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Earth Box is out of this world; thanks for donation | Letters

Andrea loved her stay at Earth Box, and once again I am grateful for the generosity that abounds…

Life

Hey, marine naturalist? Unwind at Whale Museum end of season ‘Gear Down’ workshop

The program includes a presentation about sea otters a talk about effects of human exposure on anti-predatory responses…

Islanders wanting a connection to the internet wait for San Juan Island Library to open it doors Thursday morning. The library has a direct connection to the internet via Orcas Power & Light Cooperative's fiber-optic feed.

News

CenturyLink, OPALCO team up on temporary fix, restore communication lines

Through the use of the local power cooperative's fiber optic network, CenturyLink expects to soon have a temporary…

News

Islanders Bank Service Update

Islanders Bank is open during the county wide outage.

News

Ghatan bests Shildneck, Prop. 1 fails and more | Election 2013

In the race for Town of Friday Harbor council Anna Maria de Freitas ran unopposed for position 3.

Singer

Life

In concert: Corey Harris’ new shade of ‘the blues’

Starting off as a street singer in New Orleans, Corey Harris has gone on to tour, record and…

Business

Local industries under the microscope at EDC ‘Summit’

The summit will explore which industries are doing well, which are likely to grow and what actions can…

Greg Winter

News

Award-winning housing advocate to offer insights at Home Trust annual meeting

Greg Winter led the campaign in support of a “Home Fund levy” dedicated to affordable housing in Bellingham,…

Spring Street International School presents a free reading Pacific Northwest award-winning poet Matt Gano

Life

Poetry reading by Gano, music and more

The poetry reading is sponsored by Spring Street International School, where Gano will teach poetry classes this week…

News

Coincidence or karma? Ferry passengers dazzled by orca whales’ display

About 20 orca whales put on an impressive display as they swam around a Washington state ferry carrying…

Rama Fire

Obituaries

Rama Fire

Rama Fire March 27, 1977 — November 2, 2013 Rama Fire, a former Friday Harbor resident and graduate…

Back row

News

SJ teens encouraged to ‘Dream Big’ at state prevention summit

Six San Juan Island teens came home with new skills and much to think about after attending the…

Mike Loucks

News

FH engineer plots a course for the moon

Owner of Friday Harbor-based Space Exploration Engineering Corporation, Mike Loucks designed and helped implement the trajectory used to…