National Park Service and Northwest Youth Corps announce that their American Sign Language (ASL) Inclusion Conservation Crew has been honored with Corps Network Project of the Year Award. What: San Juan Island National Historical Park and Northwest Youth Corps (NYC) announce that the NYC American Sign Language (ASL) Inclusion Crew is chosen as one of  Continue Reading

The winner of the “Where’s that Elf”, Shop San Juan Island’s Joey contest is Tanja Williamson!  Starting November 25th, Chamber Executive Director Becki Day began posting a photo of an Elf on the Shelf at a different local business every day. Followers of @SanJuanIslandChamber on Instagram were invited to guess the location by commenting on the Chamber’s daily post. Every correct  Continue Reading

The Medical Teams International Dental Van is coming back to the Mullis Center on Friday, January 13th and 14th. Fish For Teeth is sponsoring this clinic to provide dental care for anyone who is financially unable to afford it. Applications may be picked up at: SJ County Health Department, The Family Resource Center The Mullis  Continue Reading

San Juan County Students are Saving Energy to Combat Climate Change Extreme weather events, rising sea levels, melting glacier – oh my! While climate change is an overwhelming issue, there is certainly hope, especially in the collective power of individual actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That’s the underlying principle of the Cool School Challenge  Continue Reading

Island Rec is pleased to announce that the new playground at John O. Linde Community Park will open at 1:00pm on Friday, December 23rd. Over 40 community volunteers came together to help build Island Rec’s new playground at the John O. Linde Community Park. The playground features a large play web, swings, slide and even  Continue Reading

Another southern resident killer whale has died! By Kenneth C. Balcomb, Senior Scientist Center for Whale Research We regret having to make a distressing announcement during this holiday season, but we confirm from news photographs and eyepatch photos sent to the Center for Whale Research that the killer whale carcass that was towed to a beach  Continue Reading

In the SJ Update mailbag we have this announcement from Loren DeShon at Westwind… Westwind Aviation adds new San Juan resident to staff Westwind is pleased to announce that Daniel Schwartz has joined our staff. Dan and his wife Kathy recently moved to San Juan Island from the Seattle area where he was a flight  Continue Reading

Mark your calendar to explore the world of entrepreneurship! Good news. Here’s a chance to pursue your dream of owning your own business. Worksource is offering a free workshop for entrepreneurial training. Get the answers to these questions at this free workshop: What does it take to become an entrepreneur? How can you secure funding  Continue Reading

The 2016 and 2017 Holiday Refuse Schedules available on the Town website at this link. Mark your calendar for these holidays that will affect your refuse collection. For those holidays not listed, solid waste collection will take place as regularly scheduled. The Town reminds Customers that there will be no garbage/recycling pick-up on Monday, December  Continue Reading

If you haven’t yet made it into town on a beautiful December evening to see the lights, you really owe it to yourself to come and check them out. It is quite a dazzling display, especially if you experience it on foot, up close. If you can’t do that, you can at least click on  Continue Reading