Olga News

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

Get comfy and settle in for a good story. The Third Annual Orcas Storyfest starts Tuesday, Aug.

Ballroom dance: Orcas Center is offering the Summer Ballroom Dance class series with Lynn Richards.

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.

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.

The second annual Orcas Island Writers Festival will be take place Sept. 17 to 20 in Eastsound.

Seattle Education Association President Olga Addae kicks off the rally at school-district headquarters on Wednesday.

Orcas Island Fire will install a new antenna on Mt. Constitution by mid-July to enhance emergency response communication on Orcas.

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 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.

San Juan County Sheriff's Department reported responding to these calls: April 15: Expired tags and lack of a working headlight prompted an early afternoon traffic stop and arrest of a Lopez Island woman for driving with a suspended license.

A car crash on Highway 20 near Sedro-Woolley last night knocked out power to four north Puget Sound counties, including San Juan, leaving residents and businesses in some areas without electricity for more than four hours.