By Susan Shannon Orcas Island Collectively, we are all trodding towards a…
Submitted by by Brandon Cadwell and Erin Wygant When we’re faced with…
Submitted by Duncan Wilson Town of Friday Harbor Administrator During these trying…
Submitted by Wendy E. Shepard San Juan Island Four score years ago,…
The only constant in life is change. It’s why humans are so…
Submitted by Kari McVeigh San Juan Island School District Superintendent Gov. Jay…
Submitted by Wendy Waxman Kern Washington State University As daily lives, school,…
Submitted by J. Michael Edwards, MD, DDS, FACS As a physician of…
Julie Schwartz Gottman, Ph.D. President and Co-Founder, The Gottman Institute and Co-Founder,…
Editor’s note, April 9: This article is an opinion piece. Just like…
By Greg Hertel Plan A was a three week trip to Vietnam —…
Submitted by Glenn Aufderhar A happy story from the great flu epidemic…
By David Hampshire One evening last week, I took advantage of the…
Submitted by Foster Hildreth OPALCO General Manager I wanted to reach out…
By Diane Craig I enjoy growing older. I relish the personal history;…
Editor’s note: This guest column was submitted prior to the San Juan…
By David Hampshire This story gets a little complicated. Among other things,…
As islanders, it can be unsettling when the “outside world” comes slipping…
Submitted by the Vacation Rental Working Group The Orcas-based Vacation Rental Working…
What began as a mild apprehension has escalated into a buzz of…
Women have played a critical role in American history, and since 1981…
Submitted by Cynthia Brast It sure seems early this year, but spring…
Joseph Bogaard, executive director, Save Our wild Salmon Salmon and fishing advocates…
In the last two weeks, firefighters from both San Juan and Orcas…
February isn’t just a time to celebrate love for the humans in…
It’s troubling — but not surprising — to note that the San…
by David Turnoy San Juan County Democrats The procedure for choosing presidential…
One of my favorite definitions of love I discovered in RZA’s book…
Submitted by Sorrel North Lopez Island Another Southern resident orca is missing…
Submitted by Heather Nicholson The goodness at heart everyone shares was felt…
San Juan Island residents have been able to vote since Friday on…
Snow struck suddenly Sunday, Jan. 12 — or so it seemed. Though…
Everyone has a list of significant stories about the preceding year filtered…
Submitted by David Hampshire Did you read the article in the Journal…
Periodically, the sheriff’s log will feature entries regarding sex offender residence checks.…
Submitted by Elisabeth Robson Lopez Island I am extremely disappointed to hear…
Submitted by Kari McVeigh San Juan Island School District superintendent As the…
In the first quarter of the new year, your island papers are…
It’s the dawn of a new calendar year, and we asked our…
Submitted by Animal Protection Services - Friday Harbor It began with a…
