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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1024"] Photo courtesy of Dr Berry [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] News by Scott France “You have a higher chance of becoming homeless than you do of becoming a millionaire.” This was one of many sobering messages about the current state
Visual Art
[caption id align="alignnone" width="4284"] A pair of visitors check out Chuck Iffland's exhibition earlier this year at Northwind Art's Jeanette Best Gallery. photo by Diane Urbani/Northwind Art [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] An art column by Martha Worthley, Northwind
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo courtesy of Jed Owen, Unsplash [/caption] News by Claire Carlson, The Daily Yonder When Carol Kolseth got her biopsy results back after a routine mammogram in October of 2024, she knew treatments for the cancerous lump in her breast
Performing Art
[caption id align="alignnone" width="4000"] On Monday, Dec. 8, Copper Canyon Press's doors were replaced with new ones by Centrum's Jim Guthrie (far right), and parks employees Eli Lederer (left) and Chris Guile (right). Guthrie said the state had the final
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News by Angela Downs City chambers were packed on November 24, with people standing along the walls, mostly in the 50+ age bracket, many of whom, according to their public comments, moved to Port Townsend after retirement. In the 30 minutes allotted for people to voice their opinions on the
opinion
Opinion by Dylan Quarles I’ve spent years writing about Port Townsend’s character for my “Secret History of Port Townsend” series—a paranormal anthology that explores the dark and mysterious forces lurking beneath the idyllic surface of our far-flung Victorian seaport town. Here’s what I know: character rolls
Visual Art
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1015"] Zach Carver in his role as R2AK media boss. [/caption] An Interview with Zach Carver Zach Carver was the writer/director behind the 2020 PTFF Audience Award-winning film Race to Alaska. In May of 2025 he participated in the PTFF
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2016"] Ben Casserd, Manager; Janet Dizick, monitor; Julia, and Lisa Anderson, former Center worker, now Host at the Emergency Shelter. Photo by Paul Heins [/caption] News by Scott France Port Townsend‘s downtown seaside Winter Welcoming Center for the unhoused can
Food
[caption id align="alignnone" width="3453"] Jane Hutcheson combines her skills as an organizer and a baker to help provide bread and energy cookies to Jefferson County Food Banks. Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols On a crisp Monday morning, dough is quietly
opinion
[caption id align="alignnone" width="3024"] Amanda Milholland helps food insecure people navigate Farmers Market Programs at the market’s booth. Photo by Libby Pratt [/caption] Opinion by Amanda Milholland, Executive Director, Jefferson County Farmers Markets “There’s nothing left on my card,” Andrea said, holding
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2400"] Sabrina McQuillen Hill crosses one of bridges on the North Olympic Discovery Marathon route in June 2024. photo courtesy of Sabrina McQuillen Hill. [/caption] News by Diane Urbani de la Paz Sabrina McQuillen Hill knows that feeling of “What am
school news
[caption id align="alignnone" width="792"] Image courtesy of Swan School [/caption] News by Kathie Meyer Katey Dwyer’s students in her Swan School Explorers class are gaining an understanding of hunger, of what it means not to be able to simply reach into their backpack