News

Hood Canal Bridge closures set for tonight into Friday

SHINE – The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic several times tonight, with each closure…

Opinion

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Best of humanity in action in two local books

READING A GOOD book is like bodysurfing: You dive in, paddle — and the wave lifts and sweeps…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: The Better Care Reconciliation Act is not a healthcare bill; it’s a tax cut bill.

The Better Care Reconciliation Act is not a healthcare bill.

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: If we can’t care for our elders what does that say about us?

The House and Republican alternative proposals (the American Health Care Act — AHCA) to the Affordable Care Act…

Microsoft, Trump administration clash over email searches

Business

Microsoft, Trump administration clash over email searches

By Mark Sherman

Business

Estes Builders donates to Peninsula agencies

POULSBO — Estes Builders of Poulsbo has made cash awards to agencies on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Politics

Wyman: Vote fraud claim ‘ludicrous’; refers Trump to website

The Associated Press

News

NEWS BRIEFS: Drink and Draw event set Thursday … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Drink and Draw, a free event for all ages, is planned at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Filmmaker Morgan Neville to be Port Townsend Film Festival special guest

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Filmmaker Morgan Neville to be Port Townsend Film Festival special guest

PORT TOWNSEND — Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville will be the special guest at September’s Port Townsend Film…

Behind the scenes: Pyrotechnician tells of prep for Port Townsend fireworks show

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Behind the scenes: Pyrotechnician tells of prep for Port Townsend fireworks show

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend’s third annual Old School 4th of July fireworks are a summer staple for…

Harsh winter took heavy toll on wildlife across western U.S.

News

Harsh winter took heavy toll on wildlife across western U.S.

By Bob Moen

Opinion

PAT NEAL: A short history of tourists

NOW THAT THE tourists are finally here it’s easy to remember why we put a season on them.

News

Hood Canal Bridge closures planned tonight

SHINE – The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic several times tonight, with each closure…

News

Two more bodies discovered in Olympic National Park in addition to one believed to be Krull

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Olympic National Park officials recovered the bodies of three people in three different areas…

News

Jefferson PUD plans next tree trimming project

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Utility District crews soon will trim trees along Beaver Valley Road, Rhody…

Official: Body recovered from Olympic National Park likely missing hiker

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Official: Body recovered from Olympic National Park likely missing hiker

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A hiker has found a body in Olympic National Park that officials believe is…

News

Jefferson County celebrations fete the Fourth

Celebrations in Jefferson County today will mark the Fourth of July.

Olympic Game Farm adds two timber wolf puppies

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Olympic Game Farm adds two timber wolf puppies

SEQUIM — Grace and Tonka, a sister and brother pair of timber wolf puppies will soon join the…

Politics

Peninsula legislators stake out positions on state education funding

OLYMPIA — Sen. Kevin Van De Wege, D-Sequim, and Rep. Mike Chapman, D-Port Angeles, voted against the basic…

Port Townsend man unharmed in fire that destroyed home

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Port Townsend man unharmed in fire that destroyed home

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend man escaped uninjured after his home caught fire early Sunday morning.