The Cen­ter for Whale Research shares some pos­i­tive news from the South­ern Res­i­dent orca K Pod. On Sat­ur­day, July 9, we met the newest mem­ber of K Pod, K45. We received word that South­ern Res­i­dent orcas were inbound from the west side of Van­cou­ver Island, and in the group were mem­bers of K Pod whom we had  Con­tin­ue Reading

Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group shares today’s habit shift inspi­ra­tion from the glob­al Plas­tic Free July cam­paign. The Dirt On Soap Leave those dirty plas­tic show­er bot­tles behind and swap out for a good old bar of soap. You can find excel­lent soap alter­na­tives — many made local­ly —  for hands, face, body, hair,  Con­tin­ue Reading

Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group shares today’s habit shift inspi­ra­tion from the glob­al Plas­tic Free July cam­paign. Food Stor­age Quit the plas­tic wrap. There are many fan­tas­tic alter­na­tives such wax wraps, reusable con­tain­ers, and wash­able snack bags.

San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre shares news about one of their upcom­ing live per­for­mances. Alpha Yaya Dial­lo will per­form a live con­cert at the San Juan Com­mu­ni­ty The­atre on Fri­day, July 29 at 7:30 p.m. Dial­lo, orig­i­nal­ly from Guinea, West Africa, is a tal­ent­ed gui­tarist and singer-song­writer based in Cana­da. He’s earned the rep­u­ta­tion for incred­i­ble  Con­tin­ue Reading

San Juan Coun­ty sends along notice about the upcom­ing pub­lic hear­ing relat­ed to the 2036 Com­pre­hen­sive Plan update. The Plan­ning Com­mis­sion will take pub­lic tes­ti­mo­ny on a pro­posed ordi­nance adopt­ing the 2036 Com­pre­hen­sive Plan update on Fri­day, July 15. After tak­ing tes­ti­mo­ny, the Plan­ning Com­mis­sion will delib­er­ate on their rec­om­men­da­tion to the Coun­ty Coun­cil. The  Con­tin­ue Reading

Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group shares today’s habit shift inspi­ra­tion from the glob­al Plas­tic Free July cam­paign. Sup­port Local Farm­ers Vis­it­ing the farm­ers mar­ket and farm stands are fun and sup­ports the hard­work­ing local farm­ers and crafters in our com­mu­ni­ty. As an added bonus, fruit and veg­eta­bles are sold loose and not in plastic.

APS-FH shares some kind words about their vol­un­teer of the month. The Ani­mal Pro­tec­tion Society—Friday Har­bor is pleased to announce Fiona Curliss as the APS-FH Vol­un­teer of the Month for July. Fiona came to vol­un­teer for APS-FH in Jan­u­ary of this year. As a new res­i­dent to San Juan Island, she came to work on a spe­cial  Con­tin­ue Reading

The San Juan Coun­ty Con­ser­va­tion Land Bank shares news about a pub­lic event tak­ing place next Sat­ur­day, July 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. There’s more to the west side of San Juan Island than orcas. Dr. Eri­ka Iyen­gar of Muh­len­berg Col­lege, and long-time researcher at Fri­day Har­bor Lab­o­ra­to­ries, returns to lead an explo­ration  Con­tin­ue Reading

Tran­si­tion San Juan Island’s Waste Reduc­tion group shares today’s habit shift inspi­ra­tion from the glob­al Plas­tic Free July cam­paign. Avoid Fruit & Veg­gies Wrapped in Plas­tic Seek out and choose fruit and veg­eta­bles sold loose and not plas­tic-wrapped or pre-pack­­aged. Bring light­weight reusable bags for hold­ing your items in instead of the plas­tic ones provided.

The San Juan Islands Art Muse­um shares a detailed look at one of their cur­rent exhi­bi­tions. With a grow­ing human­i­tar­i­an dis­as­ter tak­ing shape in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s return to pow­er, James Longley’s time­ly exhi­bi­tion at the San Juan Islands Muse­um of Art focus­es on every­day life in Kabul’s old city. On  Con­tin­ue Reading