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[caption id align="alignnone" width="640"] At Jumping Mouse Children’s Center, former therapist Jean Scarboro spends time with a youngster. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The therapists at Jumping Mouse Children's Center seek to transform lives one session at
Citizen Screen is a monthly column dedicated to film and film-related topics, sourced and curated by Port Townsend Film Festival. This month’s column is by Rachel Noll James of Emergence Films. [caption id align="alignnone" width="1024"] The 2025 cohort for the Emerging Filmmaker Program
Mental Health
News by Don Sapatkin, MindSite News June 24, 2025 As Trump administration cuts off the 988 Lifeline’s Option 3 for focused LGBTQ+ support, Hopelab and Born This Way Foundation release report showing great needs for LGBTQ+ youth in rural areas and their heavy use of digital tools to connect
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] Samuel Hughes works in the barn at the Quilcene Lantern, the venue for this weekend's Tarboo music festival. Photo by Angela Downs [/caption] News by Angela Downs It’s music festival season, and the opportunities abound. Coming right
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3270"] To start the Free Fridays at the Fort series this past week, Voice Works performers Valerie Mindel, left, Flora Miller, 8, and Emily Miller sing to the crowd on the Commons lawn. Photo by Beacon staff [/caption] News by Beacon
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Opinion by Gary B. Larson What does Independence Day really celebrate? Flags and patriotic music are part of it, sure. But behind the traditions and ceremony lies a quieter truth: the birth of a national community. The United States was founded on a bold promise: that out of many people,
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2000"] Meg Kaczyk, pictured with one of her paintings in her book "Notes from Beside the Bed," will discuss creativity and resilience Tuesday, July 8, at the Jefferson Museum of Art + History. Photo courtesy of the Jefferson Museum of
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3708"] Roughly two thousand protesters lined Sims Way on Saturday for the No Kings protest. Photo Angela Downs [/caption] News by Angela Downs On Saturday, June 14, Jefferson County residents lined Sims Way and gathered at the Kah Tai Lagoon, joining