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The state’s No Mask, No Service goes into effect Tuesday. Do you agree with the order?

The state's No Mask, No Service goes into effect Tuesday. Do you agree with the order?… Continue reading

  • Jul 6, 2020

Loved working as a nurse

Concerning kids and cancer, in 1992, while working as a nurse at the University of California-Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, I recall: Working on the… Continue reading

Protester killed on Seattle freeway was dedicated to cause

Protester killed on Seattle freeway was dedicated to cause

A person killed Saturday when a man who drove his car onto a closed Seattle freeway and into a crowd protesting police brutality… Continue reading

Protester killed on Seattle freeway was dedicated to cause

Have you had trouble finding childcare? Do you see a shortage in Clallam and Jefferson counties?

Have you had trouble finding childcare? Do you see a shortage in Clallam and Jefferson counties?… Continue reading

  • Jul 5, 2020

LETTER: Opposes sex ed

How did we get here? Why have parents unilaterally ceded their voice in the education of their children? American public education has been on the… Continue reading

LETTER: Wants third party

not much, but making statements about how they will “fix it” and… Continue reading

LETTER: Wear a mask

Remember when seat belts were made law? It was 1968 for new cars. Over the next 20 years, states made it mandatory for all. There… Continue reading

Stonechild Chiefstick remembered

Stonechild Chiefstick remembered

Some 30 to 35 people gathered at the intersection of Sims Way and Kearney Street in Port Townsend on Friday as part of a solidarity… Continue reading

Stonechild Chiefstick remembered

What is your favorite food to barbecue?

What is your favorite food to barbecue?… Continue reading

  • Jul 4, 2020
Inslee expands virus mask order for businesses

Inslee expands virus mask order for businesses

Gov. Jay Inslee has announced that because of an increase in the rate of COVID-19… Continue reading

Inslee expands virus mask order for businesses

Businesses should confront shoppers not wearing masks

I very much hope that business owners on the North Olympic Peninsula are aware that strict enforcement of the requirement to wear masks when in… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Be grounded in gratitude, compassion

“STOP WHINING AND feeling sorry for yourself,” we often hear people say. “Why don’t you just learn to count your blessings? You’d be so much… Continue reading

Pop-up concert

Pop-up concert

Marge Rosen, conductor for the Port Townsend Summer Band, plays a selection of Big Band music to a small crowd gathered at… Continue reading

Pop-up concert

Considering many Fourth of July events have been modified or canceled, will your plans for the holiday weekend be different this year?

Considering many Fourth of July events have been modified or canceled, will your plans for the holiday weekend be different this year?… Continue reading

  • Jul 2, 2020

ONP should reopen backcountry backpacking earlier

Last summer I hiked across Olympic National Park (ONP) with my two teenage children. My husband dropped us off at the Dosewallips River Trail and… Continue reading

Paving Spruce Railroad Trail will make it less safe

Regarding plans to pave the Spruce Railroad Trail along Lake Crescent, we might consider taking a tip from our neighbors to the north. The biking/walking… Continue reading

Seattle cops dismantle ‘occupied’ zone, arrest more than 30

Seattle cops dismantle ‘occupied’ zone, arrest more than 30

Seattle police turned out in force early Wednesday at the city’s “occupied” protest… Continue reading

Seattle cops dismantle ‘occupied’ zone, arrest more than 30

Supports Brian Pruiett for Legislative District 24

My first introduction of Brian Pruiett was with Fire District 3 Community Emergency Response Team program. The program is training and preparing community members for… Continue reading

Things to watch for in the June jobs report today

With the viral outbreak worsening and unemployment at Depression-era levels, the government today will issue what… Continue reading

Do you support the idea of having students split their time between distance learning and inside schools this fall?

Do you support the idea of having students split their time between distance learning and inside schools this fall?… Continue reading

  • Jul 1, 2020