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A GROWING CONCERN: Time to get busy with your gardening chores

THE WINTER WINDS have been testing the strength of your tree’s root systems and branch flexibility lately, and maybe even your patience. So hopefully your… Continue reading

  • Jan 28, 2018

BIRD WATCH: Watch birds for signs of spring

DARK GRAY CLOUDS, pouring rain and gale force winds one minute; sunshine and blue skies the next. That’s a familiar winter weather day in Western… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Story shares details of mother’s situation

I WANT TO tell you a story. The story is about my mother. Many of you have heard bits and pieces of this story, because… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Adults now welcome to show horses at Clallam County fair

ARE YOU A horse-showing adult who’s secretly longed to take part in the fair but couldn’t because it was for 4-H youth groups only? To… Continue reading

PENINSULA KITCHEN: It’s thyme to start harvesting fresh plants

PENINSULA KITCHEN: It’s thyme to start harvesting fresh plants

THE SKIES HAVE been mostly gloomy and news reports (real or imagined) leave me feeling either scared or angry. But if you look close there… Continue reading

PENINSULA KITCHEN: It’s thyme to start harvesting fresh plants

Housing rights, Puppy Pilots, genealogy presented on Peninsula

Housing rights will be presented in Port Townsend, Puppy Pilots will provide information in Sequim and the Clallam County Genealogical Society will host an open… Continue reading

Explore the world: Traveler’s Journal is back with eight new adventures

Pack your virtual bags. Traveler’s Journal begins its 27th season of travel and adventure slide shows Thursday at the Sequim High School library… Continue reading

Local memoirists to share stories at next Fourth Friday readings

Writers on the Spit will feature two memoirists, Doreen Petersen and Ingrid Lehrer, at the Fourth Friday Readings tonight. The free event begins… Continue reading

Olympic Theatre Arts sets auditions for ‘The Tin Woman’

Director Jim Guthrie is seeking actors “who aren’t afraid to take chances” for the Olympic Theatre Arts production of “The Tin Woman,” which… Continue reading

Sequim Museum Arts to host D-Day presentation

Mac Alexander Macdonald will present “What Does D-Day Mean to Us Today?” at 3 p.m. Sunday. The talk will be at the Old… Continue reading

SKWIM Toastmasters set open house

SKWIM Toastmasters set open house

Time to speak up — or get a little help in doing so. The SKWIM Toastmasters group will host an open house from… Continue reading

SKWIM Toastmasters set open house

A GROWING CONCERN: The three tenets of pruning

Last week we learned the seven reasons to prune; now we whittle that number further, to the three ever-present tenets of pruning. 1. Have confidence.… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: The history of the historians of Jefferson County: Part I

BACK WHEN: The history of the historians of Jefferson County: Part I

EDITOR’S NOTE: This month’s Jefferson County history column is the first in a series of three about local history resources in the county. This month… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: The history of the historians of Jefferson County: Part I

BIRD WATCH: Birds of a feather flock together

what do they have in common? They’re cousins. They are also among the most captivating members in the… Continue reading

HELP LINE: It’s time to talk filing taxes

TAXES. TAXES. TAXES. Yes, I was hoping to get your attention, on the off chance that you might still be groping around for a doable… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Getting to know God might make eternity heavenly

I VISIT MY mom as often as I can as she lives in an assisted living place in Bellevue. The thing you notice right away… Continue reading

Women’s March, community awards among Peninsula activities

A Women’s March, community awards, a discussion on net pens and a Lake Crescent-U.S. Highway 101 project open house are are among the upcoming activities… Continue reading

Peninsula artists chosen for CVG show
Peninsula artists chosen for CVG show
Madame Iris Mirror is culprit in Sequim’s ‘Whodunnit Downtown?’ case

Madame Iris Mirror is culprit in Sequim’s ‘Whodunnit Downtown?’ case

Port Angeles residents won the prize in the Case of the Silver Lining Secret Formula during the Sequim-Dungness Valley Chamber Merchant Group and… Continue reading

Madame Iris Mirror is culprit in Sequim’s ‘Whodunnit Downtown?’ case

A GROWING CONCERN: For many reasons, now is the time to prune

PRUNING. THERE IS no question in my mind that, by far, the best thing that I do horticulturally is pruning. But that is only because… Continue reading