Wire Service

Olympic Timber Town hopes for crowd at weekend concert

Free camping, Dave Bunker’s touch guitar and all-ages entertainment will bring a “tumble” of fun to the future site of Olympic Timber… Continue reading

FarmStrong to throw bash for its new CD this Saturday

FarmStrong to throw bash for its new CD this Saturday

For bluegrass/Americana band FarmStrong, it’s not so much about swaggering instrumental arrangements or guitar picking techniques. “It’s about reaching people with song,” band… Continue reading

FarmStrong to throw bash for its new CD this Saturday

LETTER: Van Hoover the best fit for Jefferson Healthcare hospital commission

The letter writer in support of candidate Bruce McComas [“For McComas” Aug. 18, PDN] is apparently unaware of Cheri Van Hoover’s resume and therefore doesn’t… Continue reading

Message of ‘radical sustainability’ heads to Port Townsend

Message of ‘radical sustainability’ heads to Port Townsend

He lives a near-zero waste lifestyle and donates 100 percent of his media income to grass-roots environmental nonprofits. Who is this dude?… Continue reading

Message of ‘radical sustainability’ heads to Port Townsend
En plein air artist captures meadow scene at her easel

En plein air artist captures meadow scene at her easel

Gretha Lindwood’s not usually a coffee drinker, but she sips when she paints. The caffeine keeps her gloved, pastel-powdery hands busy. By… Continue reading

En plein air artist captures meadow scene at her easel

LETTER: Let history acknowledge Confederates for the traitors they were

It appears that President Donald Trump and Commentary Page columnist Pat Buchanan (“Who Are We Without Our History,” PDN, Aug. 15) both have the same… Continue reading

LETTER: Who are we without our history, our voice, our language?

Who are we without our history? Which history? The one written by white men who owned slaves? The one written by colonialists? I actually agree… Continue reading

Senate panel plans two hearings on girding health insurance

The Senate health committee will hold two hearings early next month on how the nation’s individual health… Continue reading

Researchers find wreckage of WWII-era ship

Researchers find wreckage of WWII-era ship

Civilian researchers said they have located the wreck of the USS Indianapolis, the World War II… Continue reading

Researchers find wreckage of WWII-era ship

Atlantic salmon escape from Cypress Island net

The public is being asked to help mop up a salmon spill from an imploded net holding 305,000 fish at… Continue reading

LETTER: Let’s not make a dangerous world worse like we did in Charlottesville

The other day, I turned on the news and saw a mob of people hitting and kicking each other. My first thought was, is this… Continue reading

LETTER: Strength in unity if we come together

The editorial page of Aug. 15 asks good questions about the identification of “American” and “our values.” Are we content to be a group of… Continue reading

Officials eye annual Alaska whaling quotas

Officials eye annual Alaska whaling quotas

Federal officials are reviewing annual catch limits for 11 Alaska Native communities whose subsistence hunters are… Continue reading

Officials eye annual Alaska whaling quotas

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Do you agree with President Donald Trump’s plan to send up to 3,900 additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan?… Continue reading

  • Aug 22, 2017
Man dies, woman hurt in motorcycle wreck near Port Townsend

Man dies, woman hurt in motorcycle wreck near Port Townsend

A man died and a woman was injured in a single motorcycle wreck on Center Road at about 2 p.m. Monday. The… Continue reading

Man dies, woman hurt in motorcycle wreck near Port Townsend
Washington mayors call for removal of Confederate reminders

Washington mayors call for removal of Confederate reminders

Mayors in two Washington cities took action Friday toward removing statues, monuments and signs honoring Confederate soldiers… Continue reading

Washington mayors call for removal of Confederate reminders

Washington state unemployment rate is steady at 4.5 percent

Washington state’s unemployment rate of 4.5 percent held steady for a third consecutive month in July,… Continue reading

Partial solar eclipse to be seen this morning on Peninsula

Partial solar eclipse to be seen this morning on Peninsula

The long-awaited moment will come and pass in just two minutes. People will travel hundreds of miles, brave standstill traffic to boot, take off the… Continue reading

Partial solar eclipse to be seen this morning on Peninsula

Port Angeles Sea Scouts ship ready for sailors

They’ve rigged the 40-foot vessel, the leaders and the vision. Now, it’s a matter of anchoring the most important element of a… Continue reading

Gray whale beached for three days lives to swim away

Gray whale beached for three days lives to swim away

In a rare three-day beaching, experts say size saved the whale. A 1½-year-old gray whale stranded for three days on a remote beach… Continue reading

Gray whale beached for three days lives to swim away