Letters to the Editor
LETTER: Why can’t Hurricane Ridge winter schedule extend into April?
It appears that once again, Olympic National Park is closed for business during the month of April.
Life
ANDREW MAY: Don’t rush to checkout line with summer-type plants; instead, pinch, prune
THREE DIFFERENT CONCERNS and/or horticultural alarm bells went off last week, so I thought I’d make this triad…
Life
BIRD WATCH: Birds’ simple songs signal season’s start
WHAT DO ROBINS, meadowlarks, orange-crowned warblers and Swainson’s thrushes have in common?
News
NEWS BRIEFS: Flight practice set this week in Coupeville … and other items
COUPEVILLE — Field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island are scheduled…
Entertainment
Easter egg hunts continue cracking open today across Peninsula
Children collected brightly colored eggs, candy and prizes during Easter egg hunts on the North Olympic Peninsula on…
News
It’s wet out there — but wildfire season began this weekend
OLYMPIA — The state wildfire season began Saturday, as specified by state law, despite the rating of low…
Business
EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings
• Forks Chamber of Commerce — Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar &Grill, 1222 S. Forks…
Life
BACK WHEN: Memories of the Dosewallips found in memoirs
IN HER LATER years, Lillie Christiansen wrote a letter to Ida Bailey in Brinnon describing some of the…
Life
HELP LINE: Documents for decisions when you can’t make them
THOSE OF US who have been mucking about in these columns for years are probably fairly aware of…
News
EYE ON JEFFERSON: Hearing set on Port Townsend tourist home applications moratorium
The Port Townsend City Council will conduct a public hearing on a moratorium of tourist home applications when…
Life
ISSUES OF FAITH: Invite Jesus into your life and heart with no regrets
IT IS GOOD Friday, and in two days, we celebrate the most important date on the Christian calendar:…
News
Dog team searches Sol Duc area for missing hiker
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A dog team was scheduled to search the west side of the Sol Duc…
News
NEWS BRIEFS: Unity speaker to speak on Palm Sunday … and other items
PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics’ 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service guest speaker will be Kim Perkins.
News
Sunrise services planned for Easter
Easter will be greeted with sunrise services across the North Olympic Peninsula.
Entertainment
‘P-Town’ pilot premieres Sunday in bombastic Port Townsend showing
PORT TOWNSEND — The pilot episode of “P-Town,” a physical-comedy, action-adventures series set in a fictionalized version of…
Entertainment
Animals of Grace mix up original tunes in Coyle
COYLE — Animals of Grace will perform its original songs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the next Concerts…
Entertainment
Free park days, Junior Ranger Day this weekend
Day-use entrance fees will be waived Saturday at state parks and Saturday and Sunday at Olympic National Park,…
Entertainment
Plastic, radiation, wildflowers topics to be explored on Peninsula
A film about plastic in the oceans, a presentation about monitoring radiation and a search for wildflowers are…
Entertainment
Happy hunting grounds! Easter eggs, prizes offered across Peninsula
Children will run through parks and fields with baskets in search of thousands of brightly colored Easter eggs…