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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1179"] Union Warf. Photo courtesy of the Port of Port Townsend [/caption] News by Angela Downs After a proposed increase in cruise line traffic caused some public concern, the port commission voted, on November 12, to increase the fee for a
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4608"] Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France As the dark, wet days of winter envelop Jefferson County, the depth and breadth of hunger threatens to rise. And with it, the challenge for local food assistance programs to meet
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="995"] Photo by Jessaca Kéet [/caption] Chlorophyll Corner is a monthly column by Eden Blooms that explores the cultural, ecological, and medicinal relationships between people and plants. Grounded in ethnobotany and the One Health model, it examines how traditional plant knowledge
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1920"] Tidal shoreline near the estuary of the Dosewallips River, Dosewallips State Park [/caption] Explanatory journalism by Mark Rose The behavior of the Dosewallips River dictates Brinnon’s future as a rural community. Most of Brinnon’s 66-acre Rural Village Center
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4045"] Logan Hollarsmith after his return. Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols On a rainy Uptown afternoon, Logan Hollarsmith arrived at Conduit Coffee directly from an acupuncture and sauna session, apologizing for his messy hair and full of
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4512"] Mike and Suzie Croy have opened Park Avenue Studio, an art supply shop in Port Townsend. Photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] Art news by Diane Urbani de la Paz In this space, the
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3515"] Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] Election news by Beacon Staff General Elections came and went on November 4, with a National wave of Democratic wins. Here in Jefferson County, 50.05% of the 28,875 registered voters cast their ballots.
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1080"] Left to right: Sophia Heistand, Ursula Adams-Doyle, Chloe Sampson, Aurelia Jones, Mira Grace, June Harper, Gus Parson, and Ember Parson. Photo by Kathie Meyer [/caption] Art news by Kathie Meyer High schoolers onstage backed up by adults, singing their lungs
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo by Maria Lin Kim, Unsplash [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols Some SNAP benefits for November have been distributed in Washington State, preventing a food security crisis for some while leaving others still scrambling to make ends meet. On Thursday,
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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 Sean Patrick Burke, who is a Producer on THE ABSENCE OF VIOLET. He produced Sundance winner AS YOU ARE and was Executive Producer on
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo courtesy of Moon Bhuyan, Unsplash [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols On November 1, 42 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to purchase food did not receive their monthly benefit because of the government
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2304"] Image Collage by Amber Autumn Leaves Huntsman [/caption] Dear Feral feelings, Do you have any guidance for surviving perimenopause? I’m exhausted and moody and I feel like I’m losing my mind on a daily basis. I’m early