News
Nonprofit seeks volunteers for therapeutic riding
PORT TOWNSEND — Meet the big, nonjudgmental therapists: Fury, Nevada, Dixie, Athena and Tikki. They have a natural…
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Competitors gear up for Race to Alaska
PORT TOWNSEND — The inside passage to Ketchikan, Alaska soon will be filled with dreamers set upon winning…
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Jefferson County recycling policy to change after China rejects material
PORT TOWNSEND — County residents have been accustomed to dutifully separating their recyclable materials into paper, plastics and…
News
NEWS BRIEFS: State’s 2nd large-scale drill slated … and other items
SPOKANE — Initial planning for the second Cascadia Rising disaster drill has begun, according to KREM-TV.
News
Good Samaritan rescues three from burning boat
PROTECTION ISLAND — Three boaters were rescued by a good Samaritan vessel Monday afternoon after the 40-foot boat…
News
Donations fund new Habitat home
PORT TOWNSEND — Four long-time Habitat for Humanity supporters and numerous community members raised $70,158 to build a…
News
Mourners plan vigils for family: Brinnon fire kills all five members
BRINNON — Residents in Brinnon mourning the loss of a family of five who died in a cabin…
Opinion
PAT NEAL: The fish duck blues
THERE’S NOTHING LIKE spending the night along one of our rivers where it is still possible to experience…
News
NEWS BRIEFS: Murray staffer to present in Port Townsend … and other items
PORT TOWNSEND — PT Indivisible will host Colleen Bryan, Kitsap and Olympic Peninsula director for U.S. Sen. Patty…
News
Winners finish Seventy48 race in under 10 hours
PORT TOWNSEND — Under a star-filled sky and on calm seas, Epic, a kayak team from Bellingham, won…
Opinion
WEST END NEIGHBOR: Roof, not rain, dampens spirits
SITTING ON THE bank of the Sol Duc River, Stan Fouts said, “I love my national park but…
News
Diplomas awarded with more to come as graduations continue on the Peninsula
Ceremonies for four high schools and Peninsula College are scheduled for this weekend.
News
NEWS BRIEFS: Field carrier practices set; Port Angeles native is named to college dean’s list
COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…
Crime & Justice
Two arrested for investigation of Kai Tah assault
PORT TOWNSEND — Two men have been arrested for investigation of an assault on a 60-year-old man in…
News
Jefferson Healthcare breakfast to benefit hospice services
PORT TOWNSEND — The eighth annual Hospice Foundation for Jefferson Healthcare breakfast event will feature an address by…
News
Swaziland youth’s attempt to come to U.S. rejected
PORT TOWNSEND — Efforts to bring Walter Maphalala, a 19-year-old student, from Swaziland to the Northwest have been…
News
Monroe family identified as victims in Brinnon cabin explosion
BRINNON — Officials are calling the explosion that left a family of five from Monroe dead in Brinnon…
Life
HELP LINE: No one lives forever, so don’t waste life
AS A RESULT of rather considerable examination and contemplation, I’ve concluded that mortality is a lousy idea.
Life
HORSEPLAY: Mini horse teaches big lessons
I’M LEARNING ALL sorts of new things since adding Gypsy, a dainty black and white mini-horse, to the…