Over Six Saturdays from Feb. 1 to March 8, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., at Emmanuel Parish Hall, learn about Buddhism through an ...

The Orcas Island Community Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the application period for the spring GiveOrcas ...

Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee is seeking fiber artists for the next Community Art Show: Textile and Fiber Arts.

San Juan County is seeking volunteers to serve on various boards and committees that help shape daily life in the San Juan Islands.

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The League of Women Voters of Washington announced its strong endorsement for Senate Bill 5400 in support of local journalism. This bill will enable grants to support news journalists covering civic ...

In “Part 2: Why the Bailer Hill microgrid,” OPALCO described why that site was chosen and the benefits of pairing solar power arrays with farming. OPALCO sees projects like the Bailer Hill microgrid ...

The Orcas Island Education Foundation invites you to the 5th Annual Grilled Cheese Showdown.

Lauren Wiederspohn and Anthony Stephens welcomed the first island baby of the year on Jan. 15. Sophia Lynn Stephens, or ...

Jan. 17, 38 contractors — excavators, general contractors, arborists, landscapers and gardeners — from five different islands ...

Insurance companies will be required to fill up to a 12-month supply of birth control pills, if a bill by Sen. Emily Alvarado ...

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls. • A Lopez deputy responded to a report of a ...