Hui Wa’a Puget Sound North (also known as the San Juan Canoe & Kayak Club) shares an update on what the club has been up to for the past few years and what they have in store for the 2022 paddling season. Back in 2003, Olympic kayaker David Halpern started a kayak and outrigger canoe  Continue Reading

San Juan County Public Hospital District shares the following update on its Community Paramedicine program. 2021 was a landmark year for Community Paramedicine and Outreach at San Juan Island EMS. The most significant change was hiring a new Community Paramedicine and Outreach EMT, Ryder Cuddington, to assist Director Lainey Volk. Community Paramedicine is funded through  Continue Reading

I’m writing to express my support for ranked choice voting being on the ballot for San Juan County voters to vote on this November, along with the other three charter amendments put forward by the Charter Review Commission. While I support ranked choice voting as a concept, I’m not writing to make an argument for  Continue Reading

There has been much discussion about tourism, overpopulation, exhaustion or abuse of natural resources in the San Juan Islands ranging from anguish at environmental degradation and changes imposed by crowding, noise, and destruction of community on the one hand, and anger expressed toward perceived causes such as new people, always excepting ourselves, on the other.  Continue Reading

The San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild shares a detailed look at grants they are making available to farmers for the 2022 season through their FARM Fund Committee. The San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild and FARM Fund partners are excited to announce $50,000 in grants available to farmers for the 2022 season. 2022 FARM Fund grants  Continue Reading

Heather Christensen sends along an update about the progress being made at the new Friday Harbor Family Clinic, scheduled to open in late April at 235 Blair Ave. Things are progressing well with both the physical setting up of the office and the electronic administrative nuts and bolts needed to operate the clinic as a  Continue Reading

The Center for Whale Research shares some positive news from the Southern Resident orca J pod. On March 1, we welcomed the meteorological first day of spring and a new calf in J pod. We received word that J pod was nearby (off Landbank, San Juan Island), and there was possibly a new addition to  Continue Reading

The members of the San Juan County Housing Advisory Committee send along the following update on the status of the County’s Home Fund. A local program, the San Juan County Home Fund, is playing a significant role in addressing the County’s severe shortage of affordable housing. In 2018, voters approved a 0.5% real estate excise  Continue Reading

Freezer Burned is an ongoing series for the San Juan Update, written by Steve Ulvi. Read the previous story in this series. A Walkabout Begins Sonny Johns was spent. Leg-weary, ready to call it a day. A damned important day, the first of many unpredictable experiences.  A story as old as human time; an energetic  Continue Reading

San Juan Community Theatre shares the following update regarding vaccination and masking requirements for future performances. In response to the Governor’s announcement on Feb. 17 providing anticipated ending dates of vaccination and masking requirements, San Juan Community Theatre’s (SJCT) Board of Trustees voted on Feb. 23 to update the organization’s COVID policies. Beginning March 7,  Continue Reading