The Race to Alaska starts in Port Townsend and ends in Ketchikan, Alaska. The first stop is Victoria, B.C., with the second leg beginning June 12 at noon. According to the R2AK website, stage one is …
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6/12/24
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Roundabout etiquette, please
Let’s talk about the magical world of roundabouts, where the rules of the road seem to disappear faster than a magician’s rabbit. As someone who’s …
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6/12/24
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A PBS documentary called him the wealthiest American artist ever. It wasn’t Walt Disney.
The answer: Cartoonist Charles Schulz. And I used to occasionally play golf with …
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Bill Mann
Mann Overboard
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6/12/24
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The power went out one evening last week in Port Ludlow and it prompted a lot of activity around our house.
First of all, we gave thanks to whatever being controls these things because the power …
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Ned Luce
Life in ludlow
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6/12/24
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We watch the Olympic Mountains undress in the spring heat,
our last year’s pride flags tattered from twelve months tossed in storms.
We, too, have …
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Jaiden Dokken
Clallam County’s first Poet Laureate.
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6/12/24
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6/12/24
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Washington State Ferries is holding two public meetings to share updates about crewing, hybrid-electric vessels and efforts to restore full service.
The first meeting is scheduled for noon on …
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6/12/24
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One of the most extraordinary birds on Earth shares the Olympic Peninsula with us but there's a good chance you're unfamiliar with it.
That's because the Marbled Murrelet is grueling to …
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Scott Doggett
wild neighbors
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6/12/24
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In our community, there are many versions of dads in the kitchen. From professional chefs to occasional sous chefs and backyard grillers, dads who bake pies and sourdough loaves, brew ale, and make …
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Sidonie Maroon
kitchen to kitchen
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6/12/24
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The film “Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation” returns to Port Townsend for two screenings only, at 2 and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, at …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/12/24
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California-based blues and roots band Rick Estrin and the Nightcats are returning to Port Townsend, to perform at The Palindrome at the Eaglemount Winery and Cidery, on …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/12/24
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"Run Lola Run" has returned to select theaters for the 25th anniversary of its American release, and rewatching it reminded me of everything that made the independent cinema wave of the 1990s so …
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Kirk Boxleitner
Movie Review
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6/12/24
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The practice of permaculture was developed and nurtured by indigenous people for thousands of years. Today, permaculture combines traditional knowledge with current research, and its principles can …
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Barbara Faurot
GARDEN NOTES
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6/12/24
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Castle & Crown Cellars’ long and winding road toward opening a tasting room in downtown Port Townsend was complicated by the interruption of COVID, but co-founders …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/12/24
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6/11/24
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When you own a property, your home equity is the difference between the current market value of your home and the outstanding balance on your mortgage. There are two main financial tools for …
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6/7/24
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Sienna Lou Sowatsky, the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Mathewson, was born in Highland Park, Michigan. At the age of five her family moved to Smiths Creek, Michigan, where she attended her first …
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6/5/24
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John Gaskill Arscott, aged 84, of Port Ludlow, Washington, concluded a well-lived journey on May 17, 2024. Born on October 16, 1939 in Princeton, New Jersey, he was the son of the late John and Lois …
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6/5/24
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Don passed away on May 15, 2024, at his home in Chimacum Washington surrounded by his family. He was born on March 30th, 1934, in Chicago Ill., To Louis and Clara Hasley. Don attended school there …
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6/5/24
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