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LETTER: Papa governor

When I was growing up on a farm in South Dakota, one of my jobs was to get the cows in from the pasture. Doing… Continue reading

LETTER: Preferential treatment

A special thanks to KPTZ for hosting a panel discussion on racial prejudice. Also, a thank you to the Jefferson County Board of Health with… Continue reading

LETTER: Tharinger, Chapman

I attended a virtual forum for candidates for State Representative, Position 1, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Clallam County. Incumbent Mike Chapman… Continue reading

What is your go-to Sunday breakfast?

What is your go-to Sunday breakfast?… Continue reading

  • Aug 1, 2020

OUR VIEW: A little more about that editorial cartoon

THE EDITORIAL CARTOON published on the Commentary page in the Peninsula Daily News on Tuesday was a nationally syndicated cartoon descriptive of a national conversation.… Continue reading

Slight dip in initial jobless claims; weekly bonus expires

As a $600 weekly bonus to those seeking unemployment benefits in Washington expired, the state saw a slight dip… Continue reading

Activists want Seattle police held in contempt

Activists want Seattle police held in contempt

Activists who won a U.S. court order restricting the Seattle Police Department’s use of chemical weapons for crowd control… Continue reading

Activists want Seattle police held in contempt
Federal troops to begin withdrawal from Portland

Federal troops to begin withdrawal from Portland

Federal agents who have clashed with protesters in Portland, Ore., will begin… Continue reading

Federal troops to begin withdrawal from Portland
Habitat home project in Port Angeles

Habitat home project in Port Angeles

Port Angeles-area churches have donated $60,000 for Habitat For Humanity home construction in Maloney Heights in west Port Angeles. Thrivent, a religious-based financial institution, matched… Continue reading

Habitat home project in Port Angeles

LETTER: Trump, hate groups

Sending uninvited, unidentified militarized federal agents to an American city that hadn’t requested assistance, as Trump has done in Portland, Ore., is an act of… Continue reading

Mayors want US agents blocked from Portland, other cities

The mayors of Portland, Ore., and five other major U.S. cities have… Continue reading

Navy testing criticized for impact on marine life

Gov. Jay Inslee and other state officials have criticized a Navy military testing program that would potentially harm endangered… Continue reading

US judge rejects challenge to Inslee’s emergency powers

A U.S. judge in Spokane has firmly rejected a water park’s challenge to Gov. Jay Inslee’s emergency powers as… Continue reading

Do you think mail-in ballots increase the likelihood for voter fraud?

Do you think mail-in ballots increase the likelihood for voter fraud?… Continue reading

  • Jul 30, 2020

LETTER: Reader supports Brian Pruiett for state Legislature

Still confused who to vote for? Let me ask you a question. Are you happy? Are you happy with a governor whose erratic, confusing, contradictory… Continue reading

Wagner thrilled by addition of Adams to Seahawks defense

Wagner thrilled by addition of Adams to Seahawks defense

At this point of his career, Bobby Wagner is among those who almost expect the Seattle… Continue reading

Wagner thrilled by addition of Adams to Seahawks defense

As Congress remained far apart on a recovery package, President Donald Trump pushed for a $1.7 billion FBI headquarters. Does that belong in a COVID-19 bill?

As Congress remained far apart on a recovery package, President Donald Trump pushed for a $1.7 billion FBI headquarters. Does that belong in a COVID-19… Continue reading

  • Jul 29, 2020

Judge bars federal agents from using force against journalists

A federal judge has barred federal agents in Portland from dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest or using force against journalists… Continue reading