Environment
[caption id align="alignnone" width="768"] Rigoberto Hernandez Hernandez stands with an attorney outside of the ICE detention center where he was held for nearly four weeks. Hernandez, a firefighter who was detained while battling a wildfire in Washington state, was released Tuesday, his attorneys said.
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo courtesy of Scott Graham. Unslpash [/caption] News by by Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard A contentious new sales tax on services that Democratic state lawmakers relied on to pay for Washington’s latest budget is set to take effect
Housing
[caption id align="alignnone" width="4624"] This encampment, which houses between 40-50 people, may be removed in early November. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The fate of approximately 40 to 50 people living at the tent encampment next to the DSHS facility
Performing Art
[caption id align="alignnone" width="4608"] Alan Iglitzen, November 7, 1931 – September 15, 2025. Photo courtesy of Leigh Hearon [/caption] Special to the Beacon Alan Iglitzin, the acclaimed violist and founding member of the Philadelphia String Quartet, died on September 15th in his home on Bainbridge
Performing Art
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] The Port Townsend Film Festival brought films to the streets as well as local venues. Photo by Angela Downs [/caption] Art news by Angela Downs The 26th annual Port Townsend Film Festival wafted through downtown this past weekend, with blue
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1340"] Sophie Loubere's "Old Faithful Geyser during Eruption, 1870" is on view at Jeanette Best Gallery in downtown Port Townsend [/caption] A Northwind Art Column by Diane Urbani de la Paz Are you looking for relief and
Environment
[caption id align="alignnone" width="7321"] Judy Dobkevich hands fresh strawberries to her husband, Michael Dobkevich, at the Port Townsend Farmers Market. The Dobkevichs use food access programs to help supply their pantry with fresh fruit and vegetables. Photo by Heather Johnson [/caption] Sowing Resilience: Rural
Environment
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1280"] Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] News by Scott France The Washington Department of Ecology has fined the Port Townsend Paper Company (PTPC) $20,000 for two separate spills of untreated and potentially harmful wastewater into Port Townsend Bay earlier this
Performing Art
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1920"] Remaining Native is one of the amazing documentaries on offer this weekend at the Port Townsend Film Festival [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Art News by Nhatt Nichols0 I didn’t realize that by taking the time to watch ten
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1079"] Photo by Eden Blooms [/caption] A monthly ethnobotany column by Eden Blooms As summer exhales its final breath and fog banks roll in to calm the fire-smoke skies, Cascadia enters its most dramatic seasonal shift. The air thickens with moisture,
local news
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1080"] A mural of the original indigenous village occupying the Memorial Field site is depicted by native artist Naiome Krienke. Photo by Kathie Meyer [/caption] Art News by Kathie Meyer It took Alexandra “Alex” Anagnostopoulos two years to get approval for
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1920"] Andrea Animates: A Wooly Love Story is one of the films being shown this weekend that features the talent of local filmmakers. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Art News by Angela Downs Port Townsend Film Festival (PTFF) is the oldest