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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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How Our Most Vulnerable Are Being Pushed to the Brink— and Finding Nourishment and Connection
September 22, 2025
People and organizations across the county are working to meet the needs of the food insecure by building upon and refining approaches as government assistance dwindles.
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The Port Opens Shorts Farm Up to Local Farmers, Ranchers, and The Community Boat Project
August 04, 2025
Getting into agriculture is a return to the early days of the port in Jefferson County; in 1927, one of its first projects was to build cold storage to help support local farmers.
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Opportunity to Influence County Roads Funding Ahead of Future Ballot Measures
July 28, 2025
This revenue could be used to provide matching funds for transportation projects and to help fund emergency repairs.
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Puget Sound Restoration Fund Creates Collaborative Efforts to Restore Coastal Ecosystems
May 19, 2025
The mission of these restoration projects is for both people and the environment.
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County and Local Partners Exploring Solutions to Failing Chimacum Watershed Management
April 28, 2025
This plan aims to balance agricultural needs with ecological restoration.
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Trump Administration Abruptly Eliminates Funding for Food Banks and Schools
March 24, 2025
Jefferson County farms, food banks, and school districts are scrambling to plug holes created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) termination of funding for two programs that provided more than $1.1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers in the U.S.
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Food Co-op Employees Vote Against Unionization, Focus on Building Community and Communication
February 24, 2025
Despite initially feeling disappointed by the vote, co-op employee and union organizer Corvis Woolf sees the whole process as generally positive with how it brought people together.
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Local activists argue against incoming Dollar Tree
January 21, 2025
One of the core arguments against dollar stores is the extraction of resources from local communities.
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From Indigenous Displacement to Arming Israel- Citizens are Standing Up to Indian Island
September 30, 2024
Under overcast skies, Palestinian flags, banners, and protest signs waved as activists, faith leaders and tribal members gathered to “Confront the Warmakers”–a historic nod to the 1967 protests against the Vietnam War at the Pentagon.
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New Mural Brings Light to the Hoh Tribe
September 23, 2024
The New Old Time Chautauqua traveled 130 miles west from Port Townsend for six days in June during the Hoh Days celebration where the mural project first took shape.
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