Wire Service

Do you plan to stream any of the free films offered by the Port Townsend Film Festival?

Do you plan to stream any of the free films offered by the Port Townsend Film Festival?… Continue reading

  • May 26, 2020

Northwest cherry crops facing disease and decreased harvest

Cherry industry officials in Oregon and Washington state estimate a tree infection has substantially depleted the fruit for this year’s harvest.… Continue reading

UN virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing

UN virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing

The World Health Organization said Monday that it will temporarily drop hydroxychloroquine — the… Continue reading

UN virus therapy trial pauses hydroxychloroquine testing
Youth sports reeling from COVID-19

Youth sports reeling from COVID-19

Growing up in a rough part of Chicago’s South Side, Saint Wilkins figured… Continue reading

Youth sports reeling from COVID-19
Memorial Day across the Peninsula

Memorial Day across the Peninsula

Memorial Day ceremonies took place Monday across the North Olympic Peninsula. In Port Townsend, Shannon Meehan, president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion… Continue reading

Memorial Day across the Peninsula

Have you adopted a new pet during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Have you adopted a new pet during the COVID-19 pandemic?… Continue reading

  • May 25, 2020

EYE ON CONGRESS: House to vote to extend surveillance procedures

The House will vote this week on extending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, while the Senate will be in recess. Contact legislators (clip… Continue reading

As counties on the North Olympic Peninsula prepare to enter Phase 2, what precautions are you taking in public?

As counties on the North Olympic Peninsula prepare to enter Phase 2, what precautions are you taking in public?… Continue reading

  • May 24, 2020

LETTER: Non-political?

As co-chair of the Jefferson County Republicans, you’d think SOS head and Port Hadlock resident Jodi Wilke and her colleagues might have made plans for… Continue reading

LETTER: Improvements not better

Recently the Port Angeles City Council approved work on Lincoln Street to improve safety. Will the same traffic engineers that provided the safety improvements for… Continue reading

Fraud concerns remain as unemployment benefit claims grow

More than 1.1 million people in Washington have filed for unemployment benefits since businesses started… Continue reading

LETTER: Our freedoms have been usurped

Our lives have become sanitized. We’ve been anesthetized of reality. Our freedoms have been usurped by our unwillingness to face one inherent displeasure of life,… Continue reading

Port Townsend is implementing an Open Streets Initiative to provide distance for people in the downtown district. Is it a good example, or is it too soon?

Port Townsend is implementing an Open Streets Initiative to provide distance for people in the downtown district. Is it a good example, or is it… Continue reading

  • May 21, 2020

Best updated automobiles for 2020

By Reese Counts | Edmunds via The Associated Press In every new vehicle’s lifespan between full redesigns, there is usually a refresh or what’s called… Continue reading

State’s unemployment rate tops 15 percent
State’s unemployment rate tops 15 percent

Clallam County has banned overnight parking at rest areas near Deer Park Road and on state Highway 112. Do you think that will make them safer?

Clallam County has banned overnight parking at rest areas near Deer Park Road and on state Highway 112. Do you think that will make them… Continue reading

  • May 20, 2020
Study: Carbon pollution falls during pandemic

Study: Carbon pollution falls during pandemic

The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17 percent at the peak of… Continue reading

Study: Carbon pollution falls during pandemic
DAISY award recognizes OMC nurse

DAISY award recognizes OMC nurse

The DAISY Foundation has recognized Ninette Swanson, a registered nurse at Olympic Medical Center, with its DAISY award. The award recognizes the… Continue reading

DAISY award recognizes OMC nurse
Federal Reserve chair says loan programs will launch by June 1

Federal Reserve chair says loan programs will launch by June 1

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the Fed’s lending programs for… Continue reading

Federal Reserve chair says loan programs will launch by June 1