By Richard Schwartz WE HAVE HEARD or read about the epidemic rise in overdose deaths from the use of heroin in 2016 and the dependency… Continue reading
Don’t hold your breath if you’re waiting for state lawmakers to finish up work on the budget. The state Legislature finished out its… Continue reading
U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer paid a visit to his native Port Angeles to discuss health care issues with North Olympic Healthcare Network… Continue reading
St. Teresa of Calcutta [Kolkata] said, “It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.”… Continue reading
A Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles crew hoisted three mariners after their vessel ran aground Saturday near Boulder Island, southeast of… Continue reading
A Sequim woman has been sentenced in Clallam County Superior Court for what could be one of the largest financial crimes in… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee called lawmakers back for a special session that will start Monday, expressing frustration… Continue reading
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and organizations across the Peninsula are reaching out to the community through art, events and social… Continue reading
WHILE I’VE BEEN severely trimming down various plants these past few weeks, the gasps (along with horrified looks from homeowners and neighbors alike) have been… Continue reading
Port Townsend has been creeping up in rankings while Sequim remained in the lead in USA Today’s online Best Northwestern Small Town contest. As of… Continue reading
A FRIEND SENT me a newspaper clipping recently. It was from a newspaper in Alabama and carried an article I found interesting. It was primarily… Continue reading
Twice-monthly breakfast meetings are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at Sunland… Continue reading
Sailing season is in full swing in Port Townsend Bay. Sailors come out every Friday to race during the Port Townsend Sailing… Continue reading
MONEY, MONEY MONEY. I’m hoping to get your attention. How did I do? Some of you with better long-term memories than mine (which is almost… Continue reading
Y’ALL HAVE HEARD about the Leave No Trace Program, right? Officially adopted by the United States Forest Service in 1990, its main goal is to… Continue reading
“When it comes to the obligations of the Fourth Estate, just as egregious as misreporting the news is not reporting the news at all.” So… Continue reading
Port Angeles Toastmasters Club Number 25 will celebrate its 70th anniversary as a service club at 7 p.m. Monday. Current members, former… Continue reading
HOW DO YOU show your support when someone is hurting? A death in the family, illness, marital separation, a lost child … it can be… Continue reading
The three Jefferson County commissioners will issue a call for bids on the Rick Tollefson Memorial Trail Phase 1 project when they meet Monday. The… Continue reading
Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday he was calling lawmakers back for a special session that… Continue reading