Despite near-normal levels of precipitation this winter, snowpack in the Olympic Mountains is collecting far below normal, according to federal snow survey data. “Temperatures have been abnormally ...
In the most recent round of state and federal Housing Trust Fund awards, a Jefferson County nonprofit focused on housing adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is slated to receive ...
Who the heck were they?!? And whatever were they thinking!?! Those questions didn’t just ripple through the whale-watching community — they hit like a rogue wave — as this newspaper went to press ...
The Port Townsend Film Festival received an unexpected distinction recently when MovieMaker Magazine named the PT Film Fest among its “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” for 2025. MovieMaker ...
“Avatar: Fire and Ash,” the third film in James Cameron’s planned five-film “Avatar” series, boasts CGI visuals that are awesome in imagination and scope, bolted onto the skeleton of a pablum-level ...
Despite the semi-recent arrival of a 300-ton travel lift designed to fit more boats in the same amount of space, the Port of Port Townsend’s boatyard at Boat Haven is effectively full. The boatyard — ...
Shakespeare’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona,” as presented by the middle school students of Olympic Peninsula HomeConnection (OPHC), is an enjoyable lark that works surprisingly well with the age of ...
When it comes to our local encampment behind the state Department of Social Health Services (DSHS) building there is no shortage of opinions. While The Leader did a great article clarifying what … ...
From the dense gaseous atmosphere of Venus, 105 million miles from Earth, Groc reopened a conversation that he and Syvyt had had countless times. “You reckon they know how lucky they are?” Groc said ...
“Breathing underwater is the most magical thing ever,” Jessica Alexanderson said. Even after more than 1,500 dives to her name, that magical feeling of breathing underwater hasn’t faded for diver and ...
The Jefferson County Prosecutor’s Office issued a public alert about a growing scam in which fraudsters are contacting the friends and family members of inmates at the Jefferson County Jail. The ...
Washington’s Senate voted 26-23 to approve legislation to reduce the maximum allowable blood alcohol concentration (BAC) for drivers from 0.08% to 0.05%. Sen. John Lovick, D-Mill Creek, a longtime ...