The San Juan County Council and sheriff are jointly responding to recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions taken in ...

Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson, who touted ferries as a significant issue in his election campaign, visited Orcas Island ...

The season’s much-anticipated free children’s concert will take place on the front lawn of Orcas Center at 1pm on August 7. Three young Houston-based performers – narrator and visual artist Sophie ...

The cleanup will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Eastsound Waterfront Park and is part of the second Annual Beach ...

Friends of the San Juans is excited to welcome and introduce Magali Cota as their new legal director and staff attorney.

Orcas Center is excited to announce a special performance featuring Bobby Bare Jr. and Mars FM on Sunday, July 20, at 5 p.m.

Local celebrity Antonio the Capybara became the island’s newest BARK ranger on June 28 during the Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor’s Dog Island Days.

After unsubstantiated Immigration and Customs Enforcement rumors flew around the county in June, San Juan Island had two ...

At 12:50 p.m. on July 14 the Washington State Department of Natural Resources formally closed the call for the West Sound ...

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Firefighters have contained a seven-acre wildland fire in the West Sound/Deer Harbor area that began on the afternoon of July ...

This summer marks another season of meaningful outdoor work for local teens, and with it, the launch of a new weekly “Nature ...