The San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau is asking people who operate non-traditional visitor lodging through services such as AirBNB and VRBO for their help in distributing the San Juan Islands Stewardship Guide to tourists visiting the islands this year. The guide aims to encourage visitors to act as good stewards, highlighting the importance of water  Continue Reading

San Juan County’s Public Works Department will be chip-sealing several roads on San Juan Island next week, weather permitting — Jackson Beach Road, Shorett Drive, Forrest Drive, and Eagle Cove Road. The two displaced Ukrainian university students who had been seeking immigration sponsorship last week have since been connected with a host family here on  Continue Reading

WSU San Juan County Extension is looking for a Program Coordinator for its 4-H Youth Development Program. Learn more in the Island Jobs section of the San Juan Update.

The count of actively monitored COVID cases is down to 12 on San Juan Island. There’s a multi-family yard sale of housewares, antiques, and decor taking place in the Foxhall neighborhood on Kelsando Circle on Saturday, June 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday Harbor Elementary School will be setting its lost-and-found items out  Continue Reading

M/V Tillikum is expected to be out of service all of today because of a crew shortage. Fresh flowers from Mama Bird Farm are now available at Market Place, Kings, and the San Juan Island Food Co-op. Local knitters are getting together for Knit in Public Day this Saturday, June 11 between 8 a.m. and  Continue Reading

San Juan County’s annual hazardous waste round-up will take place on San Juan Island on Saturday, June 11 for island residents. The residential event takes place at the San Juan Transfer Station on Sutton Road from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Acceptable materials include pesticides, fungicides and other poisons, gasoline and other used fuels, wood  Continue Reading

The Crepe Cafe is now open for the summer at 155 Nichols Street, across from Brickworks, where San Juan Island Cheese used to be. They’ll be serving sweet and savory crepes, paninis, along with homemade sodas and coffee drinks. This week they’ll be open Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m.  Continue Reading