By Win­nie Brum­sick­le, Coor­di­na­tor, Fri­day Har­bor Severe Weath­er Shel­ter Togeth­er with Unit­ed Way of San Juan Coun­ty and oth­er sup­port­ers, “Out of the Cold” Fri­day Har­bor Severe Weath­er Shel­ter will con­tin­ue for anoth­er sea­son. The shel­ter will pro­vide overnight shel­ter to vul­ner­a­ble peo­ple in Fri­day Har­bor dur­ing peri­ods of extreme­ly cold weath­er, from about Nov.  Con­tin­ue Reading

Mem­bers of San Juan Coun­ty Pub­lic Hos­pi­tal Dis­trict 1 have each signed this let­ter regard­ing the poten­tial sale of the Hos­pice of the North­west. One copy is being sent to Unit­ed Gen­er­al Dis­trict 304 and the oth­er to Skag­it Region­al Health. Dear Com­mis­sion­ers, We write to you as con­cerned cit­i­zens of San Juan Coun­ty and  Con­tin­ue Reading

Beth Hel­stien is hav­ing a sale until 4 p.m., today, Sat­ur­day, Nov. 7 at 25 Three Cor­ner Lake Road on San Juan Island.  By Beth Hel­stien, San Juan Island This garage/estate sale includes 40 years of accu­mu­la­tion. Fish­ing: rods, reels, tack­le box­es for fresh­wa­ter and salt­wa­ter. Think of the salmon and trout and hal­ibut and  Con­tin­ue Reading

By Spring Street Inter­na­tion­al School We are host­ing an open house on Nov. 12 from 6–7:30 pm. This is an oppor­tu­ni­ty to hear from our teach­ers, direc­tor of admis­sions and head of school to bet­ter under­stand Spring Street’s pro­gram, admis­sions process and finan­cial aid.  Reg­is­ter here.  The sched­ule will be as follows:

By Peace­Health Peace­Health St. Joseph Med­ical Cen­ter locat­ed in Belling­ham, Wash­ing­ton, has earned a dis­tin­guished three-star rat­ing from The Soci­ety of Tho­racic Sur­geons for its patient care and out­comes in car­dio­tho­racic surgery. The three-star rat­ing, which denotes the high­est cat­e­go­ry of qual­i­ty, places Peace­Health St. Joseph Med­ical Cen­ter among the elite for car­dio­tho­racic surgery in  Con­tin­ue Reading

“FREEZER BURNED: Tales of Inte­ri­or Alas­ka” is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update. By Steve Ulvi, San Juan Island Duck­ing through the plank door, cof­fee ther­mos dan­gling in hand, I paused to take in the sky while stretch­ing my sore back and shoul­ders. Breath­ing deeply, I was invig­o­rat­ed by the brisk 55 degrees  Con­tin­ue Reading

By San Juan Island Library Love your library? Join the San Juan Island Library Board of Trustees. The board is seek­ing can­di­dates to fill a vacan­cy on its five-mem­ber library board. This non-paid term of office spans from Jan­u­ary 1, 2021, to Decem­ber 31, 2025, with eli­gi­bil­i­ty for reap­point­ment to anoth­er full five-year term. Rec­om­men­da­tions  Con­tin­ue Reading

By Deb­bie Mar­tinez My Rose Cot­tage Shop is a small but quaint shop in Fri­day Har­bor. We car­ry a fun vari­ety of pre­cut fab­rics, basic fab­rics on the bolt, sup­plies, cross stitch kits, quilt­ing kits and a bit more. We are locat­ed at 682 Misty Isle Dr. and our hours are 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sat­ur­days and  Con­tin­ue Reading

By Mer­ri Ann Simon­son, Man­ag­ing Bro­ker, Cold­well Banker San Juan Islands Inc While show­ing prop­er­ty, I am often asked, if the home could be ren­o­vat­ed or increased in size as the lot is per­fect but the home is too small or too dat­ed for the prospec­tive buy­er. As I have said numer­ous times, it is still  Con­tin­ue Reading

By San Juan Coun­ty Every­thing about the COVID cri­sis has been uncer­tain and ever-chang­ing. Part­ly as a result of that, we’re all left scratch­ing our heads won­der­ing why some things are allowed and oth­ers pro­hib­it­ed. It is dif­fi­cult to know what is safe vs. high risk, and many of us feel like the reg­u­la­tions and  Con­tin­ue Reading