It’s a funny thing about islands. They tend to stay put. The trees stay put, too—quiet, hardworking citizens who ask for ...

San Juan Island Fire & Rescue hopes a new fee structure governing fire alarms will reduce the number of false alarms they respond to each year. Effective Nov. 1, alarm system users with multiple false ...

Friday Harbor Middle School’s eighth-grade AVID class hosted San Juan County Sheriff Eric Peter for an in-depth, student-led ...

After an extraordinary four days of documentary storytelling, inspiration and connection, the 2026 Friday Harbor Film ...

A Form 990 can show how a nonprofit is governed, what it accomplishes, and how it uses its resources. This workshop is geared toward donors, board members, and organizational leaders who want to ...

At the San Juan County Council work session on Oct. 26, Ryan Page, the county’s Affordable Housing coordinator, presented the ...

Kwiaht’s discovery of a rare, probably endangered mushroom-eating native slug underscores the fact that the invertebrate fauna of the islands, from slugs and snails to bees and bugs, is still poorly ...

Submitted by San Juan County. During last week’s meeting, the San Juan County Council reviewed the conditions of the County’s marine facilities and the extensive repairs and maintenance they require.

Submitted by the San Juan Community Home Trust. Lee’s Landing now has the County’s full support. In a unanimous vote on Monday, the San Juan County Council committed an additional $3,709,596 from the ...

We’ve had a gloriously outstanding early fall. All the reds: rose hips, hawthorn and madrona berries have been stunning this year. Driving by hedgerows festooned with snowberries and rose hips, ...

As of 8:20 p.m. Nov. 3, Heather Lee was in the lead in the Auditor’s race, Jennifer Swanson for the County Council District 3 position, and Ron Krebs is set to become the next sheriff. The next update ...