Island Rec and Xtreme Fitness invite you to take part in some local history and enter the 38th Annual Friday Harbor 8.8k Loop Run scheduled for a 9am start on Saturday August 15, 2015. People of all ages enjoy running or walking in this race. Register Now, $20 for kids 12 and under and $25  Continue Reading

The San Juan Island Community Foundation invites all Fairgoers to visit its Fair booth in the main hall this week to learn about and support eight special community projects. Every dollar raised during the four days of the Fair will be matched 50% by the Community Foundation. The eight community projects to be featured at  Continue Reading

Kevin Holmes caught this beautiful sunset image at the Fair on Wednesday evening. Thanks Kevin!

Deanna Eltinge with the Port has this announcement to share with you… Hi Tim, Please let everyone know that the Friday Harbor Airport will be closed to allow for night work August 18th, 19th and 20th from 9pm – 6am each evening. This is required by the Port’s contractor to complete necessary electrical work. Also – On Wednesday  Continue Reading

Award-winning Seattle-based author and historian Lorraine McConaghy will read from and discuss her ground-breaking young adult book about an escaped slave who won his freedom in Canada. Co-authored with Judith Bentley, Free Boy is the story of a 13-year-old slave who escaped from Washington Territory to freedom in Canada on the West’s Underground Railroad. When  Continue Reading

You may have seen me, William E. Hancock, MD, riding in a MASH Unit jeep in the 4th of July Parade. I am a candidate for San Juan County Hospital District Position #5. Cheri and I were married 47 years ago and have been Island residents for the past 17 years Following is my Candidate  Continue Reading

Town to offer twice-monthly recycling and yard waste pickup beginning in September The Town of Friday Harbor is increasing service to those residential customers who take advantage of curbside recycling and yard waste pickup. This service, which has been offered on a monthly basis, will be available two times each month beginning in September. Twice  Continue Reading

Here’s an invitation to you from Ruth at WaterWorks Gallery… The landscape and seascape of the Pacific Northwest as painted by Tim Schumm, a well respected Canadian landscape painter based in British Columbia. While honoring the​ vastness​ of scale, Tim’s portrayal of the​ ​Northwest landscape is intimate and human in scale. The viewpoints of the  Continue Reading

Join Boyd Pratt, Doug McCutchen, and Mike Vouri for a reprise and update of their evening of viewing 1890’s images of the San Juan Islands by the U.S. Coast Survey’s John Gilbert, contrasted with photographs taken from the same perspective today. Vouri will open the discussion with a look at the first survey of the  Continue Reading

Sheila Martin is working with Relay For Life this year and is taking orders for Luminaria. She would like to get the message out that you can purchase a Luminaria Bag from her at SJluminarias [@] gmail [.] com. They are asking for a $5.00 donation and the choices are: Celebrate Fight Remember (in memory of someone you love)  Continue Reading