Shaw Island News

I want to let you know about a health care service now available to San Juan Island residents.

The Evergreen State docked in Friday Harbor, San Juan Island. Sue Frause photo. Check out these latest Ferry Alerts from the WSF: A 5-6 HOUR WAIT is in effect for vehicle traffic departing from Friday Harbor .

Time and tide wait for no man - " but it's different for goats. When Jan Sanburg's nanny goat, Apple, was in distress delivering her two kids on June 27, the interisland ferry backtracked to Shaw Island and ...

Two vessels operated by WSDOT Ferries Division were diverted from service on their San Juan Islands routes around noon today, June 23, to assist a vessel that ran aground near Shaw Island.

From the fate of the lowly sea cucumber to the disenfranchisement of the next generation from their natural heritage, the San Juan Initiative is hearing it all, but the local-state-federal partnership is in a ...

It's hard to deny that the antics of a California sea lion that showed up recently on San Juan Island are, let's say, amusing.

The San Juan County Fair Board has asked the county to consider an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan that would reclassify the fairgrounds property, allowing additional new activities to occur.

“Man is defined not by what he creates, but by what he chooses not to destroy.”

Bringing 15 different local conservation organizations together in a summit in celebration of Earth Day proved to be beneficial to all. via Tacoma Daily Index

“If consumers have raw milk from Our Lady of the Rock Dairy, they should discard it immediately”

Rubin chooses not to seek Senate seat Port of Anacortes Commissioner Keith Rubin will not run for the State Senate seat held by Harriet Spanel. via Anacortes American

“We don't know what we have and what we can lose”

With their sensitive skin and aquatic habitats, amphibians are some of the first creatures to feel pollution and environment change. via Tacoma Daily Index

The state Department of Agriculture issued a warning Friday that raw milk purchased during the week of April 7 from Our Lady of the Rock monastery on Shaw Island may be contaminated with listeria bacteria. via Anacortes American

“When Friday Harbor Elementary was handed over to me by Dr. Carolyn Haugen four years ago, it had been cared for and loved dearly”

Jody Metzger has resigned as principal of Friday Harbor Elementary School. In a letter to parents dated April 14, Metzger wrote that she had surveyed her "career options, financial picture and social ... via Tacoma Daily Index

“The next time the Border Patrol decides to pull me over for their interrogations, which I truly believe are unconstitutional, I will invoke my Fifth Amendment right because I am not afraid of the Border Patrol”

Top photo, Fred Ellis of Shaw Island says he may decline to give his citizenship as a form of civil disobedience, in protest of citizenship spot checks at the Anacortes ferry landing. via Tacoma Daily Index

The San Juan County Council is accepting applications for volunteer committees and boards that are advisory to the council. via Tacoma Daily Index

“Orcas middle-school teacher Laura Tidwell's students are looking very strong, too. It's going to be a great fair, and everyone is invited to come check it out”

The seventh Annual Funhouse Science Fair will be held Saturday, March 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Funhouse on Orcas Island. via Tacoma Daily Index

“It is a huge mistake. You will be losing one of the two most knowledgeable people on ferries in the Puget Sound area.”

The San Juan County Council voted 4-1 Monday to sack Ferry Advisory Committee Chairman Alex MacLeod. via Tacoma Daily Index

“There's been a lot going on in the ferry world that I have been working hard to keep an eye on and, where needed, offer thoughts about, and this was a detail that got away from me. I'll try not to repeat it.”

San Juan Ferry Advisory Committee Chairman Alex MacLeod apologized in an e-mail to a County Council member Monday evening, admitting that the committee held a meeting in the County Legislative Building that had ... via Tacoma Daily Index

Again this January, San Juan County Parks is offering a "residents only" reservation opportunity for camping anytime in 2008. via Tacoma Daily Index

Lopez Sound vocal octet will present "Snowfall," songs of the season, at Center Church on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 20-22, 7:30 p.m. In addition there will be a matinee on Saturday at 3 p.m. ... via Tacoma Daily Index

In the Nov. 6 election, San Juan County voters had until Nov. 6 to mail in their ballots. via Tacoma Daily Index