Members of the Ehattesaht First Nation in Zeballos, British Columbia are celebrating Friday’s freeing of an orca calf from an inlet. The calf, named “Brave Little Hunter” by locals, had been stranded in the inlet for five weeks after her mother died when she became beached in the inlet located on northern Vancouver Island. The…
CNL2 loves small town video! In CNL2’s first six months in production here in The San Juans, we’ve produced 85 videos. Six months from now we expect CNL2 to be producing four per day (annualized rate of 1,460 videos per year). That doesn’t include audio podcasts, which we also plan to be publishing daily, as…
Ignite your curiosity and reimagine wildfire resilience in Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire, a captivating documentary screening at Friday Harbor Film Festival’s FREE Best of the Fest series at the San Juan Island Grange on Friday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m. It will be followed by a livestream Q&A about the film with Director Trip Jennings. Details…
UPDATED THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2024: Late yesterday, Wed., Apr. 23, Swinomish Casino & Lodge reopened the casino, dining, and lodging facilities after being closed for 19 days due to a cyberattack. To entice customers back, the property is increasing “promo play” offers and promotions for all guests until the end of May. The Swinomish Casino…
THE CNL2 VIDEO IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Heather Spaulding, Editor of the Journal of the San Juan Islands, and Jeff discuss developments over the past week: This CNL2 video is approximately 31-1/2 minutes in duration.
“What’s better than to be able to create art with my Mom? She’s my best friend,” said Joelle Gillette of her mother Pamela Gillette. 1
Since Autumn 2023, when a retired licensed engineer with a long tenure with Washington State Ferries (WSF) spoke to the San Juan Islands’ “Ferry Lovers of Washington” (FLOW) interest group, activists from San Juan Island, Orcas Island, and Crane Island have been calling for the State to build two new diesel ferry boats. FLOW members…
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On Friday, Republican candidate for Governor Dave Reichert pulled his name from the Washington State GOP Convention’s endorsement process when it descended into chaos. The convention was held at the Spokane Convention Center. State party conventions are meant to unify around chosen candidates and put wind in their sails. This one became a major distraction…
CNL2 VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.Susan Hughes has loved sea glass since childhood when she started hunting and gathering it on the beach next to her family’s beach house in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. She treasures the broken glass that’s been smoothed by water, salt, rocks, and sand so much so she still…
CNL2 VIDEO IS BELOWHeather 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. Station…
In its session this afternoon, the Town of Friday Harbor Town Council upheld a Notice of Violation leveled by Town Administrator Denice Kulseth against San Juan County for what it deemed to be a long-term pattern of violations of water use at the County Fairgrounds. The Town provides water to the Fairgrounds, which is just…
VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGEOn June 1st and 2nd, River Wylde and Luna Wylde‘s Studio Wylde will be stop #7 on the 2024 San Juan Island Studio Tour. Their guest artist will be their bestie, Susan Hughes of Seaglass Obsession.Portland’s loss is San Juan Islands’ gain. Covid-driven remote learning enabled these two career…
Masters-degreed classical composer, winemaker and sommelier, abstract painter, and now potter in the English Arts & Crafts Tradition and the Japanese Mingei Folk Art Movement — Jeremy Jennings loves the creative process. When he isn’t working in clay, he serves as the wine and beer buyer for the San Juan Food Coop.
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, March…
