Eastsound News

The following campaign events are scheduled in the San Juan Islands. July 24 - Lovel Pratt, a candidate for San Juan County Council, San Juan South, hosts a meet-the-candidate meeting at 5:15 p.m. in the San ...

At the Orcas Island School Distric Board's special budget meeting on July 15, they were faced with two sets of numbers, those recommended by the Educational Service District's and those proposed by the public ...

Why Orcas Island? While we usually go for palm trees and sandy beaches, this Pacific Northwest island offers a different kind of paradise.

San Juan County Sheriff's Department reported responding to these calls. June 29: An Orcas Island restaurant sustained $240 in damage after someone tossed a pen into the wash along with 80 napkins.

Captain Max Jones of the Orcas Island Fire Department says that the fire at Burke Thomas' cabin on July 4 was "by far the hottest fire I've ever been to in 26 years of firefighting." Lieutenant Chad Kimple, who ...

We have all done it: parked the car on one side of Eastsound to purchase groceries and then started up the car again to drive two blocks to the Post Office or Library.

San Juan County Sheriff's Department reported responding to these calls: June 21: Erratic driving prompted a late-night traffic stop and arrest of an Orcas Island man for DUI on the outskirts of Eastsound.

As reported earlier this spring, the Eastsound Off-Leash Dog Park needs to move from its temporary home near the Orcas Animal Protection Society shelter, because the land on which the current Dog Park is now ...

On July 4, at 8:15 p.m., the Orcas Island Fire Department was called to the area of Orcas Road and Dolphin Bay Road.

San Juan County Ordinance regarding the County Storm Water Utility Section 1: "The purpose of the San Juan County Storm Water Utility is to improve flood protection, water quality and groundwater recharge ...

Everyone knows that summer officially begins with the fireworks, barbecues, fairs and parades that mark the national Day of Independence, July 4. July 3 On Orcas, events start the day before with traditional ...

Items discussed at the San Juan County Council's June 24 meeting on Orcas Island included employment of a lobbyist at Olympia, the achievements and mission of the Eastsound Plan Review Committee , and Eastsound ...

Thank you for this opportunity to meet with you in Eastsound. We greatly appreciate your willingness to come here for just what you need - ' more advice! Last summer the EPRC traveled to Friday Harbor and gave ...

"We live in a fast-paced world, one that is constantly looking for the latest and greatest trend.

A 63-year-old island business, tucked away in the woods above West Beach, enters a new phase as Orcas Island Pottery brings bronze sculpture to its rambling site.

The 10th Annual Summer Solstice parade and celebration returns to Eastsound this Saturday, June 21, at noon.

Scott and Therese Lancaster have purchased the Orcas Home Central ACE Hardware Store in Eastsound as of June 12, 2008.

The locally produced food scene just got sweeter this week. A new chocolaterie, Kathryn Taylor Chocolates, opened this month in the Eastsound Square.

Bruce Orchid has officially filed for the District 4 position on the San Juan County Council representing Orcas West.

When Adina Cunningham, San Juan County's new Deputy Director of County Administration, moved from Hawaii to Eastsound and set up a legal practice in 2007, it was a homecoming.