Just heard this from Rod Turnbull… Friday Harbor Boys Basketball will be hosting South Whidbey in a home playoff game tomorrow evening Feb. 14, at 5:00. Please help get the word out – that home crowd we had on Monday evening was great. Rod

Been getting the ferry alerts for the last few days… seems like weeks actually – The things sure are breaking down a lot lately huh? Got me to thinking and somehow came up with today’s survey question… Remember, answers to previous surveys can be viewed on this page.

OK I know, I know – this is the San Juan Island Update, not the Orcas Island Update, but this was just way to cool not to share. Turn up your speakers and check this out!

The Island Chordsmen Plus are offering Singing Valentines for your special someone… Give them a call and get it set up – 370-5544 or 298-4682.

In case you haven’t seen the photos yet, here are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners from this year’s Roche Harbor Salmon Derby sent over by Debbie Sandwith. The $10,000 First Place prize went to Friday Harbor’s Andy Holman, as well as the “new this year” largest fish weighed in on Friday, for another  Continue Reading

There’s going to be a terrific concert this Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7:00 pm in Saint David’s Episcopal Church. The Borealis Brass from Fairbanks, Alaska will celebrate St. Valentine’s weekend with a program including music for all tastes from Giovanni Gabrielli to the Beatles. Everyone is invited to attend. Admission is by donation, but no  Continue Reading

Did you think Ian would move to Victoria and not publish online anymore? Neither did I, and guess what… He’s got quite a site going on. It’s called The World According to Brother Ian and here’s something off of one of his pages… We’re getting there, even though it’s a little slow sometimes (it seems)  Continue Reading

Are you looking to buy or sell some real estate? Merri Ann Simonsen over at Coldwell Banker has some great, detailed information for you which is a great place to start. Here’s an excerpt… It is important for you to understand the Law of Real Estate Agency. Years back, Department of Licensing determined that most  Continue Reading

>>Editor’s note – This story has been updated to make a correction. See below in red. Registration for Spring Quarter is going on now at Skagit Valley College Registration for Returning Students going on now. Registration for New Advised Students starts Friday, February 28. Open Enrollment starts Wednesday, March 12. Spring Quarter begins Tuesday, April  Continue Reading

Can’t make it to the game? Listen to it live on FH Tiny Radio… Friday Harbor Tiny Radio will broadcast the FHHS playoff game live in realtime from Kings High School in Shoreline. High School student Bill Revercomb will handle the play-by-play  and the show will be produced and engineered by Ken Norris of www.fhtinyradio.com. Game is Wednesday. Pregame  Continue Reading