Photo by Paul Strawn
Nancy Lachel’s bakery is a Harbor favorite. It’s located within the Hoquiam Farmers Market, where several local artisans also sell their wares.

Life

It’s easy (and vital) to shop local for holiday gifts

As health-related restrictions and closures put ever more pressure on local businesses and charities, it’s critically important to…

Life

Dear Journal: The trick is knowing what balls are too precious to drop

Dear Journal:

Life

Dear Abby: I’m really uncomfortable about my father’s new relationship.

Advice column

News

Hoquiam man dies in motorcycle crash on Endresen Road

A 26-year-old Hoquiam man was killed when the motorcycle he was driving struck a guardrail on Endresen Road…

Life

Dear Abby: Man wonders if larger house could signal bigger problem

Advice column

Life

Finder of Forrest Fenn’s famous Rocky Mountains treasure identified

By Jessica Schladebeck

Opinion

Commentary: Both parties should embrace this stimulus bill

By Michael R. Strain

Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

Opinion

How the death of local news has made political divisions far worse

Commentary

Northwest News

COVID-19 could lead to fewer Washington students going to college in 2021 and beyond

By Joy Resmovits

Nation/World

Migrant caravans head to US border, giving Biden an early test

By Michael McDonald and Eric Martin

Northwest News

Despite pandemic, the lights are up in Leavenworth and people are coming

By Tony Buhr

Northwest News

One in three Airway Heights prisoners have COVID; conditions called ‘obscene’

SPOKANE — One in three prisoners at Airway Heights Corrections Center has COVID-19 and inmates say conditions are…

Eduardo Contreras/The San Diego Union-Tribune 
Paradise Point resort was one of the many San Diego County hotels that reopened in June following a months-long closure during the early days of the pandemic. It will now have to close its doors once again to leisure travelers under a new state stay-at-home order.

Nation/World

Want to get away for a hotel stay in Southern California? You can’t, says Gov. Newsom

SAN DIEGO — If there was any confusion as to who can and cannot stay in hotels under…