Despite the power outage earlier in the day, Island Stage Left’s final performance of A Christmas Carol will still take place tonight at the San Juan County Fairgrounds at 6:30 p.m. If the power goes out again, the organizers say that they’ll use a generator instead. And if the generator quits, they have lanterns at  Continue Reading

From Feb. 28 — Reflections in the rain on a bench outside Peace Island Medical Center.

Around 8:30 a.m., San Juan County experienced its second major power outage in less than 48 hours. According to OPALCO, the co-op’s mainland feeder has been affected, which means that all co-op customers in the islands are currently without power. “With mainland events, response time is slower than if it was a local event,” OPALCO  Continue Reading

The San Juan Island School District shares good news about the Eco-Club at Friday Harbor High School. Friday Harbor High School has been named one of 300 finalists in the 13th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition. Solve for Tomorrow is a national competition that challenges U.S. public school students in grades 6-12 to explore  Continue Reading

From Sept. 6 — Directing traffic on the interisland during Labor Day weekend.

The organizers of the County Fair send along a request for help for the 2023 edition of the Fair. San Juan County Parks and Fair staff are already planning for the 2023 Fair. It is with great excitement that San Juan County announces the theme — Dancing with the Steers, a play on the TV  Continue Reading

Update, 7:25 p.m. — Puget Sound Energy has identified the source of the outage. Power restoration is not expected to start for at least three hours, but possibly longer. According to OPALCO, Bonneville Power Administration and Puget Sound Energy crews on the mainland are investigating the source of the power outage affecting all of San  Continue Reading

From March 7 — Evening along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Island Stage Left shares news about the second production in their holiday series. The most delightfully cold-hearted, cynical, greedy, mean old man in English literature gets his comeuppance in Friday Harbor on Dec. 23 and 24, when Island Stage Left presents Broadway actor Allen Fitzpatrick’s one-man version of A Christmas Carol at 3 p.m. and  Continue Reading

Island Rec’s seventh annual Resolution Run 5k run/walk kicks off another new year in 2023, starting at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1 at Jackson Beach. The route starts and ends at Jackson’s so that participants can take an optional polar dip in the Salish Sea at the end of their run. Snacks will be  Continue Reading

From July 4 — A very big dog in a very small car at the Fourth of July parade.

OPALCO shares news about their board nomination process for 2023. Nominations for OPALCO board candidates are now open. There are two positions open — one in District 1 (San Juan, Brown, Henry, Pearl and Spieden islands) and one in District 2 (Orcas, Armitage, Blakely, Obstruction, Big Double, Little Double and Fawn islands). Applications are due  Continue Reading