PORT TOWNSEND — They are literally hands-on history, vehicles to the past that carry the observer back in time. And they are coming to a… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — On May 16, Bill Conklin sent out a letter to members of the Commanding Officer's Quarters Heritage Group. In the letter, Conklin… Continue reading
MARROWSTONE ISLAND — Jake Johnson spent months planning a big surprise party for his father's 87th birthday. He also spent thousands of dollars on the… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — The weather may have cooled down, but the music is heating up at Fort Worden State Park as the Northwest Big Band… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend American Association of University Women — already the largest AAUW branch in the state — has been named one… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Konichiwa. Arigato. Tomodachi. The Japanese words for welcome, thank you, and friend were heard frequently in the halls of Mountain View Elementary… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — How do you declare that boating season is officially open? You invite everyone in town who has access to a boat to… Continue reading
MARROWSTONE ISLAND — They followed a compass course, lashed a flag pole, learned about the fur trade and were quizzed on the Constitution. They even… Continue reading
CHIMACUM — When O.C. Musgrove founded the Chimacum Grange in 1918, the United States was entering a time of transition. Where once people lived on… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — When Terri McCullough was growing up, she sometimes overhead conversations she wasn't meant to hear. With the Boldt Decision creating discord in… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Bring them your tired, your broken, your unwanted appliances yearning to be recycled. But not the refrigerator. On the Saturday of Earth… Continue reading
PORT HADLOCK — Peace Park? Lions Club Park? Second Beach? To different people, parts of the two-mile strip of land along the south shore of… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — With the signing of names on a document, the resurrection of a log cabin for local Scouts is one step closer to… Continue reading
CHIMACUM — If you had asked Phil Vogelzang a year ago if he'd ever heard of Betty MacDonald, he'd have said no. Ma and Pa… Continue reading
QUILCENE — It's a daunting job for one person, going out to a rural property in the spring and setting everything to rights after the… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Seven years ago, Joleen Siyaka packed up the car and her four children and drove to Sisseton, S.D., to see her father.… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — The Old Power House at Fort Worden State Park is again creating a buzz — but now it's caused by woodworking rather… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — The colors are still bright and the letters as sharp as the day they were painted. But when that day was —… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — In T.C. Boyle's 1990 novel, East is East, the reader is introduced to the central character, Hiro Tanaka, in the water. Tanaka,… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — They have been silent witnesses to courtroom dramas for more than a half-century. Now, the chairs in the Jefferson County Courthouse courtroom… Continue reading
