Friday Harbor Mayor Ray Jackson dropped by CNL2 TV yesterday afternoon to share his personal feelings about local protests regarding the Hamas-Israel conflict. Jackson stressed he is not taking a side on the international issue, but is purely dealing with town matters, and feedback he is receiving from the business community. Specifically, Jackson addressed protest…
Paula West, owner of the cleverly-named Paula West Pottery, has been a potter since college. She works in porcelain and stoneware clay that is thrown on the potters wheel, or is slab built. She told CNL2 TV, “I make functional pottery…mugs, bowls, plates. I’ve always made functional work. I like using functional pottery. I like having…
Marcia Walters, owner of Why Worry Photography, moved to San Juan Island in 2012 from Half Moon Bay, California. A major reason for moving here, she told CNL2 TV: the island’s natural beauty, and our National Park. Marcia always felt like an artist, from her earliest memories — even throughout her 37 year-career in nursing. …
Darleen Nixon owns Nixon Art Glass, located on Elena Drive, off of Roche Harbor Rd., just north of San Juan Island’s Sportsmans Lake. Her shop makes a wide variety of beautiful art glass creations, from jewelry to serving ware to home and garden decor. Darleen has a small creative staff to help her with production,…
Kristen Reitz-Green, a new resident of San Juan Island from Vashon Island, shares her passion for her “abstract hyper-realism” style of oil painting. The initial subject of her painting was food. Her current subject is still-life paintings of glass. She absolutely expects her subjects and her style to continue to evolve and change, and she’s…
Jeff Noedel and Heather Spaulding discuss the highlights of the stories in the 3-5-2024 edition of The Journal of the San Juan Islands.
In a brief shared with CNL2 TV by Rep. Alex Ramel, plans for San Juan County’s Community Water Taxi see no immediate funding in the latest transportation bills, with focus instead on a study for future services. Despite this, Vashon and Bremerton routes receive millions for enhancements. The move underscores challenges in ferry service equity…
48th Parallel News @ Noon anchor, Matthew Rice reports on stories from the local news papers, The Everett Herald and Cascadia Daily News.
Hosts Jeff Noedel and Heather Spaulding interview Maria Michaelson the co-owner of Alchemy Arts Center and Nate Fihn owner of Waterworks Gallery.
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“The CNL2 news service has given San Juan County islanders an unprecedented opportunity to get local news and opinion that matter. For example, Its ability to record live interviews on important issues like our lack of reliable ferry service has helped bring this issue to the attention of our county and state legislators. “ Tom…
On Wednesday, February 28 at 6:30 pm PST on the fhff.org website, the Friday Harbor Film Festival will present a special FREE showing of the winner of the 2023 International Emmy Award in Arts Programming, Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On. This is part of the Best of the Fest series. Experience the story of…
Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. has unveiled a protoype for the world’s first hydrogen-powered outboard for recreational boats along with a prototype fuel system integrated into a vessel that the company plans to further refine for testing later this year. The effort is part of Yamaha’s strategy to achieve carbon neutrality: deploying multiple technology solutions.Yamaha joined…
Larry Noedel, vice-president of the Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (B.I.G.S.), discusses the vital role played by volunteer genealogists, and how genealogy changed his life. He is the father of CNL2 co-founder Jeff Noedel.
