Transportation
photo: Amy Nelson © 2020
Necessary travel: ferries’ winter schedule in summer brings travel delays for locals, visitors in San Juans
July 3, 2020
Genevieve Iverson
Currently, several COVID-shutdown related factors require WSF to continue running on a limited schedule even as summer travel increases, creating travel delays and raising as-yet unanswerable questions about when things may change.
photo: Amy Nelson © 2020
Virus versus visitors: San Juan residents weigh health risks of tourism amid pandemic
March 26, 2020
Hayley Day
In the San Juan Islands, locals bank on a bustling tourism economy to generate business and provide wages, particularly during the sunny summer months. But with a growing pandemic, islanders, like others in small vacation destinations, are realizing fewer visitors might mean healthier locals.