OPALCO led a county-wide work group to identify the needs of our lowest-income residents and to collaborate on effective solutions. The findings show there is a broad spectrum of affordability needs to address and that an effective response will require county-wide agency participation. OPALCO will do its part, proposing new measures in the Co-op’s 2016  Continue Reading

  The Town of Friday Harbor is once again making it easy for residents and business owners to support the local food bank during the holiday season. Utility customers who donate to the Harbor Life Ring program in November will have their contributions forwarded directly to the Friday Harbor Food Bank. In addition, the Town  Continue Reading

The San Juan Island Rotary Club raised $8,200 from the Concours d’ Elegance held at San Juan Vineyards on August 30th. The recipients of the funds were Hospice ($3600) ‘RoundTowner ($3600) and Rotary Polio Plus ($1000). ‘RoundTowner will use their funds to continue providing affordable transportation to islanders. Hospice will use part of their funds  Continue Reading

Two separate and exciting workshops on Orcas Island the third week of November: DISASTER PLANNING & RECOVERY What would happen to your business as a result of a major disaster in the San Juan Islands? Are you, your staff, your property and your data prepared? In this course, participants will learn to prepare their businesses  Continue Reading

The County Council is searching for San Juan County citizens to fill current and upcoming vacancies on various boards and commissions. Additional information about each committee is available on the County’s website at: http://sanjuanco.com/Council/AdvisoryCommittees.aspx Persons interested in serving on a board or advisory committee should fill out an Advisory Committee Application or Contact the Council  Continue Reading

San Juan Island’s Garden Club invite’s you to register now for a hosted excursion on December 6th to the Bellevue Botanical Garden. The trip will leave Friday Harbor on the 8:05 am ferry December 6th, returning on the 4:30 pm boat December 7th. There will be planned stops at Skagit Valley Gardens and Molbak’s Nursery.  Continue Reading

If the new sculpture in the picnic area in front of San Juan Bakery and San Juan Island Food Co-Op looks a little other-worldly it is with good reason. Local artist, stone sculptor Tom Small, carved the piece Storyteller out columnar basalt from the Columbia basin in Eastern Washington.  The stone, formed out of lava  Continue Reading

Island artist Thrinley DiMarco will be teaching a collage workshop, Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Images, on the weekend of October 18 and 19, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm each day in the conference room upstairs in the Rock Island Technology building. The cost for both days is $45.00. Says Thrinley, “This workshop will focus on how  Continue Reading

The Fish for Teeth Dental Van is returning to the Mullis Center on Friday, October 3rd and Saturday October 4th.  Fish For Teeth is sponsoring this clinic to provide dental care for anyone who is financially unable to afford it.  Applications can be downloaded from our website, fishforteeth.com, and dropped off at the San Juan County  Continue Reading

The Friday Harbor Film Festival will be hosting three premiere films this coming fall! The 2nd Annual Friday Harbor Film Festival will be held November 7-8-9, 2014 on San Juan Island.  We are very proud to announce that we will feature 3 premiere films this year: The Barefoot Bandit documentary Fragile Waters and Material of the Future.  Click  Continue Reading