The San Juan Coun­ty 4‑H pro­gram still has spaces open for its dog club, cat club, horse club, and live­stock club. Par­tic­i­pants can also join the inter-island club, which has a vari­ety of in-per­­son and Zoom lean­ing options — sports, fine and per­form­ing arts, farm clin­ics, bak­ery and art stu­dio tours, and hands-on trades work.  Con­tin­ue Reading

Ear­li­er this month, Fri­day Har­bor High School his­to­ry teacher Paige Cald­well was diag­nosed with fibro­lamel­lar hepa­to­cel­lu­lar car­ci­no­ma, a rare form of genet­ic liv­er can­cer. Paige and her hus­band, Mark Burk­hold­er, are now run­ning an online fundrais­er to help defray the costs of her upcom­ing treat­ment, which is expect­ed to include mul­ti­ple surg­eries, radi­a­tion, and chemother­a­py  Con­tin­ue Reading

The San Juan Coun­ty Con­ser­va­tion Land Bank’s Turkey Walk-Not-Trot returns this Sat­ur­day, Nov. 26 from 10–11:30 a.m at Beaver­ton Marsh Pre­serve. Land Bank staffer Shau­na Bar­rows will lead a small group on an easy stroll around the preserve’s rough­ly two-mile loop. Shau­na will talk about the site’s his­to­ry and iden­ti­fy plants of inter­est along the way.  Con­tin­ue Reading

After oper­at­ing with out­door seat­ing last year, San Juan Island’s free com­mu­ni­ty Thanks­giv­ing din­ner — now in its 24th year — will fea­ture indoor din­ing at the Mullis Cen­ter for the first time since 2019. All com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers are wel­come to take part in the event, which runs from noon to 5 p.m. on Thurs­day.  Con­tin­ue Reading