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LETTER: Planned Parenthood founder was a woman ahead of her time

It has been suggested Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, had a “warped belief system” that included the practice of eugenics [“Defends protesters,” Jan.… Continue reading

Mount Vernon tattoo shop bucking industry norms

Mount Vernon tattoo shop bucking industry norms

About 25 years ago, Darius Sessions struggled to find an apprenticeship to become a tattoo artist.… Continue reading

Mount Vernon tattoo shop bucking industry norms
Student-led Little Guardians fight bullying in schools

Student-led Little Guardians fight bullying in schools

Jonathan Benecchi sits in front of 20 or so high school students and adults gathered in a classroom… Continue reading

Student-led Little Guardians fight bullying in schools

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If air service between Port Angeles and Seattle returned, would you use it?… Continue reading

  • Jan 10, 2017

LETTER: Death penalty is reserved for those who deserve it

I look at my own death with mixed emotions. I would love to live an extremely long life, health permitting, but what if I had… Continue reading

State Senate upgrades tech for first blind lieutenant governor

State Senate upgrades tech for first blind lieutenant governor

As Washington state prepares to swear in its first blind lieutenant governor, the Senate has undergone… Continue reading

State Senate upgrades tech for first blind lieutenant governor
Bipartisan schools funding plan proves elusive as state Legislature convenes

Bipartisan schools funding plan proves elusive as state Legislature convenes

As state lawmakers officially convened their 105-day legislative session Monday, a task force… Continue reading

Bipartisan schools funding plan proves elusive as state Legislature convenes
Education funding is top priority as state Legislature starts session today

Education funding is top priority as state Legislature starts session today

Lawmakers kick off the 2017 legislative session today with few Capitol watchers expecting that they’ll finish… Continue reading

Education funding is top priority as state Legislature starts session today

Strike by West Coast crab fishermen ends after 11 days

An 11-day strike by thousands of West Coast crab fishermen has ended after a successful negotiation of prices with… Continue reading

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Have you ever seen a sea lion in the wild?… Continue reading

  • Jan 8, 2017
Home Fund helps Port Townsend family tackle unexpected expense’s damage

Home Fund helps Port Townsend family tackle unexpected expense’s damage

By Diane Urbani de la Paz For Peninsula Daily News EDITOR’S NOTE: For 28 years, Peninsula Daily News readers in Jefferson and Clallam counties have… Continue reading

Home Fund helps Port Townsend family tackle unexpected expense’s damage

LETTER: It is our obligation to participate at every level of government

There was great interest in the 2016 presidential election. I am hoping that citizens of Clallam County will be just as interested in the important… Continue reading

LETTER: We have a responsibility to be informed

A Jan. 1 letter writer’s concern about air traffic controllers [“‘Social engineering’”] is misdirected. She should focus on increased hiring in general, including women and… Continue reading

LETTER: Women facing unplanned pregnancies do not appreciate men protesting abortions

In regards to men protesting abortion in Sequim [“Defends protesters, Jan. 4 Peninsula Voices]: Women facing unplanned pregnancies do not appreciate men protesting abortions. Women… Continue reading

Study points to warming climate in decline of yellow cedar

Study points to warming climate in decline of yellow cedar

A type of tree that thrives in soggy soil from Alaska to Northern California and is… Continue reading

Study points to warming climate in decline of yellow cedar

Wounded Mount Vernon officer improving in hospital

A Mount Vernon police officer who was shot in the head last month while responding to a call has shown signs of improvement… Continue reading

Crab boats tied up as strike extends up and down West Coast

Crab boats tied up as strike extends up and down West Coast

Dungeness crab could be harder to come by if hundreds of fishing boats remain tied up at… Continue reading

Crab boats tied up as strike extends up and down West Coast
Education money: Battle for billions begins in Legislature

Education money: Battle for billions begins in Legislature

The battle over finding billions of additional dollars to pay for K-12 education in Washington pits Democrats… Continue reading

Education money: Battle for billions begins in Legislature

LETTER: Let’s make a change, a change based on us and them

We have lost our sense of community and concern for our fellow human, our sense of compassion and understanding, the openness of heart and of… Continue reading

LETTER: Reader criticizes Pat Buchanan

Pat Buchanan, the Peninsula Daily News’ Tuesday columnist, praises Vladimir Putin as an “ethnonationalist” who is “standing by kinfolk left behind when his country broke… Continue reading