The Capitol Calls All Eligible Tributes to The Hunger Games – The Second Hunger Games of San Juan Island Library will be held on Saturday, July 23 at the SJI Fairgrounds from 1:30 – 3:00 PM* Prepare for battle with your friends and train for an epic afternoon of games. The day starts with The Reaping, training  Continue Reading

A head’s up from the County… Public Works crews will be striping County roads from July 25, 2016 through August 4, 2016. We will be working through the Islands in the following order: San Juan, Orcas, Shaw, and Lopez. We appreciate your cooperation while this project is underway. Please direct any questions you may have to  Continue Reading

If you have not ventured up Mount Grant yet, or even if you are familiar with the amazing beauty of this local treasure, summer Sundays at the Summit have some special offerings in store. This Sunday, July 24, is Plein Air Art Day on Mount Grant. Some of our Island’s most beloved artists will be  Continue Reading

A successful event for the Home Trust… With music by Los Hermanos, dancing, a delicious meal and a fabulous live and silent auction, the San Juan Community Home Trust’s 4th Annual Fiesta was deemed a great success! Nearly $35,000 was raised to support the group’s program of creating permanently affordable housing on San Juan Island.  Continue Reading

Amy Wynn at San Juan Fitness has a request… I am doing a water safety day at SJI Fitness for the youth mentor program in the afternoon of July 28 and am in need of a small inflatable boat or sit upon kayak and some youth life jackets to borrow that day. I know I  Continue Reading

San Juan County seeks public comment… The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) seeks public comment on updates to San Juan County’s Shoreline Master Program. The comment period is July 22 to September 2, 2016 5 p.m. Send Comments to: Bob Fritzen, WA Dept. Ecology, 1440 10th St. Suite 102, Bellingham, WA 98225, or email  Continue Reading

From Island Rec… Join Island Rec this evening at Jackson Beach from 6:30 to 8:30 pm as Linda Tiffany, an accomplished storyteller from the Bellingham Storytellers Guild, shares a variety of unique and enchanting folk tales around the campfire. We will have smores before the stories begin. See you tonight!

The Town of Friday Harbor and the Chamber of Commerce turned out to celebrate cutting the ribbon at San Juan Safaris new home at Spring Street Landing. Pictured here from left to right are Jim Carroll, Lauren Cohen, Gail Schnee, Rachel and Brian Goodremont and their children, Yvonne Buijs-Mancuso, new Port Director Ted Fitzgerald, and Karl Bruno.  Continue Reading

Waterworks Gallery invites you to meet participating jewelers in a show celebrating Micki Lippe, mentor to jewelry makers for 27 years… When Micki moved to Seattle in 1989, her studio business was going full bore. Micki hired people to work for her, but her ongoing relationship with these people was more than an employer. She  Continue Reading

This just in from the Town of Friday Harbor.  Tucker Avenue will be closed tomorrow, Thursday July 21.  Local access will be interrupted… Tucker Avenue Reconstruction Project – Phase 1 Project task(s): The Contractor will pour concrete curb and gutter on both sides of the street. Crews will start with street intersections, then proceed to driveway  Continue Reading