From San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art Put a spring in your step by vis­it­ing the expan­sive exhib­it of artists in Fri­day Har­bor. This all-island Artists’ Reg­istry Show gets bet­ter and bet­ter each year. At the San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art, you can stroll the spa­cious gal­leries and vis­it your favorite art forms in the 60-plus  Con­tin­ue Reading

“Freez­er-Burned: Tales of Inte­ri­or Alas­ka” is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Steve Ulvi. Mail Will Be Deliv­ered, Part II   On a Sep­tem­ber day in the 1930s, mail car­ri­er Eddie Hin­der­mann steered his long­boat away from Chris “Phono­graph” Nel­son, who was talk­ing to him­self onshore start­ing into the tall spruce fring­ing the  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Coun­ty Land Bank Got ques­tions for your con­ser­va­tion land bank? We want to hear from you! Join us on Zoom for San Juan Coun­ty Land Bank’s Com­mu­ni­ty Con­ver­sa­tion series. We will host pub­lic meet­ings from 5:30–7 p.m., Wednes­day, March 31, April 7 and April 14. Reg­is­ter at https://bit.ly/3vGDWys. Each meet­ing date will focus on one  Con­tin­ue Reading

From the Ani­mal Pro­tec­tion Soci­ety of Fri­day Har­bor Age: 7 months Sex: Female Breed: Lab mix Appli­ca­tion: www.apsfh.com/adoption-program/canine-application Sweet salu­ta­tions, Beren­jen­na! Jen­na made the big jour­ney all the way from Mex­i­co to us, to find her for­ev­er home here in the Pacif­ic North­west. This lit­tle lover has already been through a lot in life, but with  Con­tin­ue Reading

From San Juan Fire and Res­cue On Sat­ur­day, March 20, quick action by chil­dren, neigh­bors and San Juan Island Fire and Res­cue pre­vent­ed a small kitchen appli­ance fire from spread­ing or caus­ing any injuries. While chil­dren were play­ing out­side of a mul­ti-fam­i­­ly res­i­dence, they were inter­rupt­ed by a loud fire alarm from one of the  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Alche­my Art Cen­ter Many may remem­ber Alche­my Art Cen­ter’s com­mu­ni­ty Salmon Mur­al Project, which first start­ed in the begin­ning phas­es of the pan­dem­ic ear­ly last year. Now, we are part­ner­ing with the San Juan Islands Sculp­ture Park to cre­ate anoth­er salmon, on-site, for per­ma­nent instal­la­tion. Every Sun­day from June 20 to Sept. 19, vis­i­tors to  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Fri­day Har­bor Sorop­ti­mists Fri­day Har­bor Sorop­ti­mists have donat­ed $5,000 to the Fresh Bucks Pro­gram man­aged on behalf of Nour­ish to Flour­ish by the Joyce Sobel Fam­i­ly Resource Cen­ter. The pro­gram pro­vides match­es for fam­i­ly spend­ing on fruits and veg­eta­bles to increase the amount of fresh pro­duce in their diets. The Farm­ers Mar­ket and San  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Wash­ing­ton State Fer­ries Please con­tin­ue to lim­it fer­ry trav­el to essen­tial trips. Despite increas­ing COVID-19 vac­ci­na­tions and low­er case num­bers, the Cen­ters for Dis­ease Con­trol and Pre­ven­tion still rec­om­mends we delay trav­el if pos­si­ble. That’s why we con­tin­ue to ask the pub­lic to lim­it rides on our fer­ries to essen­tial pur­pos­es only. If you must  Con­tin­ue Reading