From Island Rec Island Rec is offering a Dungeons and Dragons beginner Zoom class. Join Joshua Mellinger and Luke Otis for their junior project program. Dungeons and Dragons builds teamwork, problem-solving skills and creative thinking. And most of all it is fun! This class will be held over Zoom. Joshua and Luke will provide all  Continue Reading

From Spring Street International School   Don’t miss out on Spring Street International School’s final event in our 2021 virtual nature speaker series, featuring herbalist Callie North at 6 p.m., Thursday, April 14.   Register for the event here.   North co-owns and runs two businesses on Lopez Island: a brick-and-mortar shop Northsea Apothecary and  Continue Reading

From San Juan Island Sculpture Park San Juan Island Sculpture Park is looking for an activity coordinator from June through September. Duties include helping to select and facilitate two artist positions for our community art events scheduled every Saturday from June 19 through Sept. 4. Advance work would include event promotion and coordinating with artists.  Continue Reading

From the Town of Friday Harbor The Town of Friday Harbor is continuing construction on a Mullis Street roundabout, and the existing pavement will be demolished this week to prepare a subbase for the roadway. Mullis Street will be reduced to one lane of traffic for vehicles traveling northbound from Monday, April 5 to about  Continue Reading

From San Juan County Cases are rising across the United States, Washington and here in San Juan County. No one knows for sure how steep this next wave of cases will be or how long it will last. The expectation is that it could be severe (variants + very relaxed precautions = more COVID), but  Continue Reading

By Susan West, San Juan Island Island Drug, in Oak Harbor, has hundreds of vaccine appointments available each day online for eligible recipients. Signing up is easy, and receiving the vaccine is free.   Island Drug has all three brands of vaccine — the one-and-done Johnson & Johnson, the Pfizer which is approved for anyone  Continue Reading

Lopez, Orcas Vaccinations Available At Local Providers From San Juan County San Juan County Health and Community Services will be opening registration for first dose vaccine appointments at 9 a.m., Monday, April 5. These appointments will be for San Juan Island. Lopez doses will be administered by Lopez Island Pharmacy and Orcas doses will be given  Continue Reading

From San Juan Island School District San Juan Island School District would like to thank San Juan County Health and Community Services for their quick response and attention to details about managing COVID-19 exposure in the public schools.  Upon learning that there were three potential cases of COVID-19 that had been diagnosed in the past  Continue Reading

From San Juan County Since the last update on Friday, March 26, total cases in San Juan County have increased from 131 to 141. There are 56 close contacts of positive cases currently in active quarantine. Orcas Island There are no new cases on Orcas Island since the last update. There are no confirmed positive  Continue Reading

From San Juan Community Theatre The San Juan Community Theatre will hold summer 2021 camps outdoors at the San Juan County Fairgrounds. Camp registration for “Could You Hug a Cactus” and “The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet” opens April 5 at sjctheatre.org. See audition information below for “101 Dalmatians Kids.” “Could You Hug a Cactus?”  Continue Reading