From Nov. 1 — A qui­et autumn morn­ing at Dream Lake.

San Juan Island Library invites fam­i­lies with tod­dlers, preschool­ers, and oth­er young kids who might not make it to mid­night to take part in Noon Year’s Eve. This day­time event starts at the Mullis Cen­ter — 589 Nash St. — at 11 a.m. on Sat­ur­day, Dec. 31 with themed crafts, activ­i­ties, and games. Atten­dees will  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Coun­ty sends along news about this year’s dog licens­ing pro­gram. The San Juan Coun­ty Auditor’s office is ready for the 2023 dog licens­ing sea­son. Each year, the depart­ment has the plea­sure of rec­og­niz­ing a celebri­ty dog and issu­ing them the first dog tag. Com­pe­ti­tion in 2023 was steep and just one Celebri­ty Dog could  Con­tin­ue Reading

From April 22 — Up and over the closed gate on the way to Fourth of July Beach.

OPALCO shares details about the main­land pow­er deliv­ery issues that caused the all-coun­­ty pow­er out­age on Christ­mas Eve. At 8:30 a.m. on Sat­ur­day, Dec. 24, all of San Juan Coun­ty lost pow­er again – only a day after after expe­ri­enc­ing anoth­er coun­­ty-wide out­age. An OPALCO engi­neer hap­pened to be dri­ving through Ana­cortes and saw a flash  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Fri­day Har­bor Food Bank is back to its reg­u­lar hours this week — 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednes­day, noon to 2 p.m. on Thurs­day for online order pick-up, and New Year’s Eve Sat­ur­day from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

From Oct. 13 — Foot­steps at high tide at Eagle Cove.

OPALCO sends along news about the cause of the first of two coun­­ty-wide out­ages from last week. Just before 5 p.m. on Thurs­day, Dec. 22, as tem­per­a­tures dipped into the low 20s, a main­land elec­tri­cal feed­er serv­ing San Juan Coun­ty lost pow­er. Short­ly after the pow­er went out, the Bon­neville Pow­er Admin­is­tra­tion team helped iden­ti­fy the  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Town of Fri­day Har­bor sends along a request for help with its con­tin­u­ing fight against water leaks. The Town is con­tin­u­ing to lose ground with our water sup­ply. We are ask­ing those on Town water to please check for water leaks. At this point leaks most like­ly will be some­where in your home or busi­ness  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Coun­ty shares news about the newest addi­tion to its emer­gency response capa­bil­i­ties. San Juan Coun­ty is pleased to announce that cell phone users in the coun­ty can now send text mes­sages to 911 in an emer­gency. This new fea­ture increas­es acces­si­bil­i­ty to emer­gency ser­vices and helps San Juan County’s emer­gency response teams quick­ly and  Con­tin­ue Reading

From Aug. 19 — High above the San Juan Coun­ty Fair.

The Ani­mal Pro­tec­tion Soci­ety of Fri­day Har­bor shares a look at the adopt­able ani­mals of the week — Eure­ka and Stan­ford, two year-and-a-half-old domes­tic short­hairs. Hiya guys, the names are Eure­ka and Stan­ford. We’re broth­ers — lit­ter-mates actu­al­ly. We’ve been togeth­er since birth, came to the shel­ter togeth­er, and togeth­er is how we plan on  Con­tin­ue Reading