One of the four is Ellie Wright from Orcas Island. She is a tutor at Western’s Hacherl Research and Writing Studio. After graduation, Wright plans to work as a reporter covering politics and ...

President, OPAL Board of Trustees. As president of OPAL’s board of trustees, I am excited to announce $1,875,000 in new funding — $1,075,000 from the San Juan ...

Though former versions of HB 1795 banned isolation completely and a wider set of restraints, the bill currently bans solely ...

From off-grid cabins to the regional grid, one island company is redefining what solar can do Most people don’t think about ...

The Orcas Island Historical Museum in Eastsound is soon to be open for the season! We invite you to step through our doors ...

One of the food hub’s most direct partnerships is with Mama Bird Farm on San Juan Island. Mulvaney drives to the farm twice a week in summer, loading up to 25 boxes of greens and carrots that go ...

• A San Juan deputy responded to a report of a hit-and-run collision of an unattended vehicle. The incident was investigated and documented. The information was disseminated to other deputies who will ...

As a twenty plus year, full time, Shaw resident I would like to express my support for San Juan County’s efforts to establish ...

The House Community Safety Committee held a public hearing for a Senate bill mandating one year of community custody for unlawful firearm possession on Feb. 18. Community custody is the portion of a ...

In 2025, the count had identified 69 unhoused and 55 at risk of being unhoused. The 2024 count surveyed 59 people who were ...

When OPALCO, the Orcas Power & Light Cooperative, announced plans for a second solar farm on Decatur Island, it reignited a fundamental question facing cooperatives nationwide: How do member-owned ...

Eastsound Water’s ongoing turmoil is multifaceted, involving both tense board-membership interactions and instability in ...