Beauty and the Beast Auditions January 8-10 San Juan Community Theatre is inviting folks to “be our guest” and audition January 8-10 for its spring musical: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Director Carol Hooper will be casting men and women in all four voice parts to fill 11 main roles and up to 25 ensemble  Continue Reading

Island Rec’s evening drop-in programs are expanding in January to include Adult Volleyball in Turnbull Gym! Beginning Thursdays, 1/11/17, stop by from 8-10pm for 2 hours of fun with your friends. All participants must be 16 & Up, and bring clean court shoes into the gym to participate. Sixteen and seventeen year old’s must have  Continue Reading

OPALCO + PNGC = more power to shape our islands’ energy future PNGC is a power supplier and cooperative of 15 regional electric cooperative utilities who are banding together to build greater access to affordable power, renewable resources and to influence public policy. It also increases OPALCO’s buying power as we plan for an energy  Continue Reading

Friday Harbor Career Opportunity Luxel is the world leader in freestanding ultra-thin films used as EUV and soft x-ray bandpass filters and pressure windows.  We are active in diverse fields such as x-ray astronomy, fusion energy research, extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL), synchrotron radiation research, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).  We have an immediate opening for  Continue Reading

The regularly scheduled San Juan Island Fire Commissioners meetings for February and March have been rescheduled for 3 p.m., Wednesday, February 7, 2018 And 3 p.m. Thursday March 15, 2018 at the Mullis Street Fire Station, 1011 Mullis Street.

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 a board or advisory committee should fill out an Advisory Committee Application or Contact the Council  Continue Reading

After 31 years in business and 28 of those at its current location, Island Bicycles is closing. “It’s been a really good ride and it’s the best career I’ve ever had” says owner Paul Ahart, “but there comes a time where you begin to value your free time a little more and your money a  Continue Reading

It’s time for the Historical Museum’s monthly History Column… A clairvoyant bell sheep and a gale most foul: The Wreck of the SS Clallam A benefit of writing about local history is that we can tell a story in the context of our own place and our own people. What was once international news, recounted  Continue Reading

>Editor’s note: The number of homes at the Soll property has been corrected to 30. The press release originally said 40 incorrectly… Last week on December 29th, the San Juan Community Home Trust received a donation of a parcel of land in Friday Harbor. The property, at the corner of Tucker and McDonald Streets, is  Continue Reading

January 2, 2018 – Today Friends of the San Juans (Friends) announces the addition of Lovel Pratt as Director of Friends’ Marine Protection Program. Lovel Pratt comes to Friends from Mulno Cove Consulting, where her work focused on safe shipping advocacy, reducing vessel traffic impacts, and oil spill prevention. She is a founding member of  Continue Reading