Division champs, a top 10 world-ranked quartet and San Juan Island’s own barbershop masters bring sweet harmonies to San Juan Community Theatre on Sunday, June 2 at 2:00 p.m. Celebrating its 15th year in Friday Harbor, Barbershop Bonanza has grown into a popular Sunday afternoon medley of contemporary and old-time favorites honoring this uniquely American  Continue Reading

Hey Teens! Island Rec is offering some awesome opportunities for fun in the sun this summer! Sign up for “REC X” programs to build lifelong leisure & recreation skills: Kayaking Bicycle Touring Geocaching Archery Tennis and more! Creative, artistic types should check out the new beading class and skateboard building workshops being offered this year.  Continue Reading

Bob Stavers shot this beautiful photo last Saturday evening of a rainbow over the strait just off of Eagle Cove. Thanks Bob!

Clean up of the collapsed I-5 bridge over the Skagit is about 2/3 done and parts & materials for the new temporary span began arriving on site on Tuesday. WSDOT has a nice webpage with routine updates which you can see here. Be sure to click the link with photos.

Are you a family and/or business who enjoys the annual fireworks? Please show your support this year! You might not know that your Chamber of Commerce is responsible for raising the money each year to pay for the Friday Harbor 4th of July Fireworks. As you can imagine, the chamber doesn’t have anywhere near the budget to cover  Continue Reading

Island Arts League is pleased to offer a wonderful drawing class with the gifted instructor and talented artist, Taylor Bruce. Suitable for beginners and intermediate artists.  Eight classes total, sign up early… limited to eight students to high level of personalized instruction.  Mondays, June 3 to July 22. For more class information contact Education Director Dave  Continue Reading

The San Juan Island Fire Rescue has formed a new program, Major Emergency Response Team (MERT), to help neighbors in case of a major emergency on the Island. These folks will staff their neighborhood fire stations helping to keep track of residents, injuries, structural and property damage in their areas. When Emergency Services arrive at  Continue Reading

The University of Washington’s Dr. Julie Stein will discuss archaeological investigations of ancient cultures at American Camp and San Juan Island in a guided walk scheduled 10 a.m., Saturday, June 1 at American Camp’s South Beach site. The walk is free and meets at Alaska Packer’s Rock, located at the end of the gravel access road  Continue Reading

Minnie Knych shares this tidbit about Memorial Day in Friday Harbor and how they’re helping local families: The American Legion Auxiliary distributed poppies for all who attended the Memorial Day ceremony in Friday Harbor.  Funds collected from the poppy program all remain on San Juan Island and are used to assist veterans and veteran families  Continue Reading

Join the SJI Trails Committee for the Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the American Camp Trail (ACT) on Saturday, June 1st at 11:00 am at the town trailhead at the top of Spring Street near the Office Center. Enjoy refreshments while hearing from Trail partners – Island Rec, Land Bank, Public Works, National Park  Continue Reading