Hello! We’re the Three Amigos – Bowie, Baez and Elton! We’re appearing now at the animal shelter. If you hurry you might make it in time to catch one of our performances. We’re very talented – just wait until you hear us sing! We’re just 8 weeks old, and ready to start our solo careers.  Continue Reading

Friday Harbor’s own Toy Box joins the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association (Astra) in the Ninth Annual Celebration of Small Businesses Nationwide Shop Local and Celebrate Neighborhood Toy Store Day November 10 in Advance of the First Holiday Shopping Season without Toys “R” US The Toy Box will be one of hundreds of retailers across  Continue Reading

On Wednesday November 7, the San Juan Island School District Board of Directors will hold a Special School Board Meeting at 4:30 pm in the School District Office.  This is an open public meeting. All public comment, with the exception of public hearings on policy, budget or other specific items, will be heard during the  Continue Reading

San Juan County Public Hospital District #1 will be holding its public budget hearing next Wednesday Nov 7th, 3:45 p.m., at the Frank Wilson Memorial EMS Building. The Special Meeting will begin at 3:00 p.m. then go directly to an executive session. The board will return to open session at 3:45 p.m. for the public  Continue Reading

Know Your Islanders Talks The great Salish Sea: a history of the name, the features that make it special, and the love for, and knowledge of, our home. Plus, what do you do with a sense of place? Islander Shann Weston will cover these and more in this presentation of our home ecosystem. Refreshments are  Continue Reading

County Board and Advisory Committee Vacancies and Positions with terms ending within 45 days of 11/02/2018 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/641/Board-Committee-Vacancies. Persons interested in serving on  Continue Reading

Lion Brian Brown is the Pilot for driving the Giant shopping cart to Kings Market and will be “On the Road Again” today, Saturday, November 3rd at 9:30 AM to drive from Kings to Market Place. Raffle Tickets are on Sale at BOTH Kings & Market Place from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM. San Juan  Continue Reading

On Saturday, November 10th from 11am – 3pm, an Orca Recovery Day of Action will take place at Jackson Beach on San Juan Island in coordination with Conservation District events around Puget Sound. Come hear speakers Dr. Deborah Giles, Science and Research Director for Wild Orca, Resident Scientist at UW Friday Harbor Labs, and Research  Continue Reading

  Community Thanksgiving Dinner Has Something For Everyone Fall is in the air and we’re putting out the call for volunteers for the 20th annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner. We welcome veterans of Thanksgivings past and brand new volunteers. We need lots of volunteer pie bakers this year. You can bring a homemade pie or a  Continue Reading

If you were unable to attend the Comprehensive Plan update community workshops in September and October, please take the online survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B7MPCCX The survey will be available through November 30, 2018. We conducted polling during the San Juan County Comprehensive Plan update community workshops.  These questions were conceived out of previous public outreach and  Continue Reading