That’s the new hand-operated scoreboard located beyond the center field wall of the baseball field at Linde Community Park. The Purple and Gold Club raised money for the project earlier this year. Active and reported COVID cases on San Juan Island are trending down, from 82 on Friday to 55 yesterday. The Family Resource Center  Continue Reading

The Friday Harbor Port Commission will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday, May 25 at 12 p.m. Items up for action or discussion at Wednesday’s meeting include: Approval of the Jolly Trolley lease modification and settlement agreement Friday Harbor Seafoods business transfer Canoe club discussion RV dump discussion Legion tree trimming Department of Ecology holding  Continue Reading

Golden Triangle is short staffed, so they’re only open for lunch until Friday of this week. Friday Harbor Labs’ first open house since 2019 was a great success, with more than 400 members of the community taking part in the event. The San Juan Islands Museum of Art is holding a step-by-step painting class on  Continue Reading

Last Tuesday the San Juan County Council approved a resolution that allows the County’s Conservation Land Bank to proceed with the $800,000 purchase of a 40-acre property adjacent to the Land Bank’s existing Cady Mountain Preserve. A staff report to the County Council explains that the property had been a Land Bank conservation priority for  Continue Reading

Friday Harbor High School baseball fell to Kalama High School 9-0 on Saturday in the opening round of the 2B state tournament held in Brewster, ending the Wolverines’ season. Mama Bird Farm’s spring mix is being harvested this morning and will arrive in all three grocery stores by late afternoon. Cecil’s Electronics and Photo is  Continue Reading

Gathering of the Eagles, a week-long canoe journey through the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) homelands, will land in Friday Harbor on Monday to kick off two days of events on San Juan Island. San Juan is one of six islands that will be visited by the families taking part in the journey, which starts in Anacortes and  Continue Reading

Following County Council approval this past Tuesday, $2 million in funding has been made available for affordable rental and homeownership projects throughout San Juan County. That money will come from the County’s Home Fund, which generates revenue from an excise tax of 0.5 percent on real estate transactions. This is the third year that such  Continue Reading