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“We are thrilled to share that the Friday Harbor Film Festival has received a meaningful award from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2025, recognizing the hard work and passion that goes into ...

Weighing less than a nickel, a shrew can eat seven pounds of slugs and insects in a year!

Submitted by the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization that encourages informed participation in government. The Observer Corps attends and takes notes at government meetings to expand ...

The EDC’s mission: The San Juan County Economic Development Council strives to support small rural enterprises, and conduct ...

Our wildfire risk in the islands is significantly less than Southern California, Maui, Eastern Washington and many other places that have experienced major fires in recent years. Even during summer, ...

The SJCPH 1 commissioners’ next regular meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m.. Documents for the meeting can be found on our website at Meetings 2025 as they become available.

The bittersweet New Year’s Day visit to central Puget Sound by J and K pods revealed both a new, apparently healthy calf had ...

Washington state is chronically underfunding education, despite a lawsuit and mandate that the Legislature increase education ...

The nation will celebrate Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 20, in honor of the civil rights leader. The holiday is one of two that includes a National Day of Service.

The islands have experienced big changes since the Island Grown in the San Juans program was first created in 2007. Our ...