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Port Townsend translator of Chinese poets wins national prize

Port Townsend translator of Chinese poets wins national prize

“I met a monk in Chinatown and he taught me how to meditate …” This isn’t the first line of a novel,… Continue reading

Port Townsend translator of Chinese poets wins national prize

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Commissioners to consider action only meeting minutes

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider authorizing action only meeting minutes when they meet at 9 a.m. Monday. The meeting will be in commissioners’… Continue reading

Sequim city code prohibits private marinas

Sequim city code prohibits private marinas

Port commissioners urged not to sell John Wayne Marina to private developers

Sequim city code prohibits private marinas
No more internet ads for Sequim man accused of child sex crimes

No more internet ads for Sequim man accused of child sex crimes

A Sequim man who was arrested in March in the Net Nanny child-sex sting has had his internet use restricted after he… Continue reading

No more internet ads for Sequim man accused of child sex crimes
Draft cleanup study for Port Angeles Harbor given to Ecology

Draft cleanup study for Port Angeles Harbor given to Ecology

A carpet of sand and gravel would cap buried logs, woody debris and carcinogenic pollutants that contaminate sediment at the bottom of… Continue reading

Draft cleanup study for Port Angeles Harbor given to Ecology

Port of Port Angeles seeks bids for stormwater project

Bids are being sought beginning this week for the Port of Port Angeles’ largest capital project for 2018, which will be built… Continue reading

Lawsuit holds up bed and breakfast regs in Clallam

Lawsuit holds up bed and breakfast regs in Clallam

A lawsuit against Clallam County and its elected community development director is stalling progress on addressing bed and breakfast regulations in the… Continue reading

Lawsuit holds up bed and breakfast regs in Clallam
Comment period extended for tribe’s oyster farm plans in Dungeness refuge

Comment period extended for tribe’s oyster farm plans in Dungeness refuge

The Clallam County Hearing Examiner has extended the comment period for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s plans to re-establish an oyster farm within… Continue reading

Comment period extended for tribe’s oyster farm plans in Dungeness refuge
Tall ships to be part of inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival

Tall ships to be part of inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival

A maritime festival will be held in Port Angeles from June 9-10, and the tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain will… Continue reading

Tall ships to be part of inaugural Port Angeles Maritime Festival

Newspaper owner announces Alaska acquisitions

David Black, chairman and owner of Black Press, LTD of Victoria, B.C., announced Wednesday that Black Press has agreed to acquire the… Continue reading

ALL-PENINSULA WRESTLING MVP: Forks’ Lucas repeats as state champ and MVP

ALL-PENINSULA WRESTLING MVP: Forks’ Lucas repeats as state champ and MVP

After winning the state wrestling championship for the second straight year, all Forks’ Josue Lucas could think about was … eating. One of… Continue reading

ALL-PENINSULA WRESTLING MVP: Forks’ Lucas repeats as state champ and MVP

Jefferson County provides $75,000 for summer shelter in Port Townsend

Concerns about funding the Jefferson County Summer Shelter were alleviated when county commissioners voted unanimously to fund the program with $75,000 from… Continue reading

Black Bear Diner gets Founder’s Award

Black Bear Diner gets Founder’s Award

Sequim’s Black Bear Diner now has bragging rights for restaurant of the year among the other 108 restaurant locations nationwide. Bret and Trish… Continue reading

Black Bear Diner gets Founder’s Award
Windward School makes way to Sequim

Windward School makes way to Sequim

Experiential education is continuing to make waves in the Sequim community. Windward School, based in Port Townsend, will join other experiential education models… Continue reading

Windward School makes way to Sequim

Jefferson County comprehensive plan hearings set next week

Jefferson County officials seek public input for the comprehensive plan update through open houses and public hearings next week. The county Planning Commission will conduct… Continue reading

Films by and for women screened in festival this weekend

Films by and for women screened in festival this weekend

Maybe you wonder about becoming a Buddhist nun. Or a grower of marijuana. Perhaps you’d love to take a gap year in… Continue reading

Films by and for women screened in festival this weekend
New gallery site, political cartoons to be seen during Second Saturday

New gallery site, political cartoons to be seen during Second Saturday

Harbor Art will host its grand opening celebration at a new location during Second Saturday Art Walk. The gallery has moved from… Continue reading

New gallery site, political cartoons to be seen during Second Saturday
PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles golfers split with Kingston

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles golfers split with Kingston

Kingston topped Port Angeles 218-241 in a nine-hole Olympic League girls golf match Wednesday at Peninsula Golf Club. Gillian Elofson and Kathryn… Continue reading

PREP SPORTS ROUNDUP: Port Angeles golfers split with Kingston
Port Townsend’s Rhody Fest carnival to be held on Memorial Field in May
Port Townsend’s Rhody Fest carnival to be held on Memorial Field in May

Clallam elected officials consider raise

Clallam County’s non-judicial elected officials are looking to restructure their positions’ salaries to be based on a percentage of what a Superior… Continue reading