opinion
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo courtesy of Unsplash, Christopher Osten [/caption] Opinion by Gary B. Larson I drove on Saturday from the Kingston-Edmonds ferry dock to a restaurant in Seattle’s Fremont district for a family event. I took pleasant neighborhood streets instead of
Visual Art
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1800"] dj whelan is this year's AIRE artist In residence at the Jefferson County Waste Transfer Station. An unveiling of her work installed in the transfer station's sculpture garden takes place Monday, Oct. 27 at 5pm. Photo
school news
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1024"] Salish Snow Sports Program Coordinator Jamie Jaynes (right) shares her love of skiing with her sons, Ivan (center) and Syd (rear) Jaynes. Joining them is Gillian Amas (center left), whose boyfriend met Jaynes on the PT ski bus when they
Diane Urbani de la Paz
Port Townsend poet and mental health counselor Matthew Nienow and Washington state poet laureate Derek Sheffield will have a public conversation about poetry and wellness Thursday. Photos courtesy of the poets Arts news by Diane Urbani de la Paz Poetry is like music. You can step inside it for sweetness
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.
local news
[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
Columnist
[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