AS EARLY AS 1799, the newly formed United States government began to enact laws to reduce the possibility for the introduction of infectious diseases such… Continue reading
A RECENT PHOTO sent by email immediately grabbed my attention. The subject, a red-tailed hawk, isn’t an unusual photographic subject but this one was. It… Continue reading
LAST WEEK, I went on about time. Well, more specifically, the fact that we even care about this thing called time because of an unfortunate… Continue reading
Relive all your childhood memories of backseat sibling bickering and all the quirks of the family road trip in Olympic Theatre Arts upcoming… Continue reading
Special Father’s Day events in Brinnon and Sequim and the annual Rakers Car Show in Port Townsend are among the upcoming activities on the North… Continue reading
North Olympic Peninsula graduation and commencement ceremonies are set this weekend. The region’s 10 high schools and Peninsula College are celebrating the class of 2018,… Continue reading
IN NUMBERS 11: 1-29, a recent Torah portion read in Jewish communities, the Israelites are wandering the desert complaining about the lack of food and… Continue reading
The public is invited to attend Peninsula College’s Medical Assisting Program annual pinning ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday. Graduates from prior years… Continue reading
The Reverend Bruce A. Bode, senior minister at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship since 2004, retired Sunday. At church services that morning,… Continue reading
Leila Biondolillo, 2, of Port Angeles adds water to a pot in the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles on Tuesday. The youngster was… Continue reading
As spring slowly gives way to the approaching summer season (today is the first day of late, late spring; summer officially starts here on Thursday,… Continue reading
“THERE IT GOES again.” The phrase popped into my head when I spotted a towhee diving toward a large clump of sword ferns. I’d seen… Continue reading
AS A RESULT of rather considerable examination and contemplation, I’ve concluded that mortality is a lousy idea. Granted, my perspective might be somewhat dented by… Continue reading
I’M LEARNING ALL sorts of new things since adding Gypsy, a dainty black and white mini-horse, to the family. She’s full of energy and yet… Continue reading
I’VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING lately. Not in a lab, but perhaps in an even more unstable environment … my kitchen. It started innocently enough. I got… Continue reading
A paddleboarding discussion, a bike adventure presentation and a playground fundraiser are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is available… Continue reading
Veteran Master Gardeners Laurel Moulton, Audreen Williams and Jeanette Stehr-Green will provide gardening tips from
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at… Continue reading
AS WE SEE an increase in those individuals who believe in “nothing” or “nones,” as they are commonly called, we see an increase in a… Continue reading
Some of their subjects may be diminutive, but aficionados’ interest in the ancient art of bonsai is anything but small. The Dungeness Bonsai… Continue reading
The staff of the Buccaneer, Peninsula College’s student newspaper, earned seven honors in the Pacific Northwest Association of Journalism Educators 2018 Contest,… Continue reading