Friday Harbor
Can small businesses survive in Friday Harbor?
May 26, 2023
Kathryn Wheeler
Friday Harbor small businesses struggling to stay afloat cite rent prices, failing infrastructure and workforce shortage — and, some say, difficult landlord relationships.
Fire damages historic downtown Friday Harbor buildings
April 7, 2022
Nancy DeVaux
No one was injured in an early-morning blaze on lower Spring Street in Friday Harbor that was reported when it drew the attention of a passing driver at 3:43 am. At least four businesses sustained damage.
photo: Amy Nelson © 2020
Back to learning, back to school to happen in the shadow of COVID-19
August 20, 2020
Genevieve Iverson
Coronavirus has this fall replaced the excitement of starting a new school year — new books and pens, new lesson plans, and, most of all, classes and classmates — with an air of uncertainty.