The following letter was written on Nov. 2. It has been brought to my attention that the elections department has…
I would like to express my appreciation to everyone who worked to make the Toys for Tots program such a…
I am very concerned that in her 2011-13 biennium budget, Governor Gregoire has proposed eliminating the Washington State Arts Commission….
Orcas Angels would like to thank the community for its support during our first year as a non-profit organization. We…
It was a “love-in”: dogs, kids, adoring friends and families. The collaboration that evolved between the Orcas Off-Leash Area (OOLA)…
Thank you to everyone who braved their icy roads to come and support The Senior Center by attending The Holiday…
In the early 1940s I lived across the street from Charles Countryman, the owner-operator of the mail and freight vessel, the “Osage,” which departed from Quackenbush dock in Bellingham at 7 a.m. daily.
A few of our county council is determined to help out the enormous U.S. wireless industry by drafting a new…
Is anyone paying attention? Last week the (unelected) Citizens Salary Commission (CSC) granted County Prosecutor Randy Gaylord a raise to…
Hardly a week passes without a letter in the paper thanking our local volunteers for helping in someone’s greatest hour…
About 15 years ago my wife and I decided to spend Christmas on Orcas Island. We arrived on Christmas Eve…
This holiday season we would like to thank the United Way of San Juan County for its continued support of…
In reference to the article on impending cuts in state funding for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services [DVSAS], a…
