Four San Juan Island musicians focus on one of America’s most influential musicians during San Juan Community Theatre’s Night Music summer concert series on Thursday, August 7. Singers/guitarists Laura Lee Chorba and Daniel Finn and singer Susan Williams accompanied by guitarist Keith Busha share the sounds of the iconic Bob Dylan in the concert inside  Continue Reading

David Ryan, Port of Friday Harbor Airport Manager is moving on and he would like to say farewell, and thank you for making his job here so enjoyable. David began working at the airport in October of 2008, replacing the previous manager Pat Mayo. He brought years of experience with him, having been a manager  Continue Reading

Year after year, the photography exhibit at the SJC Fair is one of the most popular exhibits – it is also typically one of the largest exhibits and it requires a lot of people-power to produce. Please help this island tradition by volunteering a couple hours of your time. The greatest need is for Tuesday  Continue Reading

…at the San Juan County Fair, of course! The first fair was held in 1906 on the Friday Harbor waterfront and drew about 1,200 visitors. Now attendance is around 20,000. But who is this rider from decades ago? Is she still coming to the fair to cheer on today’s 4-H riders? If you can identify  Continue Reading

Professor Billie J. Swalla has agreed to serve for a five-year term as Director of the Friday Harbor Laboratories (FHL). Billie has served as Interim Director for the past year, and has been an active researcher and member of the FHL community since first coming to the Labs in 1999. Billie brings 30 years of  Continue Reading

Here’s a note from Doug McCutchen at the Land Bank about some recent trail work done by the SJI Conservation Corps… Hi Tim, Had a great time working with the San Juan Island Conservation Corps last week at Limekiln. They helped with several little trail maintenance and minor reroutes to improve the accessibility and sustainability  Continue Reading

The Animal Shelter is accepting donations of gently used household items, clothing, books, toys, and working appliances in preparation for their Rummage Sale, to be held Saturday, August 23 at 994 Cattlepoint Road. The shelter staff ask that you call beforehand to make arrangements for dropping off your donations at 378-2158.

The County Council is searching for San Juan County citizens to fill current and upcoming vacancies on various boards and commissions. Additional information about each committee is available on the County’s website at:http://sanjuanco.com/Council/AdvisoryCommittees.aspx Persons interested in serving on a board or advisory committee should fill out an Advisory Committee Application or Contact the Council Office  Continue Reading

Here’s a video to introduce you to what the Farmer’s Market is all about. This was mostly shot last summer, with some parts done earlier this year, and most of the post production done in the Spring and early Summer of this year. It was finally debuted Sunday evening at the Brickworks Mortgage Burning party.  Continue Reading

Check out the latest “Tide Bites” from the UofW’s Friday Harbor Labs.