Tamara Weaver shares this great shot of Snow Geese. Happy Saturday and Happy first day of Spring! Thanks Tamara!

Here’s some recent news from the Whale Museum… On February 25, NOAA’s survey team aboard the research vessel Bell M. Shimada spotted a new calf (L-121) with her mother Calypso (L-94) and other L Pod whales about 15 miles west of Westport WA. Click here to see the video! This is the third baby born  Continue Reading

San Juan Island School District Superintendent Position The San Juan Island School District Board of Directors announced today that Dr. Danna Diaz has accepted the position of Superintendent for San Juan Island School District. Currently the Board and Dr. Diaz are considering the terms and conditions of her employment contract. When the document is complete  Continue Reading

Opalco Scholarship Applications Due March 27 Get $500 + Coop Leadership Camp What do San Juan County high-school scholars say about the Youth Rally and OPALCO’s Scholarship Program? “My sense of the world was changed …” –Brodie Miller, Spring Street School “I made friendships that will last a lifetime…” –Cameron Schuh, Orcas Island High School  Continue Reading

If you enjoy art, and are able to spare a few hours a month, you might love volunteering as a docent at San Juan Island’s newest museum. Being a docent enables you to learn about exciting and ever changing art exhibits, share your knowledge with visitors from near and afar, and become a part of  Continue Reading

Library to be Closed Next week on Monday and Tuesday, March 23rd & 24th, don’t forget – The Library will be closed for a software upgrade. No new hold requests, purchase requests or interlibrary loan requests until Wednesday March 25. See you at the Library then! +++++++ Literary Salon with Laurie Orton Thursday, March 19,  Continue Reading

Preservation Trust, Land Bank Take First Steps to Secure “Mount Grant” The San Juan Preservation Trust and the San Juan County Land Bank are collaborating on an exciting land acquisition project on San Juan Island that, if successful, will become an extraordinary nature preserve accessible to all. Long valued by adventurous hikers willing to trespass  Continue Reading

If you thought looking for Easter eggs was kids stuff, try finding one in the dark, amongst the logs at Jackson beach! Find the golden eggs and receive prizes like Amazon gift cards and other local merchant gift certificates. Friday night, April 3rd, from 8:30 – 10:00pm at Jackson Beach. There will be a bonfire,  Continue Reading

Don’t miss a rare opportunity to have your pets photographed by award-winning pet photographer, Alan Niles – right here in Friday Harbor! Alan is now scheduling sittings for three days; May 3, 4 & 5. The Pet Portrait event will take place at The Fairgrounds in the Jim Crook Textile Building. In addition to donating  Continue Reading

FHHS Girls Tennis coach Laura Geniuch sends over this recap of this week’s games… South Whidbey island graciously hosted our first match, and here are the results. I will give our scores first – we lost all our varsity matches. The girls all displayed good sportsmanship and learned a lot. Senior Ashton Timmons gave her all  Continue Reading