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The San Juan Islands Wooden Boat Society hosts its third annual Yellow Island Wooden Boat Race

Life

Wooden boats? Yellow Island? Race is on

All sailboats made of wood are welcome to compete, as the Wooden Boat Society of the San Juan…

Barbara Dann: 1921-2014

News

Barbara Edith (Stanford) Dann: 1921-2014 | Passages

When they retired to San Juan Island, Bob and Barbara immediately started an international folk dance group and…

Gerry Lawlor

Opinion

Of telecommunications, OPALCO and our future | Guest Column

Where do we go from here if we want to strike a balance between economic prosperity and environmental…

Letters to the Editor

Distracted joggers? Sounds like driver is to blame | Letters

Your grammar is atrocious and your syntax is terribly confused... I can’t help but picture you in a…

Oliver Thomas Greenwood

News

Birth: Oliver Thomas Greenwood

Born May 7 at Seattle's Swedish Hospital, Oliver is the son of Donald and Samantha Greenwood and shares…

IMA’s Charlie Bodenstab and Peg Gerlock display the local art foundation’s Community Leadership Award

News

SJI Islands Museum of Art support draws honors

IMA earns state ‘Leadership Award’ for ongoing support of art programs in SJ’s public schools. The Museum of…

Life

Tooth Mobile returns to Friday Harbor this Friday & Saturday

Dental care will be available and provided to those unable to afford it when the Tooth Mobile returns…

Obituaries

Mary Lynn Oettinger

Mary Lynn Jackson Oettinger September 15, 1954 — May 12, 2014 Mary Lynn Jackson Oettinger, age 59, of…

Shakespeare’s classic tragedy

Life

Lessons of ‘King Lear’ illuminated on screen, in HD

Lear, an aged king, divides his kingdom between his three daughters according to which is most eloquent in…

F. Milene Henley

Opinion

How are we doing? Better than before (knock on wood) | Guest Column

Each year for the past three I have expressed concern, based on first-quarter sales tax receipts, about the…

Letters to the Editor

OPALCO leaves no room for dissent… What’s up with that? | Letters

Two competent and knowledgeable people have resigned from the board recently and a third person was discouraged from…

Ronnie Hanson slaps a single against Lynden Christian at home

Sports

Wolverines prepare for post-season play

Quest begins for berth at state for baseball, softball, tennis, golf, track and field and soccer for Friday…

Bruce Gregory in the driver’s seat of a tractor at Mitchell Bay Farms.

Opinion

From the other side of the fence | Guest Column

All the lands in agriculture and forest have a profound role to play in filtering rainwater and seasonal…