The Quilcene School Board’s resolution to ban transgender athletes from participating in sports based on their gender identity has drawn responses from both the American Civil Liberties Union …
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By Mallory Kruml
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6/18/25
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For years, foster parents in Eatonville, Washington, abused five girls, but the girls couldn’t hold the state accountable for wrongfully placing them in the home and failing to protect them …
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By Jake Goldstein-Street
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6/18/25
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Jefferson County stands to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal education funding annually under President Donald Trump’s proposed budget.
That’s according to numbers …
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By Mallory Kruml
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6/18/25
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A 32-year-old Marysville man was convicted of raping his former girlfriend the day he was released from Clallam Bay Corrections Center in 2019.
“Rhyan Vasquez is one of the worst, …
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By Mallory Kruml
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6/18/25
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Two major things to write about this week, the first being the No King’s Day demonstration and rally on Saturday, June 14. The second thing is the Tuesday, June 17, vote on a huge increase in …
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By Jason Victor Serinus | As I See It
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6/18/25
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A core constitutional right, the freedom of speech, appears to be under state and federal pressure. President Trump’s announcement that he was taking action against “illegal …
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By Marcia Kelbon | Out of Balance
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6/18/25
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I wanted to take some time to write about our Opinion, Perspective and Creativity section.
A couple of people have asked recently why we don’t aggressively screen more of the letters …
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Meredith Jordan | Mixed Metaphors & Double Entendres
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6/18/25
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After reading Dylan Quarles’ recent interview in The Leader about his city council candidacy, I felt compelled to finally speak up. His commitment to being a voice for working families has …
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By Nat Jacobs | Guest Column
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6/18/25
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It began as a simple search for an old article I’d written a few years ago. There was a particular paragraph I wanted to use in a column I was considering. I dragged out the large bin …
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Carole Marshall | Aging in Good Spirits
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6/18/25
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A cyberattack on a national health food wholesaler has impacted the Food Co-op in Port Townsend.
United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI), one America’s largest publicly traded health food …
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By Leader staff
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6/11/25
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Two months after the Jefferson County Museum of Art and History reopened and drew nearly 300 attendees to its “Free First Saturday” event in early April, it drew nearly 100 attendees to …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/11/25
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A long-standing summer tradition is making its much-anticipated return to Port Townsend.
After a five-year pandemic-prompted hiatus, with staff refocusing their efforts on a work-intensive …
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By Mallory Kruml
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6/11/25
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Peninsula College is built on the belief that education should reach every corner of our region, and sometimes, that means rethinking how we show up in those corners.
After careful …
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By Suzy Ames | President of Peninsula College
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6/11/25
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Lauren Davis started as a competitive gymnast at age two - then she saw her first performance of “The Nutcracker” a classic ballet by Tchaikovsky. She was mesmerized, she said, and began …
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By Tom Mullen
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6/11/25
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R acers in this year’s SEVENTY48 race fought against wind gusts that turned stretches of Puget Sound into a “frothy blender of whitecaps and low morale.”
The starting gun for …
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By Leader staff
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6/11/25
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Members of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Volvo Sports America Club are coming to show off their classic cars in the parking lot at the Port Townsend Aero Museum at Jefferson County International …
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By Kirk Boxleitner
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6/11/25
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Since 1992, Port Townsend’s Wild Rose Chorale has sought to perform a wide repertoire of a cappella choral music, so their upcoming concerts this weekend follow suit by highlighting a range of …
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By Lynn Nowak
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6/11/25
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In the last episode of Wild Neighbors, we read about a cougar that checked itself into rehab, a deer plucked from a watery death, and a three-legged bobcat that keeps on chooglin’.
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By Scott Doggett
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6/11/25
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Since September 2023, the City of Port Townsend has spent well over a half a million dollars with Robert Half, a global, business consulting firm that specializes in placing temporary finance and …
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By James Robinson
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6/11/25
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With costs outpacing revenues, Chimacum School District officials are planning for a year of spending in the red as they brace for more state and federal funding shortfalls.
“Although we …
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By James Robinson
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6/4/25
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