The Shell refinery in Anacortes is an unloading zone for crude oil, not a shipping point. Islanders for Safe Shipping wants to ensure it stays that way, and has raised concerns over the refinery’s would-be project and capacity to receive crude by rail.
He’s travelled the globe performing, and his stop in San Juan Island is the beginning of a Pacific Northwest tour.
A cancer diagnosis is one that no individual wants to receive, especially when some treatment is accessible only on the mainland, but there’s a network of support across the San Juans to help ease the burden of travel and help get patients to where they need to be.
Although Bixby wasn’t the inspiration to start a bike tour, she propels the trip forward. What started as a dream, sparked by a chance meeting with two brothers making a documentary about off grid living and bicycling across America, turned into a crusade to find homes for rescue dogs.
A fully integrated estate, growing, harvesting and distilling all its lavender oil on site, Pelindaba Lavender Farm cultivates 25,000 lavender plants on 25 acres and distills over 100 gallons of lavender oil each fall.
Town leaders talk about details, goals, benefits, and confront rumors, about Friday Harbor’s branding initiative.
The Big Dipper, the only “pocket yacht” of its kind, is Jeff and Linda Patterson’s pride and joy, their window to the world, so to speak, and a venture in adaptability.
Savor the San Juans, the monthlong carousel of food, farm and art festivities is in full-swing with October’s arrival. Click on this article to find out where—and what— the action is.
Colleen Howe, of Mitchell Bay Farm and Nursery, an organic farm on San Juan Island, began keeping bees 35 years ago for their honey.
Leave No Trace is a national non-profit organization that aims to protect the outdoors by teaching people how to enjoy it responsibly.
San Juan Vineyard grows two white varieties on their estate, Siegerrebe and Madeleine Angevine. They will be trucking in Pinot Gris and Riesling grapes from the Yakima Valley to crush this year.
