This morning, voters woke up to heavy rain and dark skies.
In the race for San Juan County Council District 1, Bill Watson took the lead against incumbent Bob Jarman. Watson…
I met Sgt. Gil Frazier during the war in Afghanistan. I was an embedded journalist and he was a Marine….
By Danna Diaz
Long-time islander Sam Buck, Sr. passed away on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016.
The fourth annual Friday Harbor Film Festival on Nov. 4–6, featured line-up of documentary films, as well as many special…
Mary Ann Ragsdale of San Juan Island, born November 1, 1945 in Quincy, Massachusetts, died October 18, 2016 at St Joseph’s hospital in Bellingham surrounded by her family. She was in no pain.
Mary Ann Ragsdale of San Juan Island, born November 1, 1945 in Quincy, Massachusetts
The Washington Newspaper Publishers Association announced its winners for the 2016 Washington Better Newspaper Contest in Wenatchee, Washington. The Islands’ Sounder and Journal of the San Juans took home 44 awards including general excellence. This year, the entries were judged by the New York Press Association.
Amy Bienvenu loves her job, especially since it helps her to be a role model for her 7-year-old daughter.
After several severe storm warnings and the canceling of many community events, the final numbers show gusts reached 70 miles per hour on the coast and 40 in the interior of Western Washington. Friday Harbor experienced wind gusts up to 43 mph on Friday, and 41 mph on Saturday. As for the severe weather warning, most islanders are asking, “Where did the storm go?”
The human spirit yearns to forgo the inevitable: the closing of books, the shutting of doors and that bitter dying of the light. Eternal darkness or even the afterlife can fill us with dread, so when one individual steps up and lights an orange torch in a landscape of black, we, too, take heart.
Submitted by Susan Berta and Howard Garrett
