive director, Orcas Island Community Foundation Access to affordable…
by Joanna Massey Sounder copy editor It’s not every day you’re asked…
What we learn from our fathers can stay with us far into…
by Steve Ulvi San Juan Island We conflate our form of government,…
by Colleen Smith Editor/Publisher Most of us associate depression with the darker…
by Evan Perrollaz Inter Island Healthcare Foundation member and administrator of the…
by Sorrel North Lopez Island resident Lopez Island orca advocacy group, Southern…
by Cali Bagby Journal general manager After three years of serving as…
by Diane Craig Staff reporter The last time Orcas Island saw the…
I was absolutely heartbroken to hear that Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehabilitation Center…
by Edwin Wordsworth Orcas Island It’s 8:30 a.m. Stage Junkie basks in…
by Robert Hall Orcas Center Grace McCune’s Rock on the Rock choir…
Mental health issues have long lived in the shadows of shame. Stigmatized…
It’s easy to take for granted the storefronts that line our quaint…
