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Costco worker, wearing elf hat, performs life-saving CPR

Dec. 23 was a day of firsts for longtime Costco employee Mathew Rios — he typically… Continue reading

LETTER: Sex education program is well-respected

The FLASH [Family Life and Sexual Health] sexuality education curriculum is a long established well respected curriculum. I was using early versions of the FLASH… Continue reading

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  • Jan 1, 2017

Dungeness crabbers on strike from California to Canada

Some consumers may have to settle for not-as-fresh Dungeness crab and others could wait a little… Continue reading

Governor grants reprieve in child killer’s death sentence

Gov. Jay Inslee has granted a reprieve to a man who was sentenced to death for the rape and murder… Continue reading

LETTER: The swamp isn’t being drained

It seems that with all the Donald Trump signs still up that people don’t believe the person they elected was elected. Given that the candidate… Continue reading

LETTER: Time to limit agencies to their authorized purposes

For brain surgery, would you prefer surgeons who graduated from medical schools that selected students according to diversity and inclusiveness, or instead, surgeons previously accepted… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund recipient gives back after aid

Peninsula Home Fund recipient gives back after aid

Doug Platten crosses himself, in-the-name-of-the-father-son-holy spirit way. But for this lapsed Catholic, it’s a gesture not so much of religiosity as of… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund recipient gives back after aid
Spokane families plan memorial for victims of 1958 bomber collision

Spokane families plan memorial for victims of 1958 bomber collision

Greg Staples remembers hearing a big “thump” as he was sitting down to dinner on a late summer… Continue reading

Spokane families plan memorial for victims of 1958 bomber collision
States face off over future of Obama global warming plan

States face off over future of Obama global warming plan

Two weeks after officials in two dozen states asked Republican President-elect Donald Trump… Continue reading

States face off over future of Obama global warming plan
Small project funded from Port Angeles grows in African village

Small project funded from Port Angeles grows in African village

After learning his pen pal in Africa did not have access to a working toilet, Doc Reiss of Port Angeles wanted to… Continue reading

Small project funded from Port Angeles grows in African village

LETTER: Defending FLASH program from letter writers

I am writing this in strong disagreement with two recent letters that disagree with our Port Angeles School Board’s support of the FLASH [Family Life… Continue reading

LETTER: Enjoyed story about ‘Star Wars’ enthusiast

Thanks for running the story on Jon Gray and his love of Star Wars toys [“Sequim Man’s Star Wars Collection Out Of This World,” Dec.… Continue reading

LETTER: The real problem in this country is closed minds

The Dec. 18 letter in Peninsula Voices, “Liberal hypocrites,” deserves a response because it illustrates a core problem in our current practice of democracy. In… Continue reading

LETTER: What Trump does not destroy, climate change will

Trump supporters are gloating over their victory and the anticipated dismantling of our current civilian and democratic structures, structures that the right-wing has trained them… Continue reading

Peninsula Home Fund: Twosome stick together through illness, poverty
Peninsula Home Fund: Twosome stick together through illness, poverty

Seattle police officers to start wearing body cameras

The Seattle Police Department is outfitting its first group of officers with body cameras starting this week. KOMO-TV reported that… Continue reading

Monologues sought for winter festival at Peninsula College

Monologues sought for winter festival at Peninsula College

Straight from the heart and onto the stage: This is the first-ever festival of monologues, written by and for the people of… Continue reading

Monologues sought for winter festival at Peninsula College
Tacoma man creates ‘boom box’ to deter package thefts

Tacoma man creates ‘boom box’ to deter package thefts

After the fourth time it happened in recent months, Jaireme Barrow was tired of people… Continue reading

Tacoma man creates ‘boom box’ to deter package thefts