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Deer have been a fixture of Port Townsend for years and residents' reactions to them are mixed. But now, the mayor says the deer population has grown exponentially, deer have killed two dogs and one resident said a deer kicked her in the head. The city will embark on a count of its deer in the new year.
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A growing legal movement seeks to recognize the rights of nature. Activists in the Northwest are celebrating a first here: the city of Port Townsend, Washington, this week recognized the inherent rights of southern resident orcas.
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A Northwest adventure race that some call "the best worst idea" has returned after a long, pandemic hiatus. The 2022 running of the Race to Alaska for engineless boats cast off at the first light of dawn Monday amid high winds in the Strait of Juan de Fuca that the organizers characterized as "between seasick and dangerous."
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On a recent sunny fall morning, a school bus pulled up in front of Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend. A few kids got off, but before they could…
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Happiness often feels elusive. Recent work to understand what makes us happy shows that what we’re looking for could be closer than we think. Starting…
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It’s typical for someone found guilty of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol to be required to submit to random drug tests as a condition of…
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PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. – A private submarine is diving this week near Port Townsend to examine the wreck of a steamer that sank in 1921 in Puget Sound.The…
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You’ve heard of Black Friday, Buy Nothing Day and Cyber Monday. Now there’s another post-Thanksgiving shopping event. Small Business Saturday is a new…