Announcing a new monthly series on the San Juan Update. We are teaming up with the San Juan Historical Museum to bring you a short article with a new subject each month… Here’s the first in a monthly series of archival photographs from the San Juan Historical Museum. Each image will feature a subject chosen  Continue Reading

Here’s a note from Jan Murphy about her upcoming workshop at Wild at Heart Studios… I like to ask workshop attendees who they would most like to take a creative art workshop from. So many of you have told me you’d LOVE to see a Sas Colby workshop that I knew I had to contact  Continue Reading

Soroptimists International of Friday Harbor started off their fiscal year by providing $5,000 in additional funding to two vital community organizations. The club gave 2,500 each to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services of San Juan County (DVSAS) and the Family Resource Center in Friday Harbor. These funds are in addition to annual grants Soroptimists provide to these two organizations,  Continue Reading

Have you seen that new building going in on the east side of the Airport (inside the fence) near the bakery and wondered what it is? Well wonder no more – it is the Airport’s new Pilot Welcome Center. The building will include new restrooms, airport and flight information for pilots as well as information  Continue Reading

Please join me in celebrating my 20th birthday and contributing to a good cause… I’m having a potluck/community gathering at the Grange Hall on Sunday, Sept 8, 2013. However, this isn’t your typical birthday party, but a way for me to celebrate one of my dear friends, and coworker, Don Adams. I’ve worked with Don  Continue Reading

Islander and Yale graduate Beau Borrero is offering a 5-week SAT prep course for all island High School Seniors and interested Juniors, beginning Tuesday, September 3rd and leading up to the October 5th test date. Beau has been teaching SAT prep independently and with the Princeton Review for over 15 years. Beau’s students’ scores improve  Continue Reading

Have you tried surfing or ever wished you could? Here is your opportunity to surf vicariously in Hawaii, on the Gulf Coast, in Ireland and Rapu Nui. Come out Tuesday, September 3 at 7 pm to view Step Into Liquid, the weekly documentary offering from the Friday Harbor Film Festival at the FHFF office (10  Continue Reading

You may remember Jordyn from several months ago when he was featured as Pet of the Week. Sadly, this poor guy is still waiting for his own home and we thought we would re-introduce him. Jordyn is a complex fellow….very sociable when he’s in the mood for companionship, but a bit of a loner the  Continue Reading

The Port of Friday Harbor and San Juan Island Fire Rescue have determined that the recent fire at 10 Front Street was not an intentionally set fire. A team of investigators determined that the cause was an electrical problem within a wall near the kitchen area. The Fire Department reports that there were no injuries.  Continue Reading

San Juan County is re-launching its popular Transportation Voucher Program in September and will be operating through June of 2015. While the first round of the Transportation Voucher Program closed this past June, the program is now accepting applications again. The first phase of the county wide Transportation Voucher Program saw significant use by its  Continue Reading

Got this email from Melisa Pinnow to share with you… Hi there, I hope you are enjoying the summer and I have some exciting orca news for you! A female L pod calf called L119, who was born last year and has survived, will now receive a name. My suggested name, Joy, is in the  Continue Reading

Florence was surrounded by family and friends when she lost her courageous battle with pneumonia at the Life Care Center of the San Juan’s. Betty, as her friends and family called her, was a 23 year resident of Friday Harbor, Washington. Services will be held Saturday, September 7th at Friday Harbor Presbyterian Church at 10:30  Continue Reading

Harlan Dean Anderson, age 64, peacefully passed away at the Life Care Center in Friday Harbor on August 27th, 2013, after a fifteen year battle with Parkinson’s disease. On April 17th, 1949 in Hawley, Minnesota, Harlan was born to Russell and Lila Anderson. Harlan finished high school and moved to Florida to attend business school.  Continue Reading

Thanks Islanders Bank! “On behalf of the students and staff in the San Juan Island School District, San Juan Island School District would like to express our thanks for Islander’s Bank’s annual Stuff-the-Bus School Supply Drive. It was a joy to work with Bank Officer Michele Morton to pack up the three overflowing bins of  Continue Reading

The San Juan County Arts Council (SJCAC) is sponsoring a workshop “Photographing Your Art” on September 28, taught by professional photographer, Mark Gardner. The workshop will be from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm on Orcas Island at the Orcas Island Library. Fee is $50 for the full day workshop. The objective of the workshop is  Continue Reading

The Lummi Tribe of Northwest Washington has reached out to Islanders asking for our engagement and support in honoring their treaty rights and preserving the final resting place of their ancestors at Xwe’che’eXen, known as Cherry Point. You are invited to a gathering to learn from Lummi leaders about this place and to hear their  Continue Reading