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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2452"] MC Caela Bailey entertains young allies at Port Townsend Pride. Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols Queer joy was in tangible abundance at this year’s Pride festival in Port Townsend. The celebration included boat parades, drag
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2832"] Photo by Wonderlane on Unsplash [/caption] News by Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard A year from now, Washington will launch the nation’s first full-scale effort to help the state’s workforce afford long-term care and services as they age.
Housing
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Caswell-Brown planning to expand to include eight small shelters with the capacity to house an additional 39 people. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Angela Downs The Bayside Overnight Emergency Shelter at the American Legion has been funded by
Environment
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1440"] Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County PUD [/caption] News by Scott France Jefferson County PUD Board of Commissioners will review and possibly vote on a staff proposal for a proposed 9% rate increase. The proposal, the result of a yearlong
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3600"] Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash [/caption] News by Jake Goldstein-Street, the Washington State Standard A new COVID-19 variant fueling a global rise in cases has been detected in Washington, but health officials aren’t too concerned. The federal Centers
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1414"] Photo courtesy of Newt’s Crossing [/caption] News by Scott France Eva Holm and Denise Shephard brim with enthusiasm as they lay out a vision for their planned cohousing community just outside of Port Townsend. “Our heart and soul is
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2249"] Dancers Orlanda McRae-Clark(front), Juniper Yeh Fleischer, Ida Merle, Ayla Moore, and Ila Patric (left to right) rehearse their piece, “Dragons Have Arrived.” Photo by Nhatt Nichols [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols The 29th and final annual performance of Ling
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1760"] Port Townsend’s watershed. Photo courtesy of the City of Port Townsend. [/caption] News by Angela Downs The water out of a tap in Port Townsend travels 30 miles through the Olympic Gravity Water system (OGWS), from the Big Quilcene
Visual Art
[caption id align="alignnone" width="3024"] Studio photo by Carolyn Lewis [/caption] Arts reporting by Carolyn Lewis Sandra Smith-Poling decided to become an artist while watching her father paint at the beach, the moment felt like more than just admiration—it was destiny. "I was
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1800"] Photo courtesy of Josh Peters [/caption] News by Scott France Josh Peters, appointed on April 30 as administrator for Jefferson County, sat down with the Beacon to discuss the role and responsibilities of the Jefferson County administrator, and to outline
opinion
Opinion by Gary B. Larson, board chair of the Jefferson County Beacon “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” That old saying was meant to toughen us up. But let’s be honest: It was never quite true. Words can hurt. They can intimidate.
opinion
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo by Redd Francisco, UnSplash [/caption] News Commentary by Donna Gordon Blankinship, Washington State Standard No one is certain yet how federal decisions under the Trump administration will affect both budgets and policies of Washington’s public schools. But educators,