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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2863"] Judith-Kate Friedman stands singing with her guitar at the Aging in America conference in 2004. Gary Wagner Photo [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] by Angela Downs How do we fortify a community? This is so often the question on the
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="5184"] The Tower and The Star. Photo by Derek Firenze [/caption] Dear Feral Feelings, Since the election results, I have been in a downward spiral of hopelessness. I am in my late 60’s, I am mortified to think I’ll
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1000"] Quilcene PEARL teacher Julia Kilcullen read from Julian is a Mermaid during the public comment section of the Nov. 6 Quilcene School Board meeting to show the lack of sexual content. [/caption] by Derek Firenze The November 6th Quilcene School
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By Nhatt Nichols, photos by Andrew Wiese Last night, every table at the Old Whiskey Mill was filled with Jefferson County Democrats eating dinner and nervously staring at the election coverage as presidential results came in from around the country. “The nerves kick in, the votes are being counted, we’
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="8333"] Photo by visuals on Unsplash [/caption] Welcome to The Beacon’s 2024 Election Coverage. We’ve partnered with the AP to provide up-to-the-minute state and national elections coverage. Click here to view State and National Elections, or navigate to the
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1600"] The proposed DNR timber sale named “Alley Cat” will log approximately 100 acres of mature legacy forest near the Elwha River and Little River in Clallam County. Alley Cat’s sale is scheduled to be approved by the Board of
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1508"] I Sing the Salmon Home with its shiny new sticker. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Nhatt Nichols On the ridges above salmon-filled Chimacum Creek sits Empty Bowl Press, a small publisher that has brought home the prestigious Washington State
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1234"] Beach Rose in bloom. Photo by Eden Blooms. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] A monthly ethnobotany column by Eden Blooms. As we transition from Autumn, the season of decay and grief, into winter, the season of solitude and rest, I
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By Editor Nhatt Nichols The Beacon isn’t in the business of telling people how to think, and in that vein, we’re also not interested in telling you how to vote. There are a million great voter guides out there that do that. One thing I have noticed is
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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 filmmaker Ben Wilson. I was first drawn to the Chronically UnderTouched Project (CUT) because my own touch story is complicated. My parents were divorced
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] Quilcene Lantern’s intimate winter concert space [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Michael Peter Clarke On a beautiful historic property in Quilcene stands the nearly 100-year-old barn that may be a key to the future of music in Jefferson
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] Philthy bringing the spooky jams to the Hilltop. Band from left to right: Emily Madden on fiddle and vocals, Charlie Burns on guitar, Sasha Landis on drums, Scott Summers on Bass, and Seth Raymond on guitar [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/