Marilyn O’Connor will retire on July 1st after more than eight years as Executive Director of the Port of Friday Harbor. In the monthly newsletter that accompanies port and airport bills she illustrated her feelings about the move — “a mix of terror and glee” — with a picture of a little girl doing a  Continue Reading

Here’s an announcement from Bill Watson… Hello San Juan County Citizens. For those of you who don’t know me, I’d like to introduce myself and let you know I am a candidate for San Juan County Council, District #1 (San Juan Island). I’ve been visiting the San Juan Islands with my family since 1990. Every time  Continue Reading

Know Your Island Walk for March 26th from 1 to 4 PM This month’s Know Your Island Walk is a tour of the facilities and grounds of the University of Washington Marine Laboratories led by Michelle Herko. The walk will include exploring the forest trail system. Walk will be about 3 miles, easy walk however  Continue Reading

Tamara Weaver shares this photo of the Chelan making its way to Friday Harbor from Sidney, BC, on the first international run of 2016 last Sunday. She and a group of friends were with Hobbes Buchanan of Blackfish Whale and Wildlife Tours who greets the first international sailing every year with an escort into the  Continue Reading

John Langs, the Artistic Director of ACT, is currently rehearsing Island Stage Left’s two-person cast in Seattle, getting ready to open this Tony award-winning, provocative, smart and hilarious play, “Venus in Fur” by David Ives, at the SJC Fairgrounds on April 7th. We’re very excited as this represents another move forward for Island Stage Left and  Continue Reading

San Juan Island Community Library Art Show: Life with Animals and Pets Everyone is welcome. Enjoy participating in bringing your art to the library for all to enjoy! The subject is the animals and pets we live with here on San Juan Island. Bring your ready-to hang art on Saturday, April 2nd from 10:00 am til noon.  Continue Reading

Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor held their 18th annual St. Patrick’s Day Extravaganza fund raiser March 12th. It was a successful and fun party held at the SJI Yacht Club: superb food (catered by Coho Restaurant), toe-tapping music by the Organic Irish Band (Kirk Fuhrmeister, Mike Cohen and Valerie White), scrumptious Dessert Auction, and, of  Continue Reading

San Juan Island School District Superintendent Danna Diaz Letter to the Community I want to begin my monthly update by thanking our school district’s classified employees. Classified employees include our bus drivers, custodians, kitchen crew, secretaries, office managers, and paraeducators. In short, anyone who is not a teacher! This past week was proclaimed by Governor  Continue Reading

New Homework Help Volunteer in the Children’s Area at SJI Library Meet our newest volunteer Denise Kniola. Denise is a retired elementary school teacher with more than 20 years of teaching experience. She will be at the Library on Tuesdays from 3:00 to 4:00 pm to assist primary grade students with reading and math. Denise will  Continue Reading

Opalco Board Candidates Announced Annual Meeting on Saturday, April 30th Our local member-owned electric cooperative, Orcas Power & Light Co-op, announces the slate of candidates for its Board of Directors. This is each member’s opportunity to choose the decision makers who set Co-op policies and rates. Every OPALCO member has the right to vote in  Continue Reading