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Port Townsend Library pick-up

Port Townsend Library pick-up

Nancy Grant, a library assistant with the Port Townsend Library, places books into the back of a patron’s car Wednesday, July 29,… Continue reading

Port Townsend Library pick-up

Clallam Mosaic seeks donations for August fundraiser

Clallam Mosaic is accepting donations for a fundraising yard sale in August. Donations of gently used items are now being accepted. All items… Continue reading

Shopping with a mask

Shopping with a mask

Kathleen Dionne of Port Angeles unloads her groceries into her car at Safeway on Lincoln Street on Monday, July 27, 2020. The… Continue reading

Shopping with a mask
Smooth sounds in Port Townsend

Smooth sounds in Port Townsend

Jefferson County resident Mike Sanders plays his guitar while busking near the sidewalk in front of Food Co-op in Port Townsend on… Continue reading

Smooth sounds in Port Townsend
Sunny skies on the horizon

Sunny skies on the horizon

Many in masks and most socially distancing, people enjoyed the beach at Fort Worden after cloud cover burned off Friday, July 24,… Continue reading

Sunny skies on the horizon
Beach walk

Beach walk

Beach walkers, from left, Warren Wilson of Sequim, Tony Butchart and Stacy Butchart of Portland, Ore., and Cindy Wilson of Sequim walk their… Continue reading

Beach walk
Finding some shade

Finding some shade

Leah Prince of Sequim takes a solitary walk along the Dungeness River levy near Dungeness beneath a sunny Saturday sky. The North Olympic Peninsula should… Continue reading

Finding some shade

A GROWING CONCERN: Now or never gardening chores

WELL, TIME KEEPS rolling along as we all find our new normalcy. Since I have been working extremely hard the past several weeks while you… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Just kick it off the trail

DISMOUNTING AND KICKING the road apples, otherwise known as horse manure, to the side of the trail is what we equestrians are asked to do… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Refuge in uncertain times

And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as… Continue reading

Wild coastline beckons hikers to Cape Alava

Wild coastline beckons hikers to Cape Alava

Trails cross longtime home of Makah Tribe

Wild coastline beckons hikers to Cape Alava
Sculptor uses driftwood to mend broken heart

Sculptor uses driftwood to mend broken heart

Man restoring Ediz Hook creation that burned last spring

Sculptor uses driftwood to mend broken heart
Flying through the sky

Flying through the sky

The NEOWISE comet appears in the northern sky as seen from Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park on Sunday night. The light on the horizon… Continue reading

Flying through the sky
Salt Creek soccer

Salt Creek soccer

Six-year-old Adalynn Scott of Port Angeles, center, kicks the ball between Ezra Brewin, 6, left, and Cruze Brewin, 4, both of Port Angeles during an… Continue reading

Salt Creek soccer
Lavender field trips

Lavender field trips

Kiersten Week and 8-year-old Ava Week of Leavenworth share a moment while perusing the lavender fields at Purple Haze Organic Lavender Farm. It was the… Continue reading

Lavender field trips
A GROWING CONCERN: Thyme to plant Mediterranean herbs

A GROWING CONCERN: Thyme to plant Mediterranean herbs

AS WE SEE an increase in COVID-19 cases coupled with the natural pandemic protocol procedures, everyone knew the Lavender Festival would be ultimately different this… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Thyme to plant Mediterranean herbs
Sequim nonprofit continues rummage sale fundraiser

Sequim nonprofit continues rummage sale fundraiser

With a building full of “unusual stuff,” staff and volunteers with Olympic Theatre Arts Center are looking to clear some space and raise… Continue reading

Sequim nonprofit continues rummage sale fundraiser
UPDATED: Sequim author, educator releases ‘A Work in Progress’

UPDATED: Sequim author, educator releases ‘A Work in Progress’

Months removed from that fateful fall all those months ago, Jon Eekhoff said he can walk and talk and smile, an outward show… Continue reading

UPDATED: Sequim author, educator releases ‘A Work in Progress’
Beachcombers wander Strait shore

Beachcombers wander Strait shore

Trudy Smith and her dog, Sweetpea, along with her sister, Ellen Jasmer, all of Port Angeles, comb the shoreline of the Elwha River near its… Continue reading

Beachcombers wander Strait shore

ISSUES OF FAITH: Golden Rule a guide for behavior

WHEN RABBI HILLEL the Elder was asked somewhat sarcastically by a non-Jew to teach him the entire Torah while the man stood on one foot,… Continue reading