Wednesday, December 11, 2024by Jeff Noedel San Juan County Council members-elect Kari McVeigh (residency district 1) and Justin Paulsen (residency district 2) are in the middle of a three day training program for new council members. Held in Olympia, the conference is known as “NEO,” which can stand for “Newly Elected Officials” or “Networking Education…
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 Community internet television and radio for the San Juans gained some strength in the past two days, as $1,602 more in donations have now arrived. That brings the recent total to $1,859. And the Mary See Foundation match has instantly turned that into $3,718! The Mary See Foundation leaders took a…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Video directed by: Dave SchnuckelAudio Engineer: Jeremy TylerWritten summary written by: Jeff Noedel The San Juans are home to some of the most interesting people in the world. John J. Nance is one of them. This is the first of a three-part interview of a…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Video directed by: Dave SchnuckelAudio Engineer: Jeremy TylerWritten summary written by: Jeff Noedel The San Juans are home to some of the most interesting people in the world. John J. Nance is one of them. This is the first of a three-part interview of a…
A CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Video directed by: Dave SchnuckelAudio Engineer: Jeremy TylerWritten summary written by: Jeff Noedel The San Juans are home to some of the most interesting people in the world. John J. Nance is one of them. This is the third of a three-part interview of a…
Sunday, December 1, 2024by Jeff Noedel Captain Ken Burtness had just one employer his entire adult life: Washington State Ferries. He joined the system in 1970, when he was 16 years old. He worked summers until 1978, when he went full-time with WSF. After a period of training early in his full-time career, he basically…
State Representative Debra Lekanoff spoke to Jeff Noedel from Yakutat, Alaska. Rep. Lekanoff is one of two state representatives in the 40th District, which includes all of San Juan County, and parts of Skagit and Whatcom counties. She starts with a self-introduction. She is from the southeast Alaska community of Yakutat (“salmon people”). On her…
Saturday, November 23, 2024by Jeff Noedel The media landscape on Orcas Island is about to get bigger. Tech entrepreneur Allen Hartle recently won FCC approval for a low-power FM radio station that will be available on radios all over Eastsound and up to a mile or more in each direction. There are more than 15,445…
Thursday, November 21, 2024 Minnie Knych is calling for help! The Community Thanksgiving Dinner needs your help. They have 40 turkeys that need to be roasted on Thanksgiving Day. If you volunteer to be a turkey roaster, you will pick up a seasoned raw turkey (oven-ready) in a cooking bag and pan on Wednesday afternoon. You put…
Thursday, November 21, 2024 This year, Rick Hughes ran for the position of San Juan County Council Representative from residency district 2. He was the top voter-getter in the August primary election but did not win the November general election. FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT ISSUED BY RICK HUGHES Thank you, San Juan County, for providing…
Thursday, November 14, 2024by Jeff Noedel Despite one of the starkest choices between presidential candidates in decades, voter turnout across Washington was down. In San Juan County, turnout was the lowest in five presidential elections across 16 years. “I’m not in a position to express an opinion,” Camolyn Armstrong told SanJuans/Today. She is the County…
MAYORAL PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, National Gratitude Month is a month-long celebration that encourages people to be thankful for the positive aspects of life; and WHEREAS, National Gratitude Month was started in 2015 by author and inspirational speaker Stacey Grewal; and WHEREAS, practicing gratitude daily is the act of mindfulness, affirmation, and acknowledgment for the goodness around…
SanJuans.Today reached out to all four candidates for County Council representatives, as well as leaders in the campaigns for and against the Conservation Land Bank REET reauthorization, and the Fire District #3 levy lid lift. We asked these leaders the following question: How would you personally describe your degree of confidence in the integrity of…
Friday, October 18, 2024by Jeff Noedel PUBLISHED IN SANJANS.TODAY & THE JOURNAL OF THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS Many political yard signs are placed on publicly owned land and rights-of-way in San Juan County. While a relative few citizens continue to display yard signs on their personal property long after an election, the great majority of…
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…
