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This financial literacy checklist can help you build a solid understanding of personal finance and take control of your financial future. Photo courtesy First Fed

Financial Literacy Checklist

Financial literacy is an essential life skill that helps you take the steps towards achieving long-term financial security. As you begin your journey towards financial… Continue reading

This financial literacy checklist can help you build a solid understanding of personal finance and take control of your financial future. Photo courtesy First Fed
Several orcas are spotted in Port Angeles harbor on Friday with Ediz Hook and the U.S. Coast Guard station in the background. Light rain and cloudy skies are in the forecast for early this week, although the sun and temperatures are in upper 60s to low 70s is expected for the weekend. (Ken and Mary Campbell)

Orcas in Port Angeles harbor

Several orcas are spotted in Port Angeles harbor on Friday with Ediz Hook and the U.S. Coast Guard station in the background. Light rain and… Continue reading

Several orcas are spotted in Port Angeles harbor on Friday with Ediz Hook and the U.S. Coast Guard station in the background. Light rain and cloudy skies are in the forecast for early this week, although the sun and temperatures are in upper 60s to low 70s is expected for the weekend. (Ken and Mary Campbell)

LETTER: Sound of freedom

Sound of freedom “Judge: Growler Flights Continue.” Which came first, practice flights or the population density of the northeast Olympic Peninsula? What are people thinking… Continue reading

LETTER: Elegant column

Elegant column Although I am pro-choice, I wholeheartedly applaud the recent elegant column on abortion by Mona Charen (PDN, Sept. 1), which should be required… Continue reading

LETTER: Mail delivery

Mail delivery The mail delivery along U.S. Highway 101 is the worst that I’ve seen in 60 years. Over the years we have had some… Continue reading

LETTER: Not dead yet

Not dead yet I read Mona Charen’s column regarding President Biden’s age (PDN, Aug. 18.) She was responding to the concern of many that he… Continue reading

LETTER: No masks

No masks As a preemptive strike against the inevitable, I encourage all Clallam County citizens to refuse to wear masks when they are mandated by… Continue reading

Should California Democrat Nancy Pelosi, 83, seek reelection to her House seat in 2024?

Should California Democrat Nancy Pelosi, 83, seek reelection to her House seat in 2024?… Continue reading

  • Sep 10, 2023

A GROWING CONCERN: Go just wild about saffron

IT IS NOW time to start ordering and buying spring flowering plants. However, it is not the time to plant them yet! Next week I… Continue reading

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Jefferson Healthcare CEO Mike Glenn jokes with Port Townsend City Manager John Munro and Mayor David Faber, center, on Thursday at a groundbreaking for a $84 million project.

Ceremony launches hospital expansion

Jefferson Healthcare breaks ground for $84 million project

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Jefferson Healthcare CEO Mike Glenn jokes with Port Townsend City Manager John Munro and Mayor David Faber, center, on Thursday at a groundbreaking for a $84 million project.
Congressman Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor.

Point of View: Bill aims to aid rural hospitals

FORTY-NINE YEARS ago, I was born at what was then called Olympic Memorial Hospital. Over the years, members of my family and I received good,… Continue reading

Congressman Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor.
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Ocean Smith gets ready to hand off a vase of flowers to a Northwest Maritime Center sailing team member already aboard during an early Friday morning delivery of flowers purchased on Thursday. Looking on are teammates Ava Butterfield and Charley Capel.

Sail team sells flowers for festival boats

Posies welcomed at Wooden Boat Fest

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Ocean Smith gets ready to hand off a vase of flowers to a Northwest Maritime Center sailing team member already aboard during an early Friday morning delivery of flowers purchased on Thursday. Looking on are teammates Ava Butterfield and Charley Capel.

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Have you ever participated in a social media “challenge”?

Have you ever participated in a social media "challenge"?… Continue reading

  • Sep 8, 2023
Riptide, a 47-foot wooden boat from Port Ludlow owned by Pete Leenhouts, built in 1927 by Schertzer Bros. of Seattle, is gently nudged to the dock by volunteer harbormasters on Thursday in preparation for today’s opening of the 46th annual Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend. The festival runs through Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Festival preparation

Riptide, a 47-foot wooden boat from Port Ludlow owned by Pete Leenhouts, built in 1927 by Schertzer Bros. of Seattle, is gently nudged to the… Continue reading

Riptide, a 47-foot wooden boat from Port Ludlow owned by Pete Leenhouts, built in 1927 by Schertzer Bros. of Seattle, is gently nudged to the dock by volunteer harbormasters on Thursday in preparation for today’s opening of the 46th annual Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend. The festival runs through Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

ISSUES OF FAITH: Give me credit, please

SOME BELIEVE CAPITALISM is God’s favorite economic system. It would follow that God also endorses the sophisticated financial system that makes capitalism work. However, when… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center to talk finances at public forum series

Olympic Medical Center will share information on its plan for financial recovery at three public forums next week in Sequim, Port Angeles and via the… Continue reading

Do you think the United Auto Workers will reach a contract agreement with the three Detroit automakers before the deadline Sept. 14, or will they go on strike?

Do you think the United Auto Workers will reach a contract agreement with the three Detroit automakers before the deadline Sept. 14, or will they… Continue reading

  • Sep 7, 2023

Do you think the federal government will shut down at the end of September?

Do you think the federal government will shut down at the end of September?… Continue reading

  • Sep 6, 2023

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Peninsula Soccer League begins fall season

The Peninsula Soccer League, a coed league for adult recreation soccer players, kicked off the fall season Sunday with five matches at… Continue reading