AFTER BARB SACHI moved to Port Townsend five years ago, she joined a book club in Seattle, necessitating a commute to monthly meetings. Then one… Continue reading
IN THE ANNALS of Olympic Peninsula history, James G. Swan is remembered as a naturalist, historian, artist, journalist and judge. But Catherine Garrison of Port… Continue reading
SOMETIMES DREAMS COME true in a person's lifetime. Sometimes it is up to a friend to see the dream through. The latter was the case… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- On June 10, 1965, Marvin Shields was building an airstrip with his Seabee team in Dong Xoai, South Vietnam, when the Viet… Continue reading
PORT ANGELES -- In the bar at Michael's Seafood and Steakhouse, all of the spirits are not on the shelves, some who have spent time… Continue reading
BASS PLAYER ELLEN Finn is a standout performer during Centrum's Northwest Big Band week in more ways than one. First, she is one of the… Continue reading
QUILCENE — They stand like sentinels along the main street, tall, barrel-shaped containers made of wood held together with wire cable. Filled with dirt, they… Continue reading
CHIMACUM -- Malcolm Dorn isn't sure yet what the name of a store selling local agriculture products at the intersection of Highway 19 and Chimacum… Continue reading
DISCOVERY BAY Â-- Sit and talk with artist Sandra Offutt in her second-floor studio overlooking the bay and mountains, and you'll discover that her life… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- When Debbi Steele came up with an idea for a way to make the lives of women and girls in her county… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Lonny Ritter, whose Port Townsend restaurants drew celebrities and politicians, has died in Thailand. Ritter was found dead in his condominium in… Continue reading
SIGNS OF SPRING abound in the kindergarten wing of Chimacum Creek Primary School. Pussy willow catkins emerge from slender, poster-paint stems on the common room… Continue reading
QUILCENE -- Film editor Linda Hattendorf was heading out of her Manhattan, N.Y., apartment near the World Trade Center 10 years ago when she noticed… Continue reading
CHIMACUM -- Nate Christiansen is considering a career in law enforcement. Brad Coulter is deciding between joining the Coast Guard or firefighting. Garry Prose wants… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- When soldiers were stationed at Fort Townsend during the last half of the 19th century, there were two-story barracks, a dining hall,… Continue reading
CHIMACUM -- They arrived at 9:45 a.m. at the Chimacum Schools campus, eight middle school students and 10 elementary-age students and their two teachers from… Continue reading
WHEN PEGGY SCHAFRAN was a sophomore in high school, she told her grandmother, with whom she lived in El Paso, Texas, that she wanted to… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- Cinderella, dressed in yeller, went upstairs to kiss her feller. How many kisses did she get? The words may not be PC… Continue reading
PORT TOWNSEND -- In the fall of 2008, Bob Balck was eating dinner at a Mexican restaurant when he noticed a woman and a girl… Continue reading
SOME PEOPLE TRAMP through the cedars of the rain forest, hoping to catch a glimpse of the elusive Bigfoot. Others go up in helicopters to… Continue reading
