Just a reminder for everyone to come out and enjoy the San Juan Island Artists’ Studio Tour this weekend, June 1-2, from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. 15 studios, 41 artists! Maps can be found at any studio and various places in town including Island Studios and the Chamber of Commerce.

Cynthia asked me to share this with you so here it is… Looking for some summer help – June – September at my Red Checkered Picnics kiosk out at Limekiln Point State Park. The perfect person would: Enjoy good food and love to sell it! Enjoy people – especially talking with tourists Enjoy whales and  Continue Reading

Jim Maya sent this note over to share with you: We spent Wednesday afternoon watching some lovely Transient Orcas in Swanson Channel BC, our first Orca sightings since Saturday. We have been relying on Humpbacks for whale watching, which is a new development. There seems to be a trend of resident Humpbacks developing in our  Continue Reading

Minnie Knych says Sue and Bill with the Legion could use your help for the Legion’s Parade Float. Here she is with more: Planning and Preparation for the 4th of July Parade Begins Now Sue Carnes and Bill Ray are preparing a 4th of July float to represent Post 163 in the 4th of July  Continue Reading

Do you love football or cheerleading? Do you want to have fun and learn the basics of this American fall sport? Come signup and join the Friday Harbor Tigers football team or cheer squad! Our programs will include Flag (7-8 y.o.), Freshman (9-10 y.o.), Junior (11-12 y.o.) and Senior (13-14 y.o.) football teams and a  Continue Reading

Jenny Wilson from the High School sends over this request for volunteers: The Community Service-Learning Projects class at Friday Harbor High School is a chance for juniors to explore their passions and strengths by designing a project with a community partner that addresses a need in the community. By designing and completing a meaningful project  Continue Reading

A note from San Juan Soccer president Travis Ayers: Dear Fellow Procrastinators; A big thank you to everyone who has already signed up for soccer.  For those turning and running the other way on Spring St. when they see me, no hard feelings! I wish that I could filter these messages for only those who  Continue Reading

Clark Gilbert has just completed his segment of the MS Run the US event, in which he ran 171 miles from Vernal, Utah to Steamboat Springs Colorado over the last 7 days. Here’s a quick message from Clark: “After 171 miles, countless sagebrush, bright blue skies and 7 days of amazement I am done with  Continue Reading

Thank you to all who came and enjoyed the homemade pie, music and a spectacular sunset Wednesday night, May 22, at San Juan County Park’s 2nd Annual Brann Cabin Bake-Off. The Parks department would like to give a special “thank you” to Mike Cohen for sharing his musical talent and Gretchen Allison, previous owner of  Continue Reading

Saw these little guys on the side of False Bay Road today when we were showing some off-island friends around and just had to stop and snap some pics. There were 3 of them, with no mother around that we could see. The 3rd one was on the other side of the road, and they  Continue Reading

Division champs, a top 10 world-ranked quartet and San Juan Island’s own barbershop masters bring sweet harmonies to San Juan Community Theatre on Sunday, June 2 at 2:00 p.m. Celebrating its 15th year in Friday Harbor, Barbershop Bonanza has grown into a popular Sunday afternoon medley of contemporary and old-time favorites honoring this uniquely American  Continue Reading

Hey Teens! Island Rec is offering some awesome opportunities for fun in the sun this summer! Sign up for “REC X” programs to build lifelong leisure & recreation skills: Kayaking Bicycle Touring Geocaching Archery Tennis and more! Creative, artistic types should check out the new beading class and skateboard building workshops being offered this year.  Continue Reading

Bob Stavers shot this beautiful photo last Saturday evening of a rainbow over the strait just off of Eagle Cove. Thanks Bob!

Clean up of the collapsed I-5 bridge over the Skagit is about 2/3 done and parts & materials for the new temporary span began arriving on site on Tuesday. WSDOT has a nice webpage with routine updates which you can see here. Be sure to click the link with photos.

Are you a family and/or business who enjoys the annual fireworks? Please show your support this year! You might not know that your Chamber of Commerce is responsible for raising the money each year to pay for the Friday Harbor 4th of July Fireworks. As you can imagine, the chamber doesn’t have anywhere near the budget to cover  Continue Reading

Island Arts League is pleased to offer a wonderful drawing class with the gifted instructor and talented artist, Taylor Bruce. Suitable for beginners and intermediate artists.  Eight classes total, sign up early… limited to eight students to high level of personalized instruction.  Mondays, June 3 to July 22. For more class information contact Education Director Dave  Continue Reading