Skagit Valley College Whidbey Island Campus seeking artists for outdoor mural project Are you a muralist looking for a new and exciting local mural project? Skagit Valley College Whidbey Island Campus is currently seeking artists to design and paint an outdoor mural project on an exterior wall of Hayes Hall, located at 1900 SE Pioneer  Continue Reading

Staring at that thick manuscript on your writing desk, wondering what’s the next step? Here’s an opportunity for you. The San Juan Island Library will be hosting a “Publishing Workshop” on Saturday, May 19th, from 1-4 pm, in the Community Meeting Room. A panel of experts, moderated by Alice Acheson, book marketing/publishing consultant, will discuss  Continue Reading

Gail Schnee, San Juan Island Chamber Board President & Co-Owner of Cotton Cotton Cotton and Becki Day, Executive Director of the Chamber, share this month’s edition of Chamber Chat… Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday, May 13, so save the trip off island to the mall and shop local this year for a unique  Continue Reading

Public Open House To Consider Future Of Library Building The San Juan Island Library will hold a series of public open houses to present the findings of a recent architectural review of the state of its facilities, and possible future options for the Library building. Staff from SHKS Architects conducted the review, and will be  Continue Reading

…And I pray, please lead me not into temptation…. oh heck, just follow me. I know a really good short cut. My name is Verna and I’m not going to lie. I’m naughty. Sometimes I can’t resist digging the tiniest amount of dirt in the play yard and I have been known to peruse the  Continue Reading

Coming up later this week, the first show of the year opens at WaterWorks Gallery: Joan Stuart Ross – Pigmented Beeswax on Wood David French – Mixed media on Carved Wood May 11th – June 8th, 2018 Joan Stuart Ross and David French share an affinity for not only bright colors, but also for texture  Continue Reading

Janet Oakley has long ties to San Juan Island and on this return trip, she will be presenting her latest novel, Mist-Chi-Mas: A Novel of Captivity, at the San Juan Island Library, Wednesday, May 16, 7:00 pm. Griffin Bay Bookstore and the Library encourage you to come out for her book talk about the novel  Continue Reading

Following a public hearing on April 24, 2018, San Juan County officially released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to purchase .8083 acres of land situated in Lopez Village for the development of affordable housing rental units. San Juan County seeks an experienced developer(s) to purchase a parcel located on Fisherman Bay Road in Lopez Village.  Continue Reading

If you have ever wanted to be an elected official, now is your chance.  Candidate filing for positions open for election in 2018 is about to begin. During filing week, candidates may submit their filings online, by email, by fax, or in person at the San Juan County Elections Office at 55 Second Street Ste.  Continue Reading

Island Rec is very excited to announce the third running of the now famous Hill of Thrills Soap Box Race on Sunday, May 20th.  This is a classic old-fashioned ‘gravity’ race where people run their homemade non-motorized contraptions down Grover Street by the elementary school. The racing categories are ages 5-8, 9-12, 13-15, 16-adult. There  Continue Reading