Popular Barbershop Bonanza Returns June 1 A 45-member choir from British Columbia, a Northwest quartet with a combined 150 years of barbershop singing and San Juan Island’s own barbershop masters share their a cappella talents at San Juan Community Theatre on Sunday, June 1 at 2:00 p.m. Celebrating its 16th year in Friday Harbor, Barbershop  Continue Reading

Join Brad Cash and John Reynolds of 92.9 KISM Classic Rock for a live broadcast Friday, May 30th, 6:00 am – 10:00 am, at the Friday Harbor Airport. In addition, Brad will stick around for another special remote broadcast on Saturday, May 31st 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. The Port of Friday Harbor, San Juan  Continue Reading

Program makes popular eBook and audiobook available to all patrons without waitlists or holds San Juan Island Library announced that it will be taking part in the Big Library Read program. Library card holders will be able to borrow and read the mystery eBook, A Pedigree to Die For, Book 1 of the Melanie Travis  Continue Reading

Join the San Juan Historical Museum for an informative evening with Gerry King, a long-time San Juan Island resident and a descendant of the early settler King Family. Gerry will share his stories of growing up on San Juan Island and of the various jobs he held as a young man such as working on  Continue Reading

Summer is just around the corner and that means that Challenger Sports is coming back with their two popular camps, British Soccer and Tetra Brazil Soccer. British Soccer will be July 7-11th this year, with fun for ages 3-16, providing mini soccer and half day camps for the older kids. Tetra Brazil is July 14-18th  Continue Reading

Almost Everything You Want To Know About Septic Systems As Real Estate Agents, we are constantly learning and then sharing our knowledge with our clients. We must even expand our knowledge into some related industries that are not comfortable to discuss with a client, such as septic systems and their functions. The real estate industry  Continue Reading

Here’s some updated information on the WSF Reservation System from Jim Corenman, of the Ferries Advisory Committee… WSF is on track to offer reservations for most of the San Juan Islands routes starting with the Winter 2015 schedule, starting December 28. The planning process started in late 2012 with the formation of a Reservations Partnership  Continue Reading

The Grand Opening Ceremony of the Peace Path, PIMC’s new walking trail will be Saturday, June 7th at 1:00 pm outdoors at the Peace Island Medical Center. Hosted by Peace Island Volunteers, this ribbon cutting event will celebrate the former InterIsland Medical Guild who funded the trail, and all the community volunteers who built it.  Continue Reading

Here’s a book review with guest Update contributor Shannon Dean… Way of the Whale is a new book by author Linda Peters and it is written from the point of view of an orca. On the surface, it’s about an older “rogue” Orca in captivity who has only one night to share some wisdom with  Continue Reading

This gorgeous girl, Puma, was brought to the shelter because her owner passed away. She’s a frisky 3-year old Torti , with personality plus! She gets along well with her shelter cat pals and is very friendly and personable with people. She’d make an excellent addition to just about any kind of family. Puma is  Continue Reading