Bob Coleman announced his resignation this week as president of Islanders Bank, citing medical concerns. “I’m old enough to retire,”…
The Washington State Department of Health has recognized Eastsound Water Users Association for “outstanding performance and treatment plant optimization”.
EWUA is one of only five water systems in the state to receive this performance award this year. The Water Treatment Optimization Program is a Department of Health (DOH) initiative that challenges water systems to meet significantly higher water quality standards than are required by law.
An independent steering committee made up of OPALCO members has begun to meet with the mission of developing a proposal for a new green power program. The program would provide financial incentives for renewable generation and, potentially, fund energy efficiency and conservation measures beyond what OPALCO can offer through Bonneville Power Administration’s (BPA) conservation program.
If it was made in Europe, can reach speeds well over 100 mph, and glistens in the sun, then Randy…
New Italian eatery Luna’s has emerged from a long winter eclipse and is ready to tarantella by the light of the moon under the practiced hands of Orcas islanders Heather and Kim Thomas.
“I could never think of it as anything but an Italian restaurant,” said Heather, who remembers eating at La Famiglia with her family as a young child.
When Erica Lyons was a little girl growing up on Orcas, she often wandered the beaches collecting special treasures: smooth stones, dusky bits of old glass bottles, and salty, gnarled shells. Eventually, she graduated from Orcas high and went off to seek her fortune in the wide, wide world.
Clyde and April Duke, owners of Duke Contracting Services, LLC, have purchased Orcas Heating and Sheet Metal from Katy Cardinale…
The Friday Harbor OPALCO office is undergoing a construction remodel to make improvements to the public entrance and front offices.
The member services office is temporarily located to the right of the usual entrance at the back of the parking lot in a modular building. The temporary office will be open normal hours: Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Signage will direct you to parking in front of the modular building during construction.
San Juan Surveying has announced that Andy Holman and Mark Wagner, after completing the education and professional experience prerequisites, successfully…
Orcas families looking to outfit their brood with affordable duds might be cheered to hear of CherryT’s, Eastsound’s new children’s clothing consignment shop. The store may even carry (new) kids’ socks, an island commodity so scarce and coveted that a bedraggled pair has been known to spark heated scuffles at the Exchange.
Proprietor Keri Lago has teamed up with her mother, Debbie Post, to fill what they see as a big need on Orcas.
A new Eclipse Charters Wildlife Store has ensconced itself in the little Eastsound berth next door to the Nest and…
The old Thai Sisters restaurant is being transformed in preparation for a sizzling summer of pulled pork, barbecued ribs, chicken, salmon and slow-fired brisket.
Mac Smith and Everett Brooks, co-owners of the new Fire Smokehouse and Grill, are busy stringing up masculine decor – just think Mason jars for light fixtures, a menu scrawled on a thick slab of slate and cast-iron skillets and fishing poles for wall hangings.
Local businesses will have greater access to the resources and guidance of the Economic Development Council, thanks to a bit…
