Catalina Island Health CEO provides update to council
Courtesy of Catalina Island Health
Catalina Island Health’s CEO Tim Kielpinski presented a bi-monthly update to the Avalon City...
Letters to the Editor: Published Jan. 23, 2026
Local merchants: sit up and pay attention
Over the last two or three decades, a once-in-a-hundred years economic shift...
Lancers basketball team gets a taste of victory
The Avalon Boys Varsity Basketball Team finally got to experience a victory at home on Tuesday, Jan. 13, against First Baptist of...
Take the Islander on Vacation
Chuck and Pam Martin, Val Schafer and longtime summer residents Robert and Connie Stroud recently took a cruise...
You may qualify for direct access to physical therapy
Physical therapy is the obvious choice for conditions like, but not limited to, lower back pain, knee pain,...
Early AM swims are a treasure of island life
If someone were to ask me, what would I miss most if I moved off the island, I would answer, “AM swims...
October 2025 visitor count up 20.4%
Last October saw 98,686 visitors come to Catalina Island, a 20.4% increase from the previous year, according to data recently released by...
Cleanup will again scour local seabed
The 44th Annual Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup will return on February 21. This massive cleanup event brings in volunteer divers from far...
Islander Birthday of Week
This week’s Birthday of the Week is Baby J Figueroa Hiniker, the name by which the Avalon community...
50/50 Run Benefits Catalina Community
The Avalon Benefit 50-mile/50-K Run is set to return to Catalina Island on Jan. 10 and it currently...
