ELECTION NIGHT 6:28 p.m.: Rick Hughes spoke LIVE to SanJuans.Today
Rick Hughes spoke with Jeff Noedel for 6-1/2 minutes this evening, 90 minutes before the first batch of votes are announced.
64% of SJC ballots received – Additional 30% expected in final day drop boxes and mail-in ballots
Monday, November 4, 2024by Jeff Noedel As of today, just over 24 hours before tabulation starts, San Juan County Elections Manager Camolyn Armstong told SanJuans.Today, “We’re currently at 64 percent returns. We’re hoping for another 30 percent with mail-in ballots and election day ballot drop-offs.” While San Juan County turnout is already at 64 percent,…
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
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!
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
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
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.
RECORDING: County Council Candidates’ Final Forum on Orcas Island
We streamed LIVE Wed., Oct. 16 at 5:30 p.m. from Eastsound. It was the League of Women Voters Forum from Orcas Senior Center. From the YouTube player, please like and subscribe to our YouTube channel! It helps us get paid. 4
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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…