Skagit Valley College Open Enrollment is going on now for Winter Quarter Open Enrollment is going on now for Winter Quarter!  Classes begin January 4th. Step into a new career or upgrade your job skills! Our High demand areas include: Culinary www.skagit.edu/culinary Environmental Conservation www.skagit.edu/basec Manufacturing www.skagit.edu/manufacturing Sustainable Agriculture www.skagit.edu/sage Fire Protection www.skagit.edu/fire Also SVC’s Bachelor of Applied Science in  Continue Reading

The SJIMA Artists’ Registry Show runs from December 10, 2016 to February 18, 2017. On Saturday, December 10th the San Juan Island Museum of Art (SJIMA) opened its doors for the 5th Annual Artists’ Registry Show. The artwork created in this much anticipated and popular exhibit centers around the theme, “Spirit Taking Form”. Local artists residing on San Juan,  Continue Reading

Island Stage Left shares this invitation with you… Island Stage Left’s Holiday Production “Omnium Gatherum” Starts this Friday, and reservations are already filling up for Christmas Eve. Helen & Dan, choral director & pianist Carol Hooper and actor/musicians/singers Mark Mazzarella, Beatrice Grauman and Scott Mapstead are bringing the holiday spirit’s good cheer to Friday Harbor this year! Join  Continue Reading

A group of local teens, their adult team advisors and chaperones made the annual trip to Yakima for the Washington State Prevention Summit. Our youth teams from San Juan Island are sponsored with grants through the San Juan Island Prevention Coalition. Our teams are Rock Solid and H.O.T.S., Jr (Helping Out Teens Society at Friday  Continue Reading

My name is Tillie, and I am the winner of the Animal Protection Society Fishing Derby! Get a load out of the fish I caught! It’s not very tasty, but it does squeek when I bite it, which I find very amusing. I just arrived from Mexico and have some concerns about your weather. Other  Continue Reading

This is the The twelfth in a series of articles about elections in Washington State by San Juan County Auditor F. Milene Henley. The County Auditor administers elections and voter registration in the County. The votes are counted, and the results certified. It is my hope that those of you who have read along with  Continue Reading

With the three recent pertussis, or whooping cough, cases in San Juan County, and with the holiday travel season upon us, now is a good time to review you and your family’s immunization status and make sure your immunizations are up to date. Mark Tompkins, Director of San Juan County Health & Community Services, said,  Continue Reading

We are pleased to announce a special evening, Friday December 16th, dedicated to The COVE: Carlson Youth Center of the San Juan Islands Support a great community project in progress – The COVE: Carlson Youth Center of the San Juan Islands. This initiative, led by SAFE San Juans (formerly DVSAS) is aimed at engaging our island’s youth towards  Continue Reading

Come one, come all! The Pintail will join this year’s lighted boat parade on Saturday, December 17th to welcome Santa to town. And we’d like to invite the community to join – free to all! We will have hot cocoa and hot cider, but do dress warmly as most of our space is outside on  Continue Reading