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This weekYear 1, Sat Sep 5 – Fri Sep 11, 2026San Juan Islands
This week’s pressure: CAO/SMP comments through Fri 9 Oct, 5:30 p.m.; BOE appeal within 30 days of 8 Sep notice; wildflower reserve Sun 13–Sat 19 Sep (pickup Sat in Oct — confirm sale tab); WSF summer through Sat 19 / fall Sun 20; Parks Olga supervisor closes Sun 13, 11:59 p.m. PDT; Talking Horse proposals Wed 30 Sep, 5 p.m.
San Juan Islands · 7-day
Sat
Sep 12
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67°
52°
10%
Sun
Sep 13
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64°
54°
17%
Mon
Sep 14
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64°
52°
2%
Tue
Sep 15
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66°
51°
20%
Wed
Sep 16
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70°
52°
0%
Thu
Sep 17
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72°
54°
0%
Fri
Sep 18
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71°
51°
0%
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The Orca
Simone Weil — “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
Orcas is teal. Lopez is green. Friday Harbor is maroon. Ferry is navy.
Friday Harbor, Orcas, Lopez, Shaw, and countywide items share one paper.
This week
Deadlines, clocks, and what you need to know next.
Cost of staying
Housing clocks you can still act on.
Work
Open hires still due. Bids none this week.
Classifieds
green entry · amber mid · red high · gray pay n/a
Bids
Nothing posted this week.
City services
Transit, permits, and how services run.
Neighborhood
Construction, street changes, and what moved.
Nothing posted this week.
Calendar
Shows, markets, meetings — and what you can join.
Join/volunteer
Nothing posted this week.
Shows & meetings
Friction
Closed clocks — thin orientation only.
This is a newspaper, it involves the ancient art of reading, that is NOT scrolling
