LIVE-STREAMED: ‘Oil Spill Response: An Opportunity for Change’
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LIVE-STREAMED: ‘Oil Spill Response: An Opportunity for Change’

THE LIVE STREAM VIEWER IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE The ALERT Project and Friends of San Juans co-hosted:  “Oil Spill Response: An Opportunity for Change.” The in-person event was live-streamed to SanJuans.Today (CNL2.com). Dr. Riki Ott discussed the importance of public involvement in oil spill response planning, with a focus on the need…

Boxed Out Episode 5:  Fascinating talk between Amanda Lynn and OPAL’s Lisa Byers & Julie Brunner
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Boxed Out Episode 5: Fascinating talk between Amanda Lynn and OPAL’s Lisa Byers & Julie Brunner

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.

Candidates and campaign activists express faith in local election integrity
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Candidates and campaign activists express faith in local election integrity

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…

COMMUNITY IMPACT:  110 interviews and productions, 76 hours of programming – We’re just getting started!
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COMMUNITY IMPACT: 110 interviews and productions, 76 hours of programming – We’re just getting started!

It’s been a busy 12 months for SanJuans.Today, run by CNL2 Media. Please support us with a donation to make 2025 an even more active year of news and information! In addition to providing this information often live, in the words of each newsmaker, these video streams also secure this public information far into the…

DISTRICT COURT: Political yard signs may only be legally removed with owner’s consent – one local resident criminally charged
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DISTRICT COURT: Political yard signs may only be legally removed with owner’s consent – one local resident criminally charged

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…

RECORDING HERE of the Oct. 17 Lopez Community Center LWV Council Candidates Forum
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RECORDING HERE of the Oct. 17 Lopez Community Center LWV Council Candidates Forum

Recorded Thursday, October 17, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. This was our 7th election event live-streamed from a remote location in 2024 and our highest quality live stream in terms of video resolution and audio quality.

Another tax-deductible donation received in support of objective local video journalism
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Another tax-deductible donation received in support of objective local video journalism

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…

RECORDING OF THURSDAY NIGHT FORUM:  League of Women’s Voters Forum from the Friday Harbor Grange
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RECORDING OF THURSDAY NIGHT FORUM: League of Women’s Voters Forum from the Friday Harbor Grange

This is the recording of Thursday night’s League of Women’s Voter’s Forum of District 1 and 2 Candidates at the Grange in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. 4

WSF ANNOUNCEMENT: Uptick in Cancelations of inter-island likely over next few weeks – Robust alerting promised
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WSF ANNOUNCEMENT: Uptick in Cancelations of inter-island likely over next few weeks – Robust alerting promised

Monday, October 7, 2024 at 9:55 a.m.From the SanJuans.Today Newsroom Over the weekend, senior management with Washington State Ferries informed state legislators from Washington’s 40th District and members of the San Juans’ Ferry Advisory Committee that an uptick in canceled sailings of the inter-island route, due to crewing shortages, is “likely” over the next “few…

Diane Craig going-away-party held Saturday in Eastsound
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Diane Craig going-away-party held Saturday in Eastsound

Sunday, October 6, 2024by Jeff Noedel Diane Craig is headed to Michigan, where family lives and a dollar goes a little farther. Diane has done tremendous work in preserving local journalism in the San Juans. She has served as reporter, sales rep, and office manager for the three Sound Publishing newspapers in the San Juans:…

RECORDED SATURDAY: Orcas Women’s Coalition County Council Candidates Forum
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RECORDED SATURDAY: Orcas Women’s Coalition County Council Candidates Forum

SanJuans.Today (formerly known as CNL2) live streamed an election forum from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. yesterday from the Emmanuel Episcopal Church Parish Hall in Eastsound on Orcas Island. San Juan County Council candidates Rick Hughes and Justin Paulsen, the two candidates for residency district 2, faced off in front of more than two dozen…

Land Bank denies existence of a plan to remove dams under Zylstra Lake
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Land Bank denies existence of a plan to remove dams under Zylstra Lake

VIEW A SanJuans.Today VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE Sunday, October 6, 2024 at 10:05 a.m.by Jeff Noedel On Saturday morning, San Juan County Conservation Land Bank Executive Director Lincoln Bormann was interviewed by SanJuans.Today regarding rumors and reports alleging the county agency intends to remove dams at Zylstra Lake. There are two dams…

ARBITRATION DECISION: WSF marine engineers and oilers get 4% pay bump two years in a row – MEBA sought to close gap with other job titles on vessels
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ARBITRATION DECISION: WSF marine engineers and oilers get 4% pay bump two years in a row – MEBA sought to close gap with other job titles on vessels

Thursday, September 26, 2024 The union representing Washington State Ferries’ engine room crew members (Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association) and state negotiators reached an impasse in bargaining their new contract in early August. The parties entered into an interest arbitration hearing Friday, August 23. The hearing ended Friday, August 30.  The arbitrator had until Sep. 30…

UPDATED: GOVERNOR ORDERS .5 MILLION IN STATE ‘EMERGENCY FUNDS’ FOR LOCAL FERRY & BARGE SERVICES & WEEKEND INTER-ISLAND SERVICE THROUGH WINTER 2025
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UPDATED: GOVERNOR ORDERS $1.5 MILLION IN STATE ‘EMERGENCY FUNDS’ FOR LOCAL FERRY & BARGE SERVICES & WEEKEND INTER-ISLAND SERVICE THROUGH WINTER 2025

Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 3:04 p.m.UPDATE1 at 5:13 p.m. by Jeff Noedel FRIDAY HARBOR, WA–In a 1:00 p.m. meeting today at the Brickworks meeting space, Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced that he has ordered $1.5 million in state emergency funds to help the San Juans cope with canceled sailings in the Washington State Ferry…