Opinion

PAT NEAL: Real science too scary to deal with

HALLOWEEN USED TO be the scariest holiday of the year with ghosts, goblins and the zombie apocalypse threatening…

Ground broken on expansion of Port Townsend park and ride

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Ground broken on expansion of Port Townsend park and ride

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Transit broke ground Tuesday on a project that will expand its Four Corners Road…

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Victoria apartment building could be barged to Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — An apartment complex that had been scheduled for demolition in Victoria is expected to be…

Invasive European green crab found in Dungeness Bay

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Invasive European green crab found in Dungeness Bay

SEQUIM — An invasive crab species scientists and locals feared to find on the North Olympic Peninsula was…

Port of Port Angeles sees possible indirect effect on local timber exports from proposed tariff

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Port of Port Angeles sees possible indirect effect on local timber exports from proposed tariff

PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles officials are concerned President Donald J. Trump’s proposed 20 percent tariff…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Artist to provide demonstration at Sequim meeting Thursday … and other items

SEQUIM — Artist Kevin Willson will provide a program and demonstration at a meeting of the Olympic Peninsula…

Business

Peninsula employment up

Unemployment rates dipped on the North Olympic Peninsula for the second time in as many months in March,…

A demonstration of Japanese washi paper is planned Wednesday.

Arts & Entertainment

Northwind Book Arts hosts expert on Japanese paper

PORT TOWNSEND — Linda Marshall, the proprietor of Washi Arts, will conduct a hands-on demonstration of Japanese paper…

Alice Derry featured as Peninsula College’s 17th Writer-in-Residence

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Alice Derry featured as Peninsula College’s 17th Writer-in-Residence

PORT ANGELES — Poet Alice Derry will be featured in presentations in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Forks…

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Jefferson commissioners approve $150,000 lawsuit settlement

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Commissioners have approved a $150,000 settlement after a roughly four-year legal battle…

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Researcher: Fukushima Daiichi radiation levels low off West Coast

PORT ANGELES — Radiation from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster appears to have peaked off the West…

Court of Appeals supports hatchery fish in Elwha River in decision

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Court of Appeals supports hatchery fish in Elwha River in decision

PORT ANGELES — Hatchery fish can continue playing their disputed role in the largest dam removal and salmonid…

Off-duty Port Angeles police officer helps rescue hiker on Mount St. Helens

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Off-duty Port Angeles police officer helps rescue hiker on Mount St. Helens

PORT ANGELES — One of Port Angeles’ newest police officers cut her plans to summit Mount St. Helens…

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Highway 101 work around Lake Crescent now set to begin mid-July

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Work on a $27.5 million project to rehabilitate 12 miles of U.S. Highway 101…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Comments sought on Chimacum math curriculum … and other items

CHIMACUM — The Elementary Math Curriculum Committee for the Chimacum School District is recommending for adoption an elementary…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Trump’s lack of sound foreign policy increasingly worrisome

As a member of the Jefferson County Citizens for Sound Foreign Policy, I am gravely concerned with the…

Kilmer discusses health care in visit to Port Angeles clinic

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Kilmer discusses health care in visit to Port Angeles clinic

PORT ANGELES — U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer paid a visit to his native Port Angeles to discuss health…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: The choice is in supporting vs. not supporting violence of abortion

St. Teresa of Calcutta [Kolkata] said, “It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Coast Guard crew rescues three mariners … and other items

BOULDER ISLAND — A Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles crew hoisted three mariners after their vessel ran…

New bridge eyed between Marrowstone, Indian islands

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New bridge eyed between Marrowstone, Indian islands

MARROWSTONE ISLAND — Jefferson County officials have teamed up with the North Olympic Salmon Coalition to remove a…