Pho­to cred­it: John Miller.

Sal­ish Cur­rent sends along this announce­ment about their March 17 pub­lic forum exam­in­ing local jour­nal­ism and its impact on democ­ra­cy. Two nation­al­ly respect­ed jour­nal­ists and Wash­ing­ton state’s attor­ney gen­er­al will speak on the impor­tance of local jour­nal­ism for healthy com­mu­ni­ties and democ­ra­cy in a free online forum. Slat­ed for March 17, the online forum is  Con­tin­ue Reading

Mer­ri Ann Simon­son sends along this month-end real estate mar­ket snap­shot for San Juan Island.

Dr. John Moal­li, Michael Solt­man, and Dun­can Wil­son joined the Board of Direc­tors of the San Juan Island Com­mu­ni­ty Foun­da­tion last month. SJICF shared with the San Juan Update a brief overview of each new board mem­ber’s back­ground and achievements.

Mer­ri Ann Simon­son sends along this year-end real estate mar­ket sum­ma­ry for San Juan Coun­ty and San Juan Island. Anoth­er record-break­ing year for San Juan Coun­ty! It was incred­i­ble for our sell­ers and those buy­ers that were suc­cess­ful in pur­chas­ing prop­er­ty. Not so much for many of our buy­ers that are sit­ting frus­trat­ed on the  Con­tin­ue Reading

Kyle Ater cap­tured this late after­noon dou­ble rain­bow near Jensen’s Marina.

John Miller shares this recent image of Wasp Pas­sage, tak­en via drone from Prim­rose Lane.

It is with great excite­ment that I announce my can­di­da­cy for San Juan Coun­ty Audi­tor. I believe that my edu­ca­tion and expe­ri­ence will make me a great fit for this posi­tion and the Coun­ty. After grad­u­at­ing from North­ern Ari­zona Uni­ver­si­ty with a Bach­e­lor of Sci­ence in Accoun­tan­cy in 2012, I spent five years in pri­vate  Con­tin­ue Reading