Orcas News

Lt. Chad Kimple and Capt. Rick Anda contain a small wildland fire which threatened two structures in the Orcas area on Thursday.

Everyone knows that summer officially begins with the fireworks, barbecues, fairs and parades that mark the national Day of Independence, July 4. July 3 On Orcas, events start the day before with traditional ...

Four years and 8,000-plus hours on the job later, three of Orcas Power & Light Cooperative apprentice linemen - ' Kai Burleson from Lopez, Roger Sandwith from San Juan Island and Dan Watters on Orcas - ' are ...

At the Orcas Island School District Board meeting on June 26 various reports on funding and staffing were given: The OISD board decided to reinstate the full time position of teacher Anne Ford McGrath in the ...

On Friday, June 20, the teaching schooner Adventuress, out of Port Townsend, ran aground in Wasp Pass about noon and floated again just before 4:30 p.m., according to Lee Brown, resident of Double Island and ...

Items discussed at the San Juan County Council's June 24 meeting on Orcas Island included employment of a lobbyist at Olympia, the achievements and mission of the Eastsound Plan Review Committee , and Eastsound ...

The event is free, but those wishing to attend must register in advance, and Staub says that the 300-person maximum capacity is filling fast.

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Last month, 28 years after opening a rustic waterfront restaurant on Orcas Island, Christina Orchid sold her eponymous aerie, Christina's , a room with a stunning view known for its chef-owner's passionate use ...

"What do you do with an old fire truck?" At Thursday's Town Council meeting, Council member Carrie Brooks asked regarding the 21-year-old fire engine No.

Fly-in invites community to Anacortes Airport A fly-in sponsored by the Anacortes Chapter of the Washington Pilots Association takes off from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 28 at the Anacortes Airport.

Twentythree people in Redmond shared the world record for firewalking in 1997. We speak to the coauthor of Weird Washington about testing his own toes on eighteen hundred degree coals.

A 130 foot sailing vessel ran "hard aground" in Wasp Passage this afternoon, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Scott and Therese Lancaster have purchased the Orcas Home Central ACE Hardware Store in Eastsound as of June 12, 2008.

The locally produced food scene just got sweeter this week. A new chocolaterie, Kathryn Taylor Chocolates, opened this month in the Eastsound Square.

The Orcas Island Prevention Partnership is continuing its "Spotlight on the Positive" campaign for the parents of Orcas 6th-12th graders.

The San Juan County Land Bank is pursuing $4 million in state grants, $1.5 million of which would be a reimbursement for money spent to buy Turtleback Mountain.

In honor of the graduation of 11 OASIS High School graduates on June 7, Emmanuel Episcopal Parish Hall was packed with an overflow gathering of over 100 parents, peers, educators, friends, neighbors, ...

At the EPRC monthly meeting on June 5, 2008, Committee Chair Peter Fisher announced that, although he will continue to be involved in the committee's work, he will resign from the Board.

This election season, there's been a lot of talk about change. As the campaign season gets under way locally, there will also undoubtedly be a lot of talk about choices.