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
local news
[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
Editorial
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1536"] Photo courtesy of Naiome Krienke [/caption] Opinion by Naiome Krienke, Long House for the People founder November is Indigenous Peoples Month and a good time to reflect on who the first people of this land were. Here in Port Townsend
Visual Art
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1065"] From left to right, Libby Pratt, Leila Block, Ryan Christopher Jones, Lynette Ngulube, Connor Colbert, K Van Petten, Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Emily Ross, and Melissa O'Neil. Photo courtesy of Centrum [/caption] A Centrum Residency Column by Melissa O’Neil
opinion
Opinion by Crystie Kisler, Director of Nonprofit Services, Jefferson Community Foundation How can we live in communities where all are fed what they need? That’s always a critical question and one that became even more amplified last month when the government shutdown caused a suspension of SNAP food assistance
opinion
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2316"] Oceana Sawyer and Cendre Hunt, The NBC team. [/caption] Opinion by Oceana Sawyer, Program Director, Nourishing Beloved Community What is food sovereignty? Particularly, what does it mean for people of the global majority to have agency in how we feed
Food
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1599"] Port Gamble S’Klallam elder and former tribal chair Ron Charles (Left) and anthropologist Josh Wisniewski. Photo courtesy of Empty Bowl Press [/caption] News by Angela Downs On Friday, November 14, at the Meeting House in Port Townsend, Empty Bowl
school news
[caption id align="alignnone" width="4512"] Supaman brought a message of joy and Indigenous pride to Port Townsend High School on Thursday evening. photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] News by Scott France Port Townsend elementary, middle and high school
Columnist
[caption id align="alignnone" width="3013"] Northwind Art Jewelry Studio students show off the enamel earrings made in a recent Sunday workshop. Photo by Diane Urbani. [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] A Northwind Art Column by Diane Urbani de la Paz “The purpose of art is
local news
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2268"] Scott Walker and Obsidian on one of the many trails of the system that Walker started almost 40 years ago. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The iconic Port Townsend city trails system was developed not through