From Wash­ing­ton Gov­er­nor Jay Inslee’s Office Gov. Jay Inslee announced March 11 that Healthy Wash­ing­ton: Roadmap to Recov­ery will be tran­si­tion­ing from a region­al approach to a coun­­ty-by-coun­­ty eval­u­a­tion process. The gov­er­nor also announced a new third phase of the Roadmap, a return for in-per­­son spec­ta­tors for pro­fes­sion­al and high school sports. Effec­tive March 22,  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Coun­ty Are there changes to San Juan Coun­ty’s Char­ter that you would like to have con­sid­ered dur­ing the Novem­ber elec­tion? The San Juan Coun­ty Char­ter Review Com­mis­sion will be con­duct­ing two town hall meet­ings on Fri­day, March 12 and Sat­ur­day, March 13. Click here to learn how to join. Come one, come all,  Con­tin­ue Reading

From The Town of Fri­day Har­bor The Town of Fri­day Har­bor has con­tract­ed for the replace­ment of dam­aged side­walk pan­els on West Street, near the Kings Mar­ket park­ing lot, where tree roots and weath­er­ing have caused crack­ing and buck­ling of the con­crete. Con­struc­tion begins Thurs­day, March 11, and is esti­mat­ed to last approx­i­mate­ly two weeks. Vehic­u­lar  Con­tin­ue Reading

From OPALCO OPALCO mem­bers are own­ers of the coop­er­a­tive and each year elect com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers to the board. Board mem­bers set rates, make poli­cies and plan for our com­mu­ni­ty’s ener­gy future. Mem­bers will be receiv­ing their voter’s guide and bal­lot either by email or via mail. All OPALCO mem­bers vote in every elec­tion regard­less of  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre Five the­ater artists, one idea: a char­i­ty live stream­ing event set in a world of swords and sor­cery in Dun­geons & Drag­ons & Dra­ma. Five actors are rolling the dice to raise funds in a two-night, live-streamed event to raise mon­ey for five the­aters in the Pacif­ic North­west that have been  Con­tin­ue Reading

From the Town of Fri­day Har­bor Artists are remind­ed that the dead­line for sub­mit­ting pro­pos­als for the Blair Avenue mur­al project is 4:30 p.m. Mon­day, March 22. The Town of Fri­day Har­bor is accept­ing pro­pos­als for art­work to be dis­played on or against a 235-foot wall along Blair Avenue. All pro­pos­als will be con­sid­ered with pref­er­ence  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Coun­ty The Wash­ing­ton State Depart­ment of Health will be send­ing San Juan Coun­ty Health & Com­mu­ni­ty Ser­vices a ship­ment of vac­cine that is specif­i­cal­ly allo­cat­ed for K‑12 edu­ca­tors and pre-school and child­care providers in the islands. The ship­ment will con­tain dos­es suf­fi­cient to vac­ci­nate all eli­gi­ble edu­ca­tors in San Juan Coun­ty. “This  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre What? Audi­tions? Real­ly? Yes, it’s real­ly true! In comb­ing through mono­logues from pri­or Play­wrights Fes­ti­vals, San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre has select­ed a small num­ber to be filmed and edit­ed as part of the 2020–21 Snap­shot Sea­son. A wide range of parts is avail­able! The audi­tions are open to every­one and  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Cen­ter for Whale Research J58 is a girl! The Cen­ter for Whale Research is pleased to con­firm that J41’s calf, J58, is female. This approx­i­mate­ly 6‑month-old calf was born in Sep­tem­ber 2020. Jeanne Hyde pho­tographed J58 from shore on March 6. The calf was rolling, show­ing her under­side, which revealed her gen­der. New females in the  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries As Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries con­tin­ues to oper­ate under the con­straints of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, it will extend its cur­rent sched­ule through May 8. Reser­va­tions for the May 9‑Sept. 25 mod­i­fied “peak sea­son” are avail­able March 9. Reser­va­tions can be booked online or by call­ing 206–464‑6400. Cus­tomers can also call that num­ber should  Con­tin­ue Reading