Sam Fowler is a sixth-generation Lopezian and Orcas Island’s newest sheriff’s deputy.
Like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon, the Orcas Center has been undergoing its own metamorphosis over the last year.
It was almost impossible to see a waving paddle and a capsized kayak with the water tossing around like a…
Public service announcement: vehicles are not on the “accepted recyclable materials” list at the Lopez Dump.
Each week the Orcas Island Health Care District commissioners inch closer to their goal of supplementing medical services on island….
The public comment period for Orcas Airport’s possible expansion has been extended after community concerns regarding lack of transparency.
Something as simple as buying a bracelet from Orcas Arts and Gifts can help a disabled person in Nepal.
The two bull elk first seen near the Orcas Island Golf Course on June 28 are still being sighted at…
Katelyn and Laurie Shook are often asked if they’re actually twins or if their band name – Shook Twins –…
Parents, leave your kids at home. A demonic puppet is about to take over the Black Box for two weekends…
Tiny fingerprints from the hands of young islanders adorn the glass case protecting a 5-foot-tall mixed-media portrait of the nation’s…
Two bull elk strolled through a yard on the western side of Orcas. No, this isn’t the beginning of a…
The editorial staff at the Islands’ Sounder commends San Juan County for joining a national lawsuit against pharmaceutical opiate manufacturers…