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SEATTLE — Technology that detects strong earthquakes and alerts residents to their shaking got renewed attention after an earthquake struck near Orcas Island on Monday morning. The magnitude 4.5 ...

Shaking was felt across northwestern Washington early Monday morning as an earthquake struck the San Juan Islands region near the border with Canada. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake occurred at about ...

ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. — Tens of thousands of people in western Washington and southwestern British Columbia felt a magnitude 4.5 earthquake on Monday that struck near the southeast side of Orcas Island.

SAN JUAN COUNTY, Wash. — The highly contagious, fatal Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus type 2 (RHDV2) was found in rabbits on Lopez and Orcas Islands in San Juan County. The Washington State ...

ORCAS ISLAND — Rosario Resort and Spa on Orcas Island has a new owner. Empower Investing, a Washington company founded by local Orcas Island residents, assumed ownership of the resort last week. “This ...