LAST SATURDAY, DOUG Lester traveled from Port Townsend to the Olympic Lavender Farm, near the bluff overlooking Dungeness Bay. There, with the help of Steve… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — When he was 10 years old, Lorraine Valmassori's grandson James, who was prone to asking soul-searching questions, asked her: “Who was the… Continue reading
ON FRIDAY, MARY Ann Merrill stopped by the ECHHO office on Jefferson Street to pick up a four-wheeled walker. The walker was for a friend… Continue reading
GIVEN THE “READY, search” command, Bosun was off like a shot down the steep hill. Eschewing the concrete steps, he went straight down the grassy… Continue reading
CHRIS ADKINS CAN run the mile in 5 minutes, 23 seconds. Tristan Minnihan can do 22 pull-ups, and tied with Patrick Charlton for the jump… Continue reading
THIS SPRING, RAY Steinberg took on an unusual assignment: He decided to stake out the Jefferson County Library from the moment it opened to closing,… Continue reading
WHEN IS A coin not a coin? That is not a trick question for Peter Mercer, a Port Ludlow collector who has coins that can… Continue reading
NO FOOD IN the cupboard. No milk in the fridge. Bills coming in faster than paychecks. That was the opening scene of “Making It in… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — When John Wayne addressed another character in a Western movie as “pilgrim,” implying the person was a stranger in town, just passing… Continue reading
IT'S NOT BEYOND the tracks, it's not just a coffee house, and it's not made of wood. But like the Sugar Shack of song, the… Continue reading
CHELSEA WHALEN WORKED in a public health study in South Africa. Elena Akins founded a summer camp. Cali Kopczick organized a fundraiser to buy ShelterBoxes… Continue reading
THAT A TALKING dress made of Bubble Wrap embedded with tiny speakers was not the strangest entry in Friday's wearable art fashion show speaks volumes… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — “You are listening to KPTZ 91.9 FM Port Townsend.” Those words went out across the airwaves for the first time at 8… Continue reading
QUILCENE — When Chuck Thrasher decided to buy a commercial building on the main street of this former logging town, he knew he would have… Continue reading
WHEN MITCH POLING offered a class on building a kayak like the Alutiiq (Aleut) used to make, people signed up for one of two reasons:… Continue reading
ON EASTERY SUNDAY of 1951, Elaine and Elmer Ramsey were united in marriage at the First Methodist Church in Kelso. For their honeymoon, they took… Continue reading
ON MARCH 11, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake shook the northeast coast of Japan, generating a 30-foot tsunami that swept away homes, schools and businesses. On… Continue reading
QUILCENE — It only takes a little bit of sand to make a pearl. In this small town on U.S. Highway 101, that irritant was… Continue reading
EVERY MORNING, MUSIC and Baby are up with the sun. By 7 a.m., they are out the door, stopping for a quick bite before going… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND — In the 1930s, they were called hobos — men who had lost their jobs, lost their families and drifted from town to… Continue reading
