Eve McDougall knows Port Ludlow residents have a sense of community that’s as strong as the village is old. more

The tattoo collector in your life probably doesn’t know how to tell you this, but they want money for Christmas … so they can buy tattoos. more

Don’t give boring gifts. Instead, go to your local food store (like the PT Food Co-op or Chimacum Corner Farmstand) and pick up some local cheese. more

Santa Claus made his yearly journey to Marrowstone Island Dec. 8, led not by a team of reindeer, but instead in the sturdy bow of a boat. more

For its second year, the Winter Welcoming Center located at 1433 West Sims Way is offering a safe and dry place for those who might be experiencing homelessness this winter. more

Olympic Community Action Programs is searching for volunteers to help with the annual Point in Time count of people experiencing homelessness in Jefferson County. more

A Coyle family’s house burned down on Dec. 2, just days after they had moved in, having spent three months renovating it. more

Between 9 p.m. Dec. 2 and 7:30 a.m. Dec. 3, several cars on Landes Street in Port Townsend were vandalized. Similar incidents elsewhere in the city on other days are suspected to be related. more

On the day before his 54th birthday, Edwin Wisbey died of liver failure, another casualty of homeless life in Port Townsend, where untreated chronic illness, addiction and exposure are implicated in three deaths this year. more

At a United Nations sustainable fisheries conference in a posh conference center in Rome three weeks ago, it was “Your Excellency” this and “Minister that” until the master of ceremonies stilled the room to introduce a fishing boat captain. more

Jefferson County Farmers Markets’ food stamp matching program is in flux due to a lack of grant funding this year. more

Port Townsend’s Copper Canyon Press has done the improbable — again — winning a National Book Award, the literary prize that recognizes the best American fiction, non-fiction, poetry and youth literature of the year. more