From Open Coun­try Press “Bare­foot up the Moun­tain” by Tara Mesa­lik MacMa­hon, a res­i­dent of Fri­day Har­bor, Wash­ing­ton is now avail­able. Mesa­lik MacMahon’s man­u­script was cho­sen by Khaty Xiong, an award-win­n­ing and inno­v­a­tive poet. Xiong says of the book, “Bare­foot Up the Moun­tain is a book of songs anchored in fam­i­ly, war, loss and dis­place­ment. Every poem  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Coun­ty Since the last update on July 22, total cas­es in San Juan Coun­ty have increased from 195 to 197. There are approx­i­mate­ly 25 close con­tacts of pos­i­tive cas­es cur­rent­ly in active quar­an­tine in San Juan Coun­ty. Some of these are close con­tacts of local­ly con­firmed cas­es, oth­ers are close con­tacts of con­firmed  Con­tin­ue Reading

From NW Inno­va­tion Resource Cen­ter NW Inno­va­tion Resource Cen­ter is part­ner­ing with WA Mar­itime Blue and Clean­Tech Alliance to sup­port a cohort of marine and envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly star­tups. Build­ing upon the mind­set of inno­va­tion in the area, the cohort mem­bers will have access to assis­tance from experts to explore the via­bil­i­ty of their ideas and  Con­tin­ue Reading

Hay­ley Day, San Juan Island Update Heli­copters doused and extin­guished a rough­ly 3 acre wild­fire like­ly start­ed by yard­work on San Juan Island Thurs­day. Since the inci­dent, the coun­ty and Nation­al Park Ser­vice have declared local burn bans.  Fire No one was injured, but two small out­build­ings were dam­aged by Thurs­day’s fire. Crews received a report of  Con­tin­ue Reading

  By Pegi Ground­wa­ter, San Juan Coun­ty SHIBA Vol­un­teer Coor­di­na­tor   Inter Island Health­care Foun­da­tion is the new Statewide Health Insur­ance Ben­e­fits Advi­sors spon­sor for San Juan Coun­ty as of July 1. Inter Island replaces SHIBA spon­sor Island Hos­pi­tal.   SHIBA is a pub­lic ser­vice offered by the Wash­ing­ton State Office of Insur­ance Com­mis­sion­er. Vol­un­teers  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty Theatre’s Out­door Sum­mer Sea­son comes to a close with “San Juan Sings Again,” a con­cert fea­tur­ing four local choral ensem­ble groups: Island Chords­men Plus, Sound Vibra­tions, 3 Dads & a Tenor, and San Juan Singers.  This con­cert is orga­nized and pre­sent­ed by the new­ly formed San Juan Island Choral Asso­ci­a­tion, whose mis­sion is to  Con­tin­ue Reading

From the Town of Fri­day Har­bor There is a grow­ing num­ber of peo­ple tres­pass­ing in the Trout Lake Water­shed. The town of Fri­day Har­bor will assist the San Juan Coun­ty Sheriff’s Office in the iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and pros­e­cu­tion of these indi­vid­u­als. Cam­eras locat­ed through­out the water­shed have tak­en pho­tos of dozens of peo­ple walk­ing through the  Con­tin­ue Reading

From the Wash­ing­ton State Depart­ment of Health Safe­ly return­ing to the class­room for full­time in-per­­son instruc­tion this school year is impor­tant for stu­dents, teach­ers and staff. July 28, the Wash­ing­ton State Depart­ment of Health released updat­ed guid­ance for the 2021–22 school year. DOH’s guid­ance aims to min­i­mize trans­mis­sion and max­i­mize in-per­­son instruc­tion and is informed by  Con­tin­ue Reading