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Puerto Rico devastation compared to potential wreckage after Peninsula quake

Puerto Rico devastation compared to potential wreckage after Peninsula quake

Former state Rep. Jim Buck shared his experience in Puerto Rico with the Port Angeles Business Association Tuesday, comparing the response to… Continue reading

Puerto Rico devastation compared to potential wreckage after Peninsula quake
Chimacum students treated to Museum of Flight program

Chimacum students treated to Museum of Flight program

When Chimacum Creek Primary School students arrived at school on Friday they found a pop-up purple planetarium in their school’s gym. The 7-meter… Continue reading

Chimacum students treated to Museum of Flight program
Panel discusses response to violence

Panel discusses response to violence

Port Angeles School District Superintendent Marc Jackson told those who attended a community forum on school and community safety that school officials… Continue reading

Panel discusses response to violence
New state directive aims to help endangered orcas

New state directive aims to help endangered orcas

With the number of endangered southern resident orcas at a 30-year low, Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday… Continue reading

New state directive aims to help endangered orcas
Dungeness couple keeps dinosaur by front steps

Dungeness couple keeps dinosaur by front steps

One Dungeness couple has bucked lawn fixtures like gnomes and flamingos for a prehistoric pal. For more than seven years, Tom and Sue… Continue reading

Dungeness couple keeps dinosaur by front steps
Rare, newly-built wooden Folkboat wins first time out

Rare, newly-built wooden Folkboat wins first time out

The first time the boat sailed, it was tops in its class. A few days after the Nordic Folkboat was completed by… Continue reading

Rare, newly-built wooden Folkboat wins first time out
Walking tours explore Port Townsend’s past

Walking tours explore Port Townsend’s past

As Water Street continues to experience the big dig and a new chapter of the city’s history is being written, free walking… Continue reading

Walking tours explore Port Townsend’s past
Port Townsend council drops dog park designation of two neighborhood areas, looks at another

Port Townsend council drops dog park designation of two neighborhood areas, looks at another

The Port Townsend City Council, in response to residents’ concerns, has dropped the idea of using two neighborhood areas as off-leash dog… Continue reading

Port Townsend council drops dog park designation of two neighborhood areas, looks at another
Jefferson Community School taking measures to stay open

Jefferson Community School taking measures to stay open

The Jefferson Community School board has decided to sell the private school’s building and create a new educational model in an effort… Continue reading

Jefferson Community School taking measures to stay open
Reandeau Stipe selected Sequim’s 2017 Citizen of Year

Reandeau Stipe selected Sequim’s 2017 Citizen of Year

As the wife of a serviceman, Judy Reandeau Stipe spent much of her early adulthood away from her hometown — and yet, for… Continue reading

Reandeau Stipe selected Sequim’s 2017 Citizen of Year
Kitsap Bank’s remodeled Port Townsend branch highlights green building practices

Kitsap Bank’s remodeled Port Townsend branch highlights green building practices

Kitsap Bank’s newly remodeled branch opened Monday in a building that stresses green building practices and solar power. Tony George, president and… Continue reading

Kitsap Bank’s remodeled Port Townsend branch highlights green building practices
Sequim wheelchair bike program — among the first in the nation — is in the works

Sequim wheelchair bike program — among the first in the nation — is in the works

Sequim is peddling its way to becoming one of the first cities in the U.S. to have a wheelchair bike program in its… Continue reading

Sequim wheelchair bike program — among the first in the nation — is in the works
McKinley Paper puts retooling plans on hold at Port Angeles mill

McKinley Paper puts retooling plans on hold at Port Angeles mill

McKinley Paper Co. has put on hold plans to retool the Nippon Paper Industries USA paper plant it purchased almost a year… Continue reading

McKinley Paper puts retooling plans on hold at Port Angeles mill
New Port Townsend school to teach bicycle maintenance in first for region

New Port Townsend school to teach bicycle maintenance in first for region

It takes more than air in the tires to keep a bicycle on the road or trail. A new school being launched… Continue reading

New Port Townsend school to teach bicycle maintenance in first for region
Community Organic Gardens of Sequim celebrates a decade

Community Organic Gardens of Sequim celebrates a decade

The Community Organic Gardens of Sequim organization is celebrating a decade of growing flowers, produce and long-lasting friendships. The organization and its members… Continue reading

Community Organic Gardens of Sequim celebrates a decade
Purchase of downtown Port Angeles property for hotel nears

Purchase of downtown Port Angeles property for hotel nears

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s plans to build an 86-room, $25 million downtown hotel are back on track after a delay over… Continue reading

Purchase of downtown Port Angeles property for hotel nears
Sequim crowns its irrigation festival royal court

Sequim crowns its irrigation festival royal court

The public will have a chance to meet Sequim Irrigation Festival Queen Erin Gordon and princesses Gabi Simonson, Eden Batson and Gracelyn Hurdlow… Continue reading

Sequim crowns its irrigation festival royal court
Thousands more trees planted on Tarboo Creek during Plant-A-Thon

Thousands more trees planted on Tarboo Creek during Plant-A-Thon

In one day, 180 volunteers planted 4,300 native trees and shrubs along Tarboo Creek. The Northwest Watershed Institute’s Plant-A-Thon, an annual event since… Continue reading

Thousands more trees planted on Tarboo Creek during Plant-A-Thon
Port Angeles brewery to expand into port building

Port Angeles brewery to expand into port building

Barhop, meet Dairy Fresh. There’s little that satisfies a real estate guy more than marrying vacant property with a willing renter. In… Continue reading

Port Angeles brewery to expand into port building
Port Townsend native tells of mountain climbing in memoir chosen as 2018 Community Read

Port Townsend native tells of mountain climbing in memoir chosen as 2018 Community Read

Leif Whittaker’s critically acclaimed memoir, “My Old Man and the Mountain,” has been selected as the Port Townsend Public Library’s 13th Annual… Continue reading

Port Townsend native tells of mountain climbing in memoir chosen as 2018 Community Read