Uninsured in Jefferson County

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By Barry Mitzman Obamacare doesn’t get much love from Democratic presidential candidates other than Joe Biden, but new numbers from the Office of Financial Management...

Senior City: Why Should We Care?

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By Ross Anderson OK boomers.  Take a look at what we’ve done to our adopted home. A generation ago, Port Townsend was a nice, waterfront town...

Grrr: Attorney General Bob Ferguson Versus the Growlers

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Coupevillle – Attorney General Bob Ferguson chose a bucolic setting for his recent Whidbey Island fundraiser, the historic Crockett Barn with its backdrop of Admiralty...

The New Supreme Court

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Cartoon above by Karen Sullivan. The Democrats should have a chance of beating Republicans in many states, with a newly fired up base because...

There’s Blue in Them There Provinces

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The following originally appeared in Post Alley. Question: Which Washington county votes consistently over 70 percent Democrat? A. King County. B. Jefferson County. ...

Cicero had something to say about today

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Port Townsend's long time activist Joe Breskin sent along some interesting thoughts. If the tin man's goal was simply to destroy the US as...

Return of the Rainshadow

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As the year begins, we got together the core group of writers and photographers that helped run this journal through the Covid years and...

Standing Rock: Foreshadowing Minneapolis?

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On the day after Trump was first elected president in November 2016, I left home to drive the 1400 miles to the Standing Rock...

Covid-19 and Campaign ’20: The Good News

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The human consequences of the pandemic are grim, and the economic impacts even worse. At some point, however, we may see some benefits from...

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Going nuclear: The high school mascot of mass destruction

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Editor's note: With the launch of Oppenheimer, we are once again reminded of the legacy of the atomic bomb, and of the people and...

Our Local Baby Birds

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Feature photo: Mallard Duckling at Kah Tai Lagoon All photos by Wendy Feltham. One of the delights of summer in Port Townsend is noticing baby birds...

Fort Núñez Gaona

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In 1792, Spanish colonists, led by Lt. Sálvador Fidalgo, constructed Fort Núñez Gaona on the shore of Neah Bay. Named after Admiral Manuel Núñez...

May 1792: Archibald Menzies Arrives at Discovery Bay

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Two hundred years before the first Earth Day Scottish naturalist Archibald Menzies, who accompanied the Vancouver voyage in the 1790s, was the first scientist...

Beach Eggs – Part 2

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PART 2 TOP: Frilled Dogwinkle (Nucella lamellosa) This second in a four-part series on beach eggs will look at some unusual marine snail eggs, starting with...