
Community Spirit Lives on Through Scholarship Program
Nourdine Jensen served on the Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Board of Trustees for 37 years, from 1965 to 2008. Nourdine was a longtime boat builder and former Friday Harbor … Read more
Nourdine Jensen served on the Orcas Power & Light Cooperative Board of Trustees for 37 years, from 1965 to 2008. Nourdine was a longtime boat builder and former Friday Harbor … Read more
Democratic Member Control is one of the seven principles that guides all cooperatives. We encourage our co-op members to vote in all elections. Orcas Power & Light Cooperative reached out … Read more
As OPALCO noted in our 2021 Decarbonization Quick Fact: Carbon emissions have jumped over 30% during the last 100 years. As many as 1 million species are now at risk of … Read more
The Exchange – Orcas Island’s unique non-profit transfer station and reuse facility started – generating electricity from the sun on July 2. The nonprofit flipped the switch on a new … Read more
The Lopez Garage business was started way back in 1929 by Lloyd Weeks. He built the building in 1946 and owned it until 1975. Lloyd worked with his son Carroll … Read more
Astronaut and Orcas Islander Bill Anders said, “If the earth were the size of an apple, the atmosphere would be the thickness of the apple’s skin.” The picture on the … Read more