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The long-awaited 50th annual Shaw Island Classic yacht race finally took place Saturday, August 6. Photo by Jim Corenman ARTICLE and PHOTOS
Slideshow of the 2022 Rick Campbell Memorial Hot Rod Show Saturday, Aug. 6 at Lugnuts (CarQuest) in Friday Harbor is posted. SLIDESHOW. Matt Pranger photos
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Quack Quack the Fair is Back
PRESS RELEASE: San Juan County Fair is back in person for the first time since the...READ MORE
Joint statement from San Juan County Council and Land Bank
SAN JUAN COUNTY, WA. August 5, 2022 – San Juan County Council and the San Juan County...READ MORE
Tide Bites: Celebrating 2 Friday Harbor Labs staff teams
If you haven’t spent time at FHL you may not realize that it is a miniature...READ MORE
Aug. 2 San Juan County Council meeting: Public hearing on Annual Docket Process and Requests, Increased road levy resolution, Tourism plan,
San Juan County Council holds a regular meeting from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, August...READ MORE
Horoscope By Triana J. Elan August 1 - 7, 2022 Saturn in Aquarius Squares Uranus in Taurus (Again!); Mars in Taurus…
Let’s go back to the beginning of 2020…remember? 2020 was a rough year and it was...READ MORE
August 1: Vaccine clinic reservations open at 10 a.m; 1,866 COVID cases in San Juan County since beginning of pandemic, vaccination info
As of July 31, 2022 according to the San Juan County Health and Community Services COVID...READ MORE
Jamin Roy Franklin June 8, 1985 - July 13, 2022
Jamin Roy Franklin passed away July 13, 2022 after a seven month battle with cancer. He...READ MORE
Off-island low-income youth enjoy camping at local Troop Camp Bogardus
Last year the Troop 90 Trust, a 501c3, which owns and operates a 15 acre Scout...READ MORE
Deputy injured when arresting disorderly person on inter island ferry
A San Juan Island deputy was injured during an arrest of a disorderly subject on the...READ MORE
An Interview with Carol Breeden, a resident of Village at the Harbor
Carol Breeden has never been afraid of an adventure or hard work; these were the first...READ MORE
Health News
1,811 COVID cases in San Juan County since beginning of pandemic, vaccination info
As of July 15, 2022 according to the San Juan County Health and Community Services COVID...READ MORE
Regional, state and national news items
People
Submit your salmon poetry by Sept. 18
Rena Priest, Washington State Poet Laureate, was just awarded a fellowship from the Academy of American Poets...READ MORE
Aug. 5: First of 4 Summer Art Festivals on Friday in Friday Harbor
The San Juan Summer Arts Festival, hosted by the San Juan County Arts Council, begins today...READ MORE
August 13: San Juan Island Pride invites the community to its inaugural Pride Festival
San Juan Island Pride Foundation, an organization dedicated to fostering community across LGBTQIA+ and intersecting identities...READ MORE
Art You Can Touch! at San Juan Islands Museum of Art
Artists have a history of making us think about the world around us and LATTICE II...READ MORE
Off-island low-income youth enjoy camping at local Troop Camp Bogardus
Last year the Troop 90 Trust, a 501c3, which owns and operates a 15 acre Scout...READ MORE
An Interview with Carol Breeden, a resident of Village at the Harbor
Carol Breeden has never been afraid of an adventure or hard work; these were the first...READ MORE
Waldron Island author finishes her late mother's book
Susan Thistle, a resident of Waldron Island, recently finished a book for her mother, internationally bestselling...READ MORE
Crisis Response dog Jet working with San Juan Island Fire and Sheriff's Office
Jet, a nationally certified Crisis Response Canine and his handler Cynthia Parkin will be working with...READ MORE
Chamber of Commerce's Friday Harbor Fire Fund ready to be dispersed
San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce Friday Harbor Fire Fund is so grateful for the generosity...READ MORE
Epic in scope and intimate in detail "Looking into Kabul" at San Juan Islands Museum of Art
With a growing humanitarian disaster taking shape in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s return...READ MORE
San Juan EMS welcomes new paramedic
Congratulations to Margaret Longley graduated from Seattle Medic One Paramedic Training Program July 9 and will...READ MORE
San Juan Island Community Foundation awards $57K in grants to 7 nonprofits, names new board member
It was a busy spring at the San Juan Island Community Foundation. In addition to awarding...READ MORE
Arctic Raven's summer exhibition “Watawidi” opens July 9 in Friday Harbor
The summer exhibition, “Watawidi” opens Saturday on July 9 at Arctic Raven Gallery here in Friday Harbor...READ MORE
Friday Harbor APS Volunteer of the Month: Fiona Curliss
Fiona Curliss was named the Animal Protection Society - Friday Harbor (APS-FH) Volunteer of the Month...READ MORE
Independence Day on Lopez Island
What more fitting a topic for an Independence Day parade than a person's right to control...READ MORE
Friday Harbor House welcomes Reid Johnson as general manager
Friday Harbor House, a boutique, 24-room inn perched on a bluff above the marina, has announced...READ MORE
Orcas Island's Joie Zier competing on UW crew at Henley Regatta
Racing at the 2022 Henley Royal Regatta takes place from June 28 to July 3, 2022. UW...READ MORE
June 2022: The Funhouse Story of the Month
Funhouse Commons: On a sunny Sunday in May mentors and mentees from around the county came together...READ MORE
R2AK Update June 22: Friday Harbor's Elsewhere finishes 2nd, wins the steak knives
TRACK the PROGRESS. Wednesday, June 22, 2022: From the R2AK website: Team Elsewhere wins the steak knives...READ MORE
Friday Harbor APS “Volunteer of the Month” June 2022: Chelsea Alexander
Chelsea Alexander is the The Animal Protection Society - Friday Harbor (APS-FH) Volunteer of the Month...READ MORE
2022 Election
When a wrong number goes right
In a fortunate set of circumstances today (August 7), Sgt. Herb Crowe of Orcas Island, was...READ MORE
'Guitar man' hired as construction worker
Friday Harbor may be a bit calmer this weekend. Maxwell Gillette, AKA Guitar Man, is spending...READ MORE
Sheriff's Log San Juan Islands July 20 - 26, 2022: Trespasser armed with knife threatens deputy, truck crash, Public works tree cutter angers Lopezian…
San Juan County Deputies responded to 277 calls from July 20-26, 2022 including: A San Juan...READ MORE
Orcas Island semi truck crash due to brake failure
Daniel Ramirez and Julius Escalona delivered some drywall on Buck Mountain Road Saturday, July 23, 2022...READ MORE
San Juan Islands Sheriffs Log July 13-20: Assault, collision, vehicle prowl, damaged mailboxes...
San Juan County Deputies responded to 201 calls from July 13-19, 2022 including: An Orcas Deputy, along...READ MORE
San Juan Island Sheriff's Log July 7-13: Fraud, disorderly conduct, chopping wood, missing camper, vandalism...
San Juan County Deputies responded to 203 calls from July 7-13, 2022 including: A concerned Lopez citizen...READ MORE
Sheriff's Log San Juan Islands June 29-July 6: Fake contest flyers, BUI, illegally moored boats, missing person, flare or dynamite...
San Juan County Deputies responded to 243 calls from June 29-July 7, 2022 including: Deputies on...READ MORE
San Juan Islands Sheriff's Log June 22-28, 2022: Many mental health calls, abandoned child, stolen field and brush mower, lost items
San Juan County Deputies responded to 177 calls from June 15-21, 2022 including: A San Juan Island...READ MORE
Bail set at $25k for Friday Harbor man accused of rape 2nd degree of a minor
Jason Aldous moved to San Juan Island with his wife and two children six years ago...READ MORE
June 27: Arraignment for sexual exploitation of a minor case in San Juan County Superior Court
Islanders irate about the case erected protest signs June 21, 2022 on the Courthouse lawn. A probable...READ MORE
July 2-4: Operation Dry Water - federal, state and local patrols
San Juan County Sheriff Office will be participating in Operation Dry Water, a national awareness and...READ MORE
San Juan Islands Sheriff's Log June 8-14: Flagger assaulted, car stolen, expensive boat equipment stolen, citizen upset by COVID test,
San Juan County Deputies responded to 195 calls from June 8-14, 2022 including: A Deputy on...READ MORE
Letters to the Editor
Real Estate in the San Juan Islands
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Real Estate Update by Merri Ann Simonson: Median prices
In the prior 12 months for both April 30, 2021 and April 30, 2022, 39 properties were sold on Lopez Island. The median price…Read more...
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Real Estate Updates by Merri Ann Simonson: How will interest rate changes affect my qualification
Below is a Question and Answer Snap Shot from the Simonson and Zambrovitz Team for an inquiry that one of their clients had. They…Read more...