From San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre Ear­li­er in San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty Theatre’s Sum­mer Sea­son, young thes­pi­ans per­formed the musi­cal “Could You Hug A Cac­tus?”  Now it’s the old­er kids’ turn to show off their hard work.  Kids ages 7–18 have been rehears­ing dai­ly to bring canine mag­ic to the stage. With a high-spir­it­ed score, lov­able char­ac­ters and an  Con­tin­ue Reading

From town of Fri­day Har­bor The Town of Fri­day Har­bor invites the pub­lic to view the instal­la­tion of a mur­al along Blair Avenue the first week of August. The mur­al will be cre­at­ed on the long wall behind Earth­box Inn and Spa. The pro­posed con­cept by Pouls­bo artists Josh Ben­nett and Cory Ander­son is a trib­ute  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Coun­ty Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment Coun­cil Those seek­ing to enter health care careers, obtain side income while help­ing their neigh­bors or boost per­son­al care busi­ness are invit­ed to get free Home Care Aide train­ing through a pro­gram offered by the Eco­nom­ic Devel­op­ment Coun­cil in part­ner­ship with Cor­ner­stone Health­care Train­ing. Stu­dents will receive free train­ing,  Con­tin­ue Reading

From the town of Fri­day Har­bor The RV dump sta­tion locat­ed in Fri­day Har­bor on Har­bor Street (across from the waste­water treat­ment plant) has been reopened with lim­it­ed, secured access.  The sta­tion has been closed due to a deposit of unknown chem­i­cals in the sewage that proved harm­ful to treat­ment process­es at the waste­water treat­ment plant.  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Alche­my Art Cen­ter July Artist in Res­i­dence Amy Simons has been hard at work cre­at­ing an incred­i­bly beau­ti­ful series of mono­type prints dur­ing her time at Alche­my. Come see what she’s cre­at­ed 6–9 p.m. Thurs­day at a pop-up art show in the dome at 1255 Wold Rd. on San Juan Island. Lim­it­ed park­ing is avail­able  Con­tin­ue Reading

From the town of Fri­day Har­bor The Town of Fri­day Har­bor Plan­ning Com­mis­sion is seek­ing pub­lic com­ment through Aug. 12 regard­ing pro­posed reg­u­la­tions for attached acces­so­ry dwelling units. Vis­it www.fridayharbor.org or town hall for agen­das, meet­ing infor­ma­tion and con­tact infor­ma­tion to for­ward com­ments. On June 3, the town coun­cil adopt­ed inter­im reg­u­la­tions allow­ing attached acces­so­ry  Con­tin­ue Reading

By Pegi Ground­wa­ter, San Juan Coun­ty SHIBA Vol­un­teer Coor­di­na­tor Are you join­ing Medicare this year? If so, there’s a lot to learn.  Medicare has its own vocab­u­lary and rules. There are dead­lines to meet and penal­ties (some last­ing a life­time) for not doing things at the right time.  SHIBA vol­un­teers are here to make the tran­si­tion eas­i­er.  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Coun­ty Fair­grounds San Juan Coun­ty Fair­grounds is host­ing a vari­ety of in-per­­son activ­i­ties this August lead­ing up to and dur­ing the coun­ty’s vir­tu­al fair. Sat­ur­day, Aug. 14: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Fair mar­ket and plant sale. 6–9 p.m., the Fair Sum­mer Music Series in part­ner­ship with Going Left Music presents The Black Tones and Tres Lech­es,  Con­tin­ue Reading