5+ hour, 12+ min ago  (133+ words) Centrum news Centrum confirmed $1 million in funding from the Washington state capital supplemental budget. The stateu2019s $1 million award is set to be matched by the Sage Foundation, with which Centrum intends to improve its program facilities at Fort Worden State Park,…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (140+ words) Payton Frank and Lorelei Turner were crowned this year's Rhody Royalty. Selected to serve as ambassadors of the East Jefferson County area, the queen and princess are chosen through a candidacy process that includes training meetings, speaking engagements, securing monetary…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (140+ words) This week in our letters section, Sylvia Bowman asks a great question: Where are the voices of young people in our newspaper? It's a question I've been asking since I started as editor in October 2025, and it's something I've been…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (235+ words) The 91st Annual Rhododendron Festival, running from May 13-17, has styled its parade float to match this year's theme of "Rhody Loves America," which Rhody Fest President Lori Morris deemed both historically and personally resonant. Because of various local festival events this…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (153+ words) After a hiatus in 2025, the Port Townsend Sunrise Rotaryu2019s u201c Running of the Ballsu201d is back in 2026, kicking off at 12: 30 p. m. Saturday, May 16, just before the Rhododendron Festivalu2019s Grand Parade in Uptown Port Townsend. After successfully weathering the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual event was forced…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago  (142+ words) George Orwell wrote u201c Animal Farmu201d to serve as an Aesopu2019s Fable allegory for a specific period of early 20th century history, so itu2019s perhaps inevitable that each of its three film adaptations have been progressively less faithful to its story. Orwell himself was not…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago  (145+ words) Geologist Nick Zentner, known for the PBS program u201c Nick on the Rocks, u201d didnu2019t mince words when he spoke to the Quimper Geological Society about a theory thatu2019s caused controversy in geological circles. u201c This is some wild (stuff), u201d Zentner told The Leader, before…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (451+ words) The Port Townsend High School Players are presenting "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," which opened May 1 at the Port Townsend High School Auditorium. Director Chris Pierson said he wanted students to take on this difficult piece "to push limits of…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago  (141+ words) As Iu2019ve gotten older, Iu2019ve grown more interested in subjects that failed to spark my interest in my youth, including architecture, geography and urban planning. Fortunately, thereu2019s a whole corner of You Tube channels that caters to guys like me, but I was…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (576+ words) Explore the future of the past through the 1980s sci-fi cinema retrospective, "In Search of Tomorrow," streaming on Tubi and Amazon Prime Video. Image courtesy of Creator VC Studios Another streaming documentary for this week's review, this time with an Olympic…...