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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2997"] Photo by Lacey Williams on Unsplash [/caption] By Nhatt Nichols Jefferson County will no longer be able to collect glass bottles for recycling at the end of this month. The county transfer station reached holding capacity on Oct. 1 and
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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="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="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/
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Photo by Angela Downs [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Angela Downs There’s construction on Lawrence Street. The city of Port Townsend has designed a beautiful, easy-to-use new sidewalk with public safety in mind for rolling strollers, playing, hauling
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] Photo by Derek Firenze [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Derek Firenze As conflict continues at the Port Townsend Food Co-op, employees are asking for a greater voice through a unionizing effort. “We seek a union in order to have
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] Protesters outside Indian Island Naval Magazine. Photo by G. Dobyns [https://www.jeffcobeacon.com/caption] By Sara Post and G. Dobyns 150 people rallied in solidarity with Palestine and against arms transfers to Israel in front of the gates of