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Rare, newly-built wooden Folkboat wins first time out

Rare, newly-built wooden Folkboat wins first time out

The first time the boat sailed, it was tops in its class. A few days after the Nordic Folkboat was completed by… Continue reading

Rare, newly-built wooden Folkboat wins first time out
Walking tours explore Port Townsend’s past

Walking tours explore Port Townsend’s past

As Water Street continues to experience the big dig and a new chapter of the city’s history is being written, free walking… Continue reading

Walking tours explore Port Townsend’s past
Port Townsend council drops dog park designation of two neighborhood areas, looks at another

Port Townsend council drops dog park designation of two neighborhood areas, looks at another

The Port Townsend City Council, in response to residents’ concerns, has dropped the idea of using two neighborhood areas as off-leash dog… Continue reading

Port Townsend council drops dog park designation of two neighborhood areas, looks at another
Jefferson Community School taking measures to stay open

Jefferson Community School taking measures to stay open

The Jefferson Community School board has decided to sell the private school’s building and create a new educational model in an effort… Continue reading

Jefferson Community School taking measures to stay open
Reandeau Stipe selected Sequim’s 2017 Citizen of Year

Reandeau Stipe selected Sequim’s 2017 Citizen of Year

As the wife of a serviceman, Judy Reandeau Stipe spent much of her early adulthood away from her hometown — and yet, for… Continue reading

Reandeau Stipe selected Sequim’s 2017 Citizen of Year
Kitsap Bank’s remodeled Port Townsend branch highlights green building practices

Kitsap Bank’s remodeled Port Townsend branch highlights green building practices

Kitsap Bank’s newly remodeled branch opened Monday in a building that stresses green building practices and solar power. Tony George, president and… Continue reading

Kitsap Bank’s remodeled Port Townsend branch highlights green building practices
Sequim wheelchair bike program — among the first in the nation — is in the works

Sequim wheelchair bike program — among the first in the nation — is in the works

Sequim is peddling its way to becoming one of the first cities in the U.S. to have a wheelchair bike program in its… Continue reading

Sequim wheelchair bike program — among the first in the nation — is in the works
McKinley Paper puts retooling plans on hold at Port Angeles mill

McKinley Paper puts retooling plans on hold at Port Angeles mill

McKinley Paper Co. has put on hold plans to retool the Nippon Paper Industries USA paper plant it purchased almost a year… Continue reading

McKinley Paper puts retooling plans on hold at Port Angeles mill
New Port Townsend school to teach bicycle maintenance in first for region

New Port Townsend school to teach bicycle maintenance in first for region

It takes more than air in the tires to keep a bicycle on the road or trail. A new school being launched… Continue reading

New Port Townsend school to teach bicycle maintenance in first for region
Community Organic Gardens of Sequim celebrates a decade

Community Organic Gardens of Sequim celebrates a decade

The Community Organic Gardens of Sequim organization is celebrating a decade of growing flowers, produce and long-lasting friendships. The organization and its members… Continue reading

Community Organic Gardens of Sequim celebrates a decade
Purchase of downtown Port Angeles property for hotel nears

Purchase of downtown Port Angeles property for hotel nears

The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe’s plans to build an 86-room, $25 million downtown hotel are back on track after a delay over… Continue reading

Purchase of downtown Port Angeles property for hotel nears
Sequim crowns its irrigation festival royal court

Sequim crowns its irrigation festival royal court

The public will have a chance to meet Sequim Irrigation Festival Queen Erin Gordon and princesses Gabi Simonson, Eden Batson and Gracelyn Hurdlow… Continue reading

Sequim crowns its irrigation festival royal court
Thousands more trees planted on Tarboo Creek during Plant-A-Thon

Thousands more trees planted on Tarboo Creek during Plant-A-Thon

In one day, 180 volunteers planted 4,300 native trees and shrubs along Tarboo Creek. The Northwest Watershed Institute’s Plant-A-Thon, an annual event since… Continue reading

Thousands more trees planted on Tarboo Creek during Plant-A-Thon
Port Angeles brewery to expand into port building

Port Angeles brewery to expand into port building

Barhop, meet Dairy Fresh. There’s little that satisfies a real estate guy more than marrying vacant property with a willing renter. In… Continue reading

Port Angeles brewery to expand into port building
Port Townsend native tells of mountain climbing in memoir chosen as 2018 Community Read

Port Townsend native tells of mountain climbing in memoir chosen as 2018 Community Read

Leif Whittaker’s critically acclaimed memoir, “My Old Man and the Mountain,” has been selected as the Port Townsend Public Library’s 13th Annual… Continue reading

Port Townsend native tells of mountain climbing in memoir chosen as 2018 Community Read
Film documents immigrant’s rescue of state’s oyster industry

Film documents immigrant’s rescue of state’s oyster industry

What was supposed to be a short historical tribute to retired oysterman Jerry Yamashita, 95, of Seattle, took on a different meaning once Leaping Frog… Continue reading

Film documents immigrant’s rescue of state’s oyster industry
Sequim High School leads the way in science

Sequim High School leads the way in science

There’s nothing like walking into a crime scene on the first day of high school. A mock-crime scene was exactly what students found… Continue reading

Sequim High School leads the way in science
Community outreach: Most calls off base for Indian Island firefighters

Community outreach: Most calls off base for Indian Island firefighters

Crews at the Naval Magazine Indian Island fire station would have very few calls if they weren’t committed to helping the outside… Continue reading

Community outreach: Most calls off base for Indian Island firefighters
Couple honored, surprised by 2017 Marrowstone Island Citizens of the Year award

Couple honored, surprised by 2017 Marrowstone Island Citizens of the Year award

A Marrowstone Island couple said they were “honored” and “flabbergasted” that they received the 2017 Marrowstone Island Citizens of the Year award. Nicole… Continue reading

Couple honored, surprised by 2017 Marrowstone Island Citizens of the Year award
Portion of West Uncas Road to be closed for several months during bridge construction

Portion of West Uncas Road to be closed for several months during bridge construction

A portion of West Uncas Road will be closed for several months starting June 1 to allow the culvert at Salmon Creek… Continue reading

Portion of West Uncas Road to be closed for several months during bridge construction