San Juan Island teenag­er Alli­son Lar­son — who has been bat­tling severe health issues for near­ly two years — is prepar­ing for the next stage of a jour­ney toward recov­ery that her fam­i­ly hopes will allow her to live a full, active life. To get there, the fam­i­ly is ask­ing for help from the com­mu­ni­ty.  Con­tin­ue Reading

From May 11 — Walk­ing (and run­ning) off the mid-morn­ing arrival from Ana­cortes on the Sat­ur­day of Memo­r­i­al Day weekend.

The Town of Fri­day Har­bor shares some advice about pre­vent­ing frozen water pipes dur­ing this week’s extend­ed cold stretch. With con­sis­tent­ly freez­ing tem­per­a­tures fore­cast­ed this week, the Town is remind­ing res­i­dents and busi­ness own­ers to take steps to pre­vent frozen water pipes. Fol­low­ing these sim­ple tips can pro­tect plumb­ing and pre­vent cost­ly repairs and high­er  Con­tin­ue Reading

OPALCO shares an update about about their cap­i­tal cred­it div­i­dend pro­gram. More than $1.1 mil­lion in cap­i­tal cred­it checks are going out to long-time OPALCO mem­bers this month, as they do each year. As an elec­tric coop­er­a­tive, the mar­gin at the end of any giv­en year goes back into the hands of mem­bers. Each year  Con­tin­ue Reading

With snow­fall arriv­ing short­ly, the Town of Fri­day Har­bor sends along a request for help keep­ing side­walks clear. As we look for­ward to the win­try fore­cast through Christ­mas, the Town is ask­ing res­i­dents and busi­ness own­ers to be vig­i­lant with snow and ice removal on side­walks this hol­i­day week. The Fri­day Har­bor Munic­i­pal Code states that it  Con­tin­ue Reading

From May 11 — A warm evening near the Roy­al Marine Ceme­tery at Eng­lish Camp.

The Ani­mal Pro­tec­tion Soci­ety of Fri­day Har­bor shares a look at the adopt­able ani­mal of the week — Jay, a tbree-month-old dachs­hund-chi­huahua mix. Peo­ple have called me “Tiny Tim”, “a lit­tle bat”, “Yoda-look-alike” — and all of those are cute, but you can just call me Jay. I’m the small­est of the small pup­py lit­ter  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Friends of Lime Kiln Soci­ety are host­ing a hol­i­day cel­e­bra­tion at the Lime Kiln Point State Park on Sun­day, Dec. 18 from 1–4 p.m. The event includes pho­tos with San­ta, light­house tours, an ugly sweater con­test, fire­side refresh­ments and s’mores, and a silent auction.

From June 11 — Sun­set over the Port of Fri­day Harbor.

The orga­niz­ers of the Fri­day Har­bor Film Fes­ti­val share a sto­ry about a recent screen­ing par­ty they host­ed for the island’s high school bas­ket­ball teams. Fri­day Har­bor High School’s var­si­ty and junior var­si­ty bas­ket­ball teams met up at the Grange on Sun­day, Dec. 11 to watch a spe­cial screen­ing of the film Alaskan Nets, pre­sent­ed by  Con­tin­ue Reading

The Cen­ter for Whale Research shares unfor­tu­nate news about the pass­ing of its founder. With pro­found sad­ness, the Cen­ter for Whale Research announces the pass­ing of our beloved founder and long­time leader Ken­neth C. Bal­comb. Ken’s fam­i­ly and loved ones sur­round­ed him in his final hours on Dec. 15. He was 82 years old. Ken was  Con­tin­ue Reading

APS-FH shares some kind words about their vol­un­teers of the year for 2022. The Ani­mal Pro­tec­tion Society—Friday Har­bor is pleased to announce Jon and Kris Zer­by as its vol­un­teers of the year for 2022. Jon served as an APS board mem­ber from 2016 to 2022, but this hus­band-wife duo have been vol­un­teer­ing for APS-FH for many years  Con­tin­ue Reading