The San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the theme for the 2018 4th of July Parade in Friday Harbor: “Music of America”, celebrating our music through the decades. The event has been rated one of the top 10 small town 4th of July celebrations in the USA. The parade will start  Continue Reading

For their monthly column, the San Juan Historical Society asks, “Who tells your story?” These closing four words sung in the Broadway musical “Hamilton” are powerfully simple. They refer not only to Alexander Hamilton, but to every one of us. Just as the stories of our country’s founding patriots are important, so are millions of  Continue Reading

Artist and instructor, Steven Hill is teaching an Introduction to the Pastel Medium for Veterans on May 19 and 20 at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA) in Friday Harbor. This workshop will focus on all the basics that Hill teaches in his regular pastel workshops. Of his teaching, one former students says,  Continue Reading

Island Rec is pleased to announce that the 28th Annual Children’s Festival is this Saturday May 5, 2018. Dozens of community organizations will be providing all kinds of hands-on activities. This year we will be joined by the Flight Museum with their traveling planetarium. The Argyle Street Jazz band is coming to perform, Island Rec  Continue Reading

Island Rec and San Juan County Health and Community Services Department are pleased to present the second running of the Tour de Family – Friday Harbor. This FREE family event has three rides: a Trike/Stroller route, a safe First-Biker route; and a 3-5 mile Adventure route out onto Roche Harbor Road. There will be free  Continue Reading

San Juan Island School District Superintendent and Board of Directors Communique News from the April 25, 2018 Board of Directors meeting May 7 – 11 is Professional Educators Appreciation Week. The San Juan Island School District is honored to work with all of our staff every week. This would be a good week to personally  Continue Reading

Stillpoint School shares this photo from yesterday’s May Day dance around the May Pole. Great weather for such an event. Thanks for sharing your photo!

Friday Harbor High School’s Island Orbital Technologies Wins Northwest Semi-Finals of the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC) Over the weekend of April 28-29, the Friday Harbor Aerospace Design Team, known as Island Orbital Technologies, competed in and won the first ever Northwest Semi-Finals of the International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC). This event, held  Continue Reading

John Geyman, M.D. of Friday Harbor received a silver medal in the national Benjamin Franklin Award competition for his book, Crisis in U.S. Health Care: Corporate Power vs. The Common Good. The competition is sponsored by the Independent Book Publishers Association, and Geyman was honored at the national conference in Austin, Texas, early in April.  Continue Reading

Fish for Teeth brings free mobile dental clinic to Friday Harbor Islanders unable to afford dental care can receive it for free thanks to the local nonprofit Fish for Teeth on Thursday, May 10; Friday, May 11; and Saturday, May 12 at a mobile dental van parked outside the San Juan Island Family Resource Center.  Continue Reading