Pandemic Predictions
More than a year and a half into the pandemic, the transition back to normalcy has been tragically upended by a combination of the...
SuperNatural BC? Do Not Enter
The B.C. provincial government has greeted spring with a stern order to those who would recreate in “Beautiful British Columbia”: Stay home. With a...
Treading Water: PT’s Nonprofits and the Virus
By Ross Anderson
When the state closed down for the pandemic, the staff of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center did what most of us...
PT Joblessness: Worst Since the 1930s
How bad is the economic impact of the Covid-19 shutdown in Jefferson County? Initial numbers are trickling in, and they are ugly, indeed.
Thousands of...
Feeding people, saving farms
By Barry Mitzman
Anyone on the Olympic Peninsula who eats—or who’s concerned about the safety and reliability of the local food supply—could stand to gain...
Love in the Time of Covid
March 15, 2020, message from the Port Townsend School District:
We are looking forward to seeing students at school on Monday so teachers and students can...
Covid-19 and the Future of Community Weeklies
Can the Port Townsend Leader Survive? By Ross Anderson
Years ago, when my wife and I started thinking about escaping the city, I had three...
Why Covid-19 Vaccine Refusal is Dangerous
A recent Rainshadow article by Peggy Myre featured a photo I took while waiting in the Jefferson Healthcare vaccine automobile line. Within two days...
Assessing Science Amid the Pandemic
Science is making a comeback. Putting aside the lazy, if not insulting cliché of scientist as nerd, as if studious curiosity was a character...
