VIDEO: San Juan Island Boating Season Opening Day Ceremony

In its most recent meeting (May 2), the Friday Harbor Town Council voted unanimously to grant a request for $20,000 in incremental funding to the Tourism Commission for a special springtime media campaign aimed at feeder markets. It’s the “Getting Here is Half the Fun” campaign (described below). In brief remarks, Bureau Executive Director Deborah…

Shooting is nearly complete, and post-production starts soon for Episode #2 of Mr. Fix It with San Juan Island’s own Robert Hoole. Robert is one of the newest employees of Friday Harbor’s Ace Hardware. This is a production of CNL2. In Episode #2, Mr. Fix-it teaches us how to fix a broken bathroom sink stopper….

OLYMPIA  – With winter’s snowstorms largely behind us and summer just weeks away, our state’s low snowpack and forecasts for a dry and warm spring and summer have spurred the Department of Ecology to declare a drought emergency for most of Washington. After an exceptionally dry start to the winter, Washington’s snowpack made up some ground in February,…

The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community has won a $394.5 million trespassing lawsuit against BNSF Railway. In an eighteen-page ruling issued today, District Court Judge Robert S. Lasnik ordered that BNSF disgorge total trespass profits of $394,517,169 to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. Specifically, the Court ordered that BNSF disgorge net profits of $362,267,169 attributable to…

In the fifth episode of the 48th Parallel News at Noon, Jeff Noedel, Norris Palmer, and Matthew Rice share stories of their favorite teachers among other topics.  On air callers include Katrina, Gary, and Robert. This 112-minute episode was directed and edited by Jeremy Tyler. Recorded at CNL2 Studios in Friday Harbor, Washington.

CNL2 VIDEO IS BELOW Heather Spaulding, Editor of the Journal of the San Juan Islands, and Jeff discuss the Land Bank Strategic Plan (beginning to 11:07), a study on the viability of Chinook Salmon (11:08 to 13:37), one of SJI’s Earth Day events (13:38 to 14:24), Orcas Fire & Rescue’s coverage of SJI’s Mullis St….