Monday, March 24, 2025by Jeff Noedelvideo by Jeremy Tyler John J. Nance is an internationally-recognized expert in airline safety. He is the expert ABC News has turned to for three decades when they have a question about airline safety, or they are covering a serious airline incident. He was also the on-camera subject matter expert…
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…
Saturday, February 22, 2025by Jeff Noedel On Friday, SanJuans.Today visited the Olympia office of State Rep Chris Corry (R-15, Yakima). But Corry’s office is not in the John L. O’Brien House Office Building with most of his colleagues. Corry works from an opulent office on the third floor of the Capitol building, with high ceilings…
County Council member Justin Paulsen: Desire in County to “make decisions with our constituents” Saturday, February 22, 2025by Jeff Noedel TVW VIDEOS ARE BELOW Support for State Rep. Greg Nance’s HB 1923, the “Mosquito Fleet Act” was almost universal at the bill’s public hearing Wednesday. Of nearly three dozen witnesses who testified, only only spoke…
Friday, January 31, 2025by Jeff Noedelvideo by Jeremy Tyler A SanJuans.Today VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Rick Hughes — for now anyway — has found work that employs his many strengths: Hughes has been hired by Orcas Island’s OPAL to lobby the legislature this winter for $7.8 million in state funds for…
Monday, January 27, 2025FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE STANDARDby Jerry Cornfield For years, Washington governors and their “designees” have enjoyed easy access to the House chamber. That ended Friday. WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD, Olympia–Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is going to have a little more difficulty getting his staff inside the chamber of the state House of Representatives…
ORIGINALLY PRODUCED & STREAMED THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025 Recorded this morning, San Juan Community Land Trust’s Amanda Lynn talks shop with Opal (“Of People and Land”) Community Land Trust’s Lisa Byers and Julie Brunner. This SanJuans.Today/CNL2 video is 73 minutes in duration.
Filing runs from May 5 to May 9 Friday, January 17, 2025by Jeff Noedel Elections will be held on November 4 for Friday Harbor Mayor and Town Council members positions 3 and 4. Each of the positions will be elected to four-year terms. Filing for these offices will occur May 5 to May 9. Every…
Tuesday, January 14, 2025by Jeff Noedel San Juan Island’s #1 shutterbug David Corry drove to Olympia Monday to witness his son once again raising his right hand and swearing to protect the Constitution as a leader in the 2025-26 biennial session of the Washington State House of Representatives. Republican Chris Corry was first elected to…
Monday, January 13, 2025 at 9:26 a.m.by Jeff Noedel Following a tradition of rotating the County Council chair position among the three “residency districts” in San Juan County, Kari McVeigh (District 1, including San Juan Island) has been unanimously elected Chairperson of the County Council. She was nominated by Jane Fuller (District 3, including Lopez…
Monday, January 6, 2024by Jeff Noedel Last week’s heartbreaking news of another dead calf of Southern Resident Killer Whales’ Tahlequah (J35) was a worldwide story. Reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, and NBC News peppered local experts with questions during a 60-minute telephone news conference. There were even more journalists in the…
Friday, January 3, 2025by Jeff Noedel SanJuans.Today reached out to some local residents with the question “What is your New Year’s resolution for an organization dear to you?” Here’s what we got back (in order received): Dr. Riki Ott, Founder, ALERT Project“ALERT Project resolves to better protect our emergency responders by initiating rule-makings to revise…
Monday, December 30, 2024 at 11:30 a.m.by Jeff Noedelphotos by Ed Andrews When the fireworks start popping at midnight tomorrow night, two new San Juan County Council members assume office. But they took their oaths of office this morning at 9:00 a.m. Washington State law allows for the oath of office for county officials to…
Tuesday, December 24, 2024 A SanJuans.Today VIDEO (13 minutes) IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Last week, San Juan County Council Rep (Dist. 3) and current Chair Jane B. Fuller sat down for an interview with SanJuans.Today, covering a range of subjects. In this third and final block, Fuller starts with her gratitude toward…
Friday, December 20, 2024by Jeff Noedel Heather Spaulding was hit by a car late Wednesday afternoon while walking through a crosswalk at Guard St. and Blair Ave. She is the editor of the Journal of the San Juan Islands. She had just parked her car on Culver Ave. and was headed for the high school…
