Friends of the San Juans share news about their multi-year forage fish research project. If you have ever seen a seabird with small, silvery and slender fish in its mouth, you have seen forage fish — most likely a Pacific sand lance. Essential players in the Salish Sea marine food web, sand lance are key  Continue Reading

SJIMA sends along an update about one of their current exhibitions. Sculpture artist M.J. Anderson will tell you that she sculpts because someone needed to portray the female form differently. See for yourself in Antidote, an exhibition of her work on display now through Dec. 5 at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art. “Everyone  Continue Reading

Island Air Ambulance shares news about two of their San Juan Island-based team members. Last month, Friday Harbor-based Island Air Ambulance was invited to compete in the Simulation Cup Competition at the 2022 Air Medical Transportation Conference in Tampa, Florida. Island Air’s Josh Jensen, Certified Flight Paramedic, and Joe Juntila, Certified Flight Nurse, competed together  Continue Reading

The Film Festival shares good news about the winning films from their on-demand event. Friday Harbor Film Festival’s on-demand festival winners, as well as the student film award winners and runners-up, are available to stream free on the FHFF website now through Wednesday, Nov. 30: Corky is the story of the world’s longest-held captive orca,  Continue Reading

APS-FH shares some kind words about their volunteers of the month. The Animal Protection Society – Friday Harbor is pleased to announce Katlyn and Paxson as the APS-FH Volunteers of the Month for November. Katlyn and Paxson came to volunteer for APS-FH in June of this year. We chose this mom and son duo as  Continue Reading

On Sacred Ground’s Leave No Trace Speaker Series starts tomorrow night at 5 p.m. in the San Juan Island Library Conference Room. Titled Leave No Trace and the Island Marble Butterfly, attendees will learn about the endangered island marble butterfly (Euchloe ausonides insulanus), how it copes with winter storms, and the simple things we can  Continue Reading

The Animal Protection Society of Friday Harbor shares a look at the adoptable animal of the week — Baby Stripey, a ten-year-old domestic long hair and brown tabby who came to San Juan Island from Florida due to the effects of Hurricane Ian. Oh hi there, I’m Baby Stripey! It’s been three-and-a-half weeks since I  Continue Reading

The Library shares a post-election update from their staff and board. The staff and Board of Trustees of the San Juan Island Library District thank the entire community for engaging with the library project plans and voting in this past week’s election. Although the Nov. 8 ballot issue for a $12 million bond to build  Continue Reading

SJCT shares news about audition prep for their upcoming musical. San Juan Community Theatre will hold a free workshop on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 1-2:30 p.m. at the PARC Building, located at 70 Saltspring Drive. Next spring, SJCT will produce Shrek the Musical and will open auditions to the community. If you would like a  Continue Reading

The San Juan County EDC shares news about the next course in their Trades Training Initiative. The Economic Development Council of San Juan County will offer an Introduction to Welding course as part of their Trades Training Initiative. This course is open to participants from San Juan County, ages 18 and over, who plan to  Continue Reading