The San Juan County Council is working on a draft resolution supporting a Leave No Trace (LNT) ethic in San Juan County. The resolution is a result of the local Terrestrial Managers Working Group, a coalition of conservation-oriented governmental and non-governmental land managers in San Juan County, reaching out to the National Leave No Trace  Continue Reading

Forrest Dick is assigned to Eagle Crest Station 36 on Three Corner Lake Road. He is a Wildland Firefighter and is training to be a Tender (water transportation truck) Operator. He came to the Island in Spring of 2005 from Olympia where he graduated from New Century High School and attended South Puget Sound Community  Continue Reading

Saturday, September 27 beginning at Dusk in the Sunken Park, it’s Newsies. Click the image above for more info.

Meet Sarah Hanson, San Juan Island Conservation Corps leader and Program Manager, plus student participants, to walk and learn about their summer 2014 projects. Observe first hand what our youth do for our parks. Walk up Mt. Finlayson to see the work and hear about developments there. Length is two miles round trip. Terrain is  Continue Reading

Got this note in last week. What do you say we all click the link below and vote for Patti’s shawl in the contest? Hello Tim, My friend encouraged me to write you about this. You see, I’m a felt designer and I’m entering a contest to design a show stopping shawl for Stevie Nicks.  Continue Reading

This handsome young man is “Clyde” and we think he’s one of the nicest dogs we’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing! He’s only about 2-years old, but he’s very gentle and loves to cuddle as much as he loves to play in the yard. We believe Clyde is a Tree-Walking Coonhound. He came to  Continue Reading

Just in case you’d like to share your opinions with the powers that be… Dear SJ Update, In a week, we will be sending you and 18,500 other members of the Ferry Riders Opinion Group (FROG) a link to a new survey that will cover issues related to WSF fares, taxes for funding improvements and  Continue Reading

Steve Marler receives the first of six new fire engines from General Fire Apparatus on Friday morning, September 12, 2014. The engines were built in Lyons, South Dakota by the Rosenbauer Corporation and sold through General Fire Apparatus of Spokane, Washington. General Fire has been distributing fire engines since 1957. The new engines will replace  Continue Reading

Give the gift of life to patients in our community Wednesday, September 24 11:30 am – 5:30 pm At Mullis Community Senior Center If you haven’t already scheduled an appointment and would like to do so, please contact: cvanhyning [@] gmail [.] com or 360-317-8399 All donors will need photo ID or their PSBC Wallet  Continue Reading

Michelle Morton at Islanders Bank sends over this invitation to you… Islanders Bank is hosting their 4th Annual Customer Appreciation Day Please join us: When: September 23rd Where: Friday Harbor, Eastsound & Lopez Branches Time: 11:00am – 3:00pm