Tuesday | Islands Sounder
Tea and cookies, holiday music, and more at annual holiday tea
Looking for a delicious activity for guests, relatives, friends and children? The Friends of the Orcas Island Library will host the Holiday Tea and Open House on Saturday, Dec.
The Olga Symphony will perform on Nov. 27 and 28 at Orcas Center. - contributed photo
Hold on to your hats, Orcas: the Olga Symphony and Friends are back just in time to get your holidays off and running.
Anita Orne, JP Wittman, and Gordon Koenig will perform on Nov. 14. - contributed photo
Fine dining and fabulous fiddling come together on Saturday, Nov. 14, when JP and the OK Rhythm Boys play at the Ecotopian Restaurant in Eastsound.
Dona t miss the school bus a " one route has been cut
Many students who ride school buses will be assigned to different routes this year as the Anacortes School District reconfigures the schedule to eliminate one route and cut costs.
The Olga History Tour: ecotourism at its finest
In an hour-plus walking tour of Olga, participants will hear how Orcas Island fits into the geologic history of the west coast of the American continent, take a look at the 9,000 years of native habitation before European settlement and learn about William Moore, the first settler on the east side of Orcas Island and his Salish Indian wife who ...
It's Year Two for the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
Mike Moore and Olga Valieva represent two very different types of students in the newest class at the College of Osteopathic Medicine in Terrace Heights.
Orcas Parks and Rec district to be on November ballot
After overwhelming support by the people of Orcas Island, the a oeOrcas Reca Initiative has gained enough signatures required to be on the November ballot.
Bringing together world perspectives
Get comfy and settle in for a good story. The Third Annual Orcas Storyfest starts Tuesday, Aug.
What's Happening | July 15 edition
Ballroom dance: Orcas Center is offering the Summer Ballroom Dance class series with Lynn Richards.
A promise kept - New Jersey man visits gravesite of Orcas soldier
When Ray Dowdy began visiting the graves of fallen soldiers he fought with in Vietnam, he knew there was one that would be the most painful: Lloyd Stearns, who is buried in the Olga Doe Bay Cemetery.
Get Ferried Away to Orcas Island, Washington
You can fly there via seaplane, but most visitors prefer to travel aboard a Washington State ferry with their car, RV, or bicycle.
Take a stroll through an art-filled rock garden or wander through an apple orchard on a 300-acre farm.
Washington State Parks offer unequalled beauty and diversity. From the almost inaccessible to right off the interstate many visitors flock annually to the state parks offered in Washington.
Seattle school layoffs denounced at rally
Seattle Education Association President Olga Addae kicks off the rally at school-district headquarters on Wednesday.
Communication to improve for emergency responders
Orcas Island Fire will install a new antenna on Mt. Constitution by mid-July to enhance emergency response communication on Orcas.
County to move ahead with commercial-only LAMIRD
The future of a Country Corner "Limited Area of More Intense Rural Development" is one step closer to being decided.
Clare was born at Lilla Farm, known to locals as The Home Place at Doe Bay, on Orcas Island.
Seattle not renewing teacher contracts
Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson plans to not renew the contracts of all 3,300 Seattle teachers, according to the Washington Education Association.
May 6 and 9 Whale of a Show auditions: High school, middle school, and elementary school level categories.