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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1802"] Quimper Village is an example of housing that encourages elderly homeowners to downsize to a home that’s easy to maintain, freeing up bigger homes for famlies and other people willing to invest sweat equity. Photo by Angela Downs. [/caption]
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3024"] Studio photo by Carolyn Lewis [/caption] Arts reporting by Carolyn Lewis Arriving at Sue Wahlgren’s studio the first thing one notices is the calm and bucolic vista of cows grazing peacefully in the fields beyond her house. The studio
This week marks the one-year anniversary of The Beacon’s launch into publishing, and boy howdy, what a year! When I first approached Derek Firenze with the idea of starting an online news outlet in 2023, I knew it would be way more work than one person could possibly handle.
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3196"] Photo by Jason Butterfield on Unsplash [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols A Washington State Senate Bill could effectively end Ferry Advisory Committees (FACs) if signed into law. SB 5161 has already passed the Washington State House and Senate and is
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3024"] Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] News by Scott France Despite the likelihood of cuts in federal funding for building broadband infrastructure in rural areas in the United States, the current build-out of the fiber optic broadband internet network in unserved
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="5712"] Photo of the proposed green burial site by Erik Kingfisher [/caption] News by Angela Downs The transformation of the old golf course on Marrowstone into a conservation burial site lies dead in the ground. In an open letter to the
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3072"] Photo by Molly Maverick, illustration by Eden Blooms. [/caption] A monthly ethnobotany column by Eden Blooms. This week heralds the arrival of spring, stirring my senses awake alongside nature's reawakening from a deep slumber. Standing on a winding
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4630"] Photo by Simone Hutsch on Unsplash [/caption] News by Jake Goldstein-Street, republished from the Washington State Standard Over the next few weeks, lawmakers in Washington’s state House and Senate need to resolve significant differences on new taxes, education funding,
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="8256"] Photo by FilterGrade on Unsplash [/caption] News by Jake Goldstein-Street, republished from the Washington State Standard A new cap on rent hikes in Washington got one step closer to becoming law Wednesday. On a party-line vote, the Senate Housing Committee
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1778"] Community members gather at Salish Coast Elementary to give feedback on the city’s 20-year plan. Photo by Angela Downs. [/caption] News by Angela Downs Maintaining a city is a major undertaking; it’s a delicate balance between holding values
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4624"] Representative Emily Randall speaks to the audience of her largest town hall yet at Blue Heron Middle School. [/caption] News by Scott France Emily Randall, first-term U.S. representative for the 6th Congressional district in Washington State, which includes all
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4624"] Caswell-Brown houses roughly 20 residents and doesn’t have nearly enough capacity to help all of the unhoused population of Jefferson County. Photo by Scott France. [/caption] News by Scott France As forces contributing to homelessness in Jefferson County increase