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Sparkling water on Lake Crescent

Sparkling water on Lake Crescent

Visitors to Olympic National Park stand on the Lake Crescent Lodge pier at Barnes Point on Lake Crescent. The lodge has reopened to visitors. Dining… Continue reading

Sparkling water on Lake Crescent
Rounding the bend

Rounding the bend

Lorrie and Cherie Hilderbrand of Sequim take a hike along the bluff trail at the Dungeness Recreation Area north of Sequim. The park and adjoining… Continue reading

Rounding the bend
Sequim girl gets drive-by birthday celebration

Sequim girl gets drive-by birthday celebration

3-year-old’s family holds honk-and-wave party

Sequim girl gets drive-by birthday celebration
Concerts in the Barn to be online this season

Concerts in the Barn to be online this season

The 2020 Concerts in the Barn performances have moved online. In the series, which runs each weekend from July 4-5 through July 25-26,… Continue reading

Concerts in the Barn to be online this season

A GROWING CONCERN: Start summer by thinking spring

IT’S SUMMER! BUT I was told years ago by a very established local “old-timer,” it rains on July 4 and then the next day summer… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: A family with their hands, hearts full

HORSEPLAY: A family with their hands, hearts full

THEIR MARRIAGE READS like an old-fashioned love song lived in modern-day life. Tara Black is Sequim Animal Hospital’s large and small animal veterinarian, providing equine… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: A family with their hands, hearts full
Seattle is a young city with a long history of protests

Seattle is a young city with a long history of protests

Large protests in Seattle over police brutality and racial injustice have again caught the nation’s eye,… Continue reading

Seattle is a young city with a long history of protests

A GROWING CONCERN: Pinch and prune for exponential blooms

SUMMER BEGINS OFFICIALLY this coming Saturday at 2:44 p.m. In an ironic twist, the daylight will start to decrease. But what is not decreasing is… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Treat people as God’s creations

“SEEK JUSTICE, LOVE mercy, and walk humbly with God” (Micah 6:8). Judaism places the highest value on taking care of and seeking justice for the… Continue reading

Peninsula College to host visual arts festival

Peninsula College will celebrate student work in the arts during the Student Arts Festival this week, beginning today. The annual event, sponsored… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Work today, lawn tomorrow

full bore into June with the official start of summer, June 28 at 5:43 p.m., less than two weeks away.… Continue reading

A walk in the park: PAFAC sets solstice celebration with new exhibit

A walk in the park: PAFAC sets solstice celebration with new exhibit

For more than two decades, a fresh display of art has been installed in the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s Webster’s Woods… Continue reading

A walk in the park: PAFAC sets solstice celebration with new exhibit
Ron Winger recognized for ECHHO volunteer work

Ron Winger recognized for ECHHO volunteer work

Port Townsend resident Ron Winger, center, received the Ecumenical Christian Helping Hands Organization (ECHHO) Travis Award from Susan Jacob-Humiston, left, and Mark… Continue reading

Ron Winger recognized for ECHHO volunteer work

BEHIND THE WHEEL: 0% loans smart way to get out of a bad loan

By Ronald Montoya | Edmunds via The Associated Press To spur car sales amid the coronavirus pandemic, nearly every automaker has introduced 0 percent financing.… Continue reading

Chimacum Farmers Market opens Sunday

Chimacum Farmers Market opens Sunday

Arts, craft vendors now allowed

Chimacum Farmers Market opens Sunday
Visiting Madison Falls

Visiting Madison Falls

Frank Wuren of Silverdale checks his cellphone at the base of Madison Creek Falls on the north edge of Olympic National… Continue reading

Visiting Madison Falls

A GROWING CONCERN: Beware the ‘Invasion of the Garden Snatchers’

WELL EVERYONE, NOW that we can get “out and about,” having eagerly awaited it, let me warn you about the impending “Invasion of the Garden… Continue reading

Donors swell COVID-19 fund to over $270,000

Donors swell COVID-19 fund to over $270,000

People who once thought they would ever have to ask for help are finding assistance through Olympic Community Action Programs after COVID-19 precautions took their… Continue reading

Donors swell COVID-19 fund to over $270,000
New drugs make headway against lung, prostate, colon cancers

New drugs make headway against lung, prostate, colon cancers

By Marilynn Marchione | AP Chief Medical Writer Doctors are reporting success with newer drugs that control certain types of cancer better, reduce the risk… Continue reading

  • May 31, 2020
  • By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press
New drugs make headway against lung, prostate, colon cancers
Storm King trail among those now open

Storm King trail among those now open

Olympic National Park allows hiking with proper social distancing

Storm King trail among those now open