Wednesday, March 5, 2025by Jeff Noedel In late December, La Conner, Washington lost its weekly newspaper. That newspaper was well over a century old. Attempts to purchase the incumbent newspaper failed and the publisher stopped publication. While more than 2,000 U.S. communities have settled for social media as a replacement for their former weekly newspaper,…
Wednesday, February 26, 2025by Jeff Noedel Readers of USA Today have voted San Juan Islands Sculpture Park as one of the 10-best in the United States. Candidate parks were nominated by a panel of experts, according to USA Today. Of our park, located in the Roche Harbor neighborhood, USA Today wrote, “Located on the northern…
Tuesday, February 11, 2025 SanJuans.Today is proud to announce a new underwriter: Laura Saccio‘s Earthbox Inn & Spa. SanJuans.Today is operated by CNL2 Media, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Washington corporation. Saccio’s underwriting decision is the first donation received to CNL2 Media in 2025. “As owners of Earthbox Inn & Spa in Friday Harbor,” said Saccio, “we know how…
Friday, January 31, 2025 FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY THE SAN JUAN ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION The San Juan Island Community Foundation (SJICF) is pleased to announce Melissa Martin has joined the staff as Assistant Executive Director. Melissa, known as Missy to her friends and family, is a longtime resident of San Juan Island. She joined…
Thursday, January 23, 2025by Jeff Noedelvideo by Jeremy Tyler A SanJuans.Today VIDEO FROM OLYMPIA IS BELOW OLYMPIA, WA–Suzanne Olson is the project lead for the Pea Patch Community Campus project on Orcas Island. She was in the Washington State Capitol complex Wednesday “doing some reconnaissance” in preparation for an Orcas Island delegation to visit the…
Sunday, January 5, 2024by Jeff Noedel America’s local newspapers continue to disappear at the rate of 2-1/2 per week. La Conner, Washington is in the process of losing its local newspaper. And this is not just any weekly community newspaper. It’s believed to be the oldest continuously running newspaper in the State of Washington. Rutherford…
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT BY SAN JUAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT San Juan County’s Department of Community Development (DCD) is postponing the public hearing examiner meeting (previously scheduled for Dec. 18) for OPALCO’s Bailer Hill micro-grid and battery installation project while waiting for additional information. The future hearing examiner meeting date is to…
CNL2 Media (which runs SanJuans.Today) just received another tax-deductible donation. Thank you, kind couple on Orcas Island! Sadly, we don’t have the funds to keep our studio open. Someday, we will have enough donor support and grants to open a studio again. In the meantime, we are still reporting. We are still live-streaming. Still asking…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Originally Published Thursday, September 5, 2024 Directed by Jeremy TylerWritten summary by Jeff NoedelProduced at SanJuans.Today Studios in Friday Harbor, WA After 40+ live streamed weekly episodes of “Hey…What’s going on around here?” SanJuans.Today experienced two failed live streams, the second was last week. So…
Sunday, September 1, 2024 by Jeremy Tyler Yesterday, CNL2 Media (now branded publicly as SanJuans.Today) learned that the IRS has granted our Washington nonprofit corporation 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. This opens the door to donors who prefer to donate to Federally recognized nonprofits to whom donations are often tax deductible. (Consult your financial advisor in all significant…
Whether you’re a young person who has career aspirations in journalism, or a retiree who wrote news copy back in the day — SanJuans.Today (formerly CNL2) intends to launch a 5-minute newscast each day at noon, as soon as we have some writing help. We need one or more volunteer part-time writers! At the same…
