local news
[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] School Board members listen to public comment. Later in the meeting, they discuss amending or ending the public comment period. Photo by Nhatt Nichols. [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols In their April 16 meeting, the Quilcene School Board's
local news
[caption id align="alignnone" width="3196"] Photo by Jason Butterfield on Unsplash [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols A Washington State Senate Bill could effectively end Ferry Advisory Committees (FACs) if signed into law. SB 5161 has already passed the Washington State House and Senate and is
local news
[caption id align="alignnone" width="2500"] Photo by Nhatt Nichols. [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols The Quilcene School Board spent nearly three hours on Wednesday, March 19, debating whether to break Washington State law and their own policies by requiring students to play on a sports
local news
[caption id align="alignnone" width="4032"] The Jefferson County Immigrant Rights Advocates office makes a point of being a good advocate for immigrants from all over the world. Photo by Nhatt Nichols. [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols/Daily Yonder Helping people understand their rights might seem
local news
[caption id align="alignnone" width="1444"] Employees of the Port Townsend Food Co-op voted against unionizing on Wednesday. Photo by Angela Downs. [/caption] News by Nhatt Nichols Last Wednesday, February 19, the Port Townsend Food Co-op employees gathered in the dining room to decide if collectivizing
local news
News by Nhatt Nichols The Port Townsend Food Co-op employees will have the opportunity on Wednesday, Feb. 19, to vote on allowing representatives from Local 3000 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union to collectively bargain on their behalf. This opportunity to unionize comes after months of difficult
local news
News by Nhatt Nichols Enough workers at The Food Co-op in Port Townsend have signed union authorization cards to trigger a federally sanctioned unionization vote. Co-op employees cited a critical disconnect from upper management, including unexplained policy changes and a workplace climate where some workers feel unsafe, as principal reasons
local news
News Analysis by Nhatt Nichols If you spend any time on social media, you’ll notice that every post about the city spending money on something is met with a myriad of comments asking why they did X instead of fixing the potholes. Somewhere in those comments, you’ll probably
local news
News By Nhatt Nichols Port Townsend Food Co-op board chairman Owen Rowe resigned from his position on December 31, citing the repeated failure of Co-op management to address community equity concerns and a hostile work environment. “I felt like I was being put up as a shield, rather than trusted
local news
By Nhatt Nichols Jefferson County Sheriff Joe Nole has resigned early from his post, ending a 34-year career with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. There wasn’t any one thing that spelled retirement for Nole; he simply realized it was finally time. “I've been with the sheriff&
local news
By Nhatt Nichols Last Saturday, humans of all types flocked to Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue to meet owls, hawks, and other feathered creatures. Open for the first time in six years, the facility was finally ready to showcase the improvements it made to its medical and education facilities, as
Editorial
Dear Readers, For my entire childhood through my 20s, Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday of the year. I love food, especially celebration food. I want funfetti cake on my birthday, hotdogs on the fourth, and pumpkin pie and cranberry sauce straight from the can on Thanksgiving. Please withhold your judgment