Joe Smillie

Alvin Youngblood Hart

WEEKEND: Centrum blues festival spills out into Port Townsend’s nightspots

PORT TOWNSEND –– The cure for the summertime blues may be, well, the blues. Centrum’s annual Port Townsend Acoustic Blues Festival is this weekend and… Continue reading

Alvin Youngblood Hart
D.D. Wigley

WEEKEND: Port Townsend’s Key City Theatre in production overdrive with Shakespeare, Broadway stagings starting today

PORT TOWNSEND ––The bard among the bark tradition begins today (Friday), as Key City Public Theatre kicks off the Shakespeare in the Park mini-season with… Continue reading

D.D. Wigley

WEEKEND: Sequim Art Walk to celebrate town’s famous sunshine today

SEQUIM –– Sequim is all yellow, as the Sun City celebrates its trademark rain shadow at today’s art walk. “Yellow shines like the sun, fueling… Continue reading

Salem

WEEKEND: Young adult novel set at Dungeness Schoolhouse to be read today (Friday), Saturday in Sequim

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Aug. 1. SEQUIM –– It sounds like a familiar tale. An author has a dream for the seed… Continue reading

Salem
Steve Markwell answers a question from his public defender

Olympic Animal Sanctuary director convicted of third-degree malicious mischief in jury trial

FORKS –– Steve Markwell intentionally damaged the car of a protester outside the Forks warehouse in which he housed as many as 124 dogs, a… Continue reading

Steve Markwell answers a question from his public defender
Steve Markwell answers a question from his public defender

Olympic Animal Sanctuary director convicted of third-degree malicious mischief in jury trial

FORKS –– Steve Markwell intentionally damaged the car of a protester outside the Forks warehouse in which he housed as many as 124 dogs, a… Continue reading

Steve Markwell answers a question from his public defender
Steve Markwell

UPDATED — State Attorney General sues now-defunct Forks dog shelter, owner

EDITOR'S NOTE, previous stories this week — Forks drafts new animal-control ordinance in response to dog sanctuary flap; pet ownership would be limited — https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20140729/news/307299994… Continue reading

Steve Markwell

Windfall from Carlsborg sewer plan: Sequim could see more than $6 million in revenue

SEQUIM –– Sequim stands to receive more than $6 million in the county’s plan to send wastewater from Carlsborg to the city’s wastewater plant. Increased… Continue reading

State suit charges now-defunct Forks dog sanctuary violated charity rules

PORT ANGELES –– Steve Markwell and Olympic Animal Sanctuary have been sued by the state Attorney General, who says Markwell failed to register the sanctuary… Continue reading

Sequim City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese

Initiative petitions would have Sequim voters weigh in on city employee union bargaining

SEQUIM –– Calling for more accountability from both the city and the unions that represent 50 of its workers, and saying municipal employees should have… Continue reading

Sequim City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese
Pato Banton will bring the Now Generation and a positive life message to the Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles on Sunday.

SUNDAY: Pato Banton to bring positive reggae message to Port Angeles tonight

PORT ANGELES –– The wise owl is here to share the reggae gospel. Pato Banton and the Now Generation bring back their deep-rooted reggae sounds… Continue reading

Pato Banton will bring the Now Generation and a positive life message to the Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles on Sunday.

SUNDAY: Songwriting forum, concert set today in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND –– The sirens are calling you to a special concert and songwriting forum today. “Sirens Sing: A Two-Part Collaborative Event on the Art… Continue reading

Sequim group fights rural neighborhood pot growing facilities

SEQUIM –– Rural residents concerned about the potential impacts of marijuana growing operations in their neighborhood are organizing a campaign to prevent them from taking… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Historical Society events starting tonight paint past of Port Townsend in words and music

WEEKEND: Historical Society events starting tonight paint past of Port Townsend in words and music

PORT TOWNSEND –– In the 19th century, early leaders saw potential in Port Townsend as the future metropolis of the Washington Territory, working hard to… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Historical Society events starting tonight paint past of Port Townsend in words and music
Pianist George Cables and guitarist Anthony Wilson are slated to appear at a number of Port Townsend clubs as Centrum's jazz fest hits Port Townsend's streets this weekend. — Jim Levitt

WEEKEND: Jazz Port Townsend performances continue Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND –– It's a muggy summer night, and the sounds of saxophones and trumpets echo off the brick walls and cobblestone streets. So it's… Continue reading

Pianist George Cables and guitarist Anthony Wilson are slated to appear at a number of Port Townsend clubs as Centrum's jazz fest hits Port Townsend's streets this weekend. — Jim Levitt
Pianist George Cables and guitarist Anthony Wilson are slated to appear at a number of Port Townsend clubs as Centrum's jazz fest hits Port Townsend's streets this weekend. — Jim Levitt

WEEKEND: Jazz Port Townsend performances continue Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND –– It's a muggy summer night, and the sounds of saxophones and trumpets echo off the brick walls and cobblestone streets. So it's… Continue reading

Pianist George Cables and guitarist Anthony Wilson are slated to appear at a number of Port Townsend clubs as Centrum's jazz fest hits Port Townsend's streets this weekend. — Jim Levitt
Erin O'Meara pours a growler at the Port Townsend Brewing Co.

Festivals for good causes to draw beer lovers to Port Townsend and Blyn on Saturday

For millennia, beer has helped soothe the summertime blues. This Saturday, beer will help local charities with a pair of frothy celebrations in Port Townsend… Continue reading

Erin O'Meara pours a growler at the Port Townsend Brewing Co.
Pato Banton will bring the Now Generation and a positive life message to the Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles on Sunday.

WEEKEND: Pato Banton to bring positive reggae message to Port Angeles on Sunday

PORT ANGELES –– The wise owl is here to share the reggae gospel. Pato Banton and the Now Generation bring back their deep-rooted reggae sounds… Continue reading

Pato Banton will bring the Now Generation and a positive life message to the Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles on Sunday.

WEEKEND: Songwriting forum, concert set Sunday in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND –– The sirens are calling you to a special concert and songwriting forum Sunday. “Sirens Sing: A Two-Part Collaborative Event on the Art… Continue reading

Dr. Charles Brandt

Work at Sequim’s Battelle lab ‘critical,’ director tells chamber of commerce

SEQUIM –– While researchers at Battelle's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory work on projects to protect and study the natural environment around Sequim, their focus, the… Continue reading

Dr. Charles Brandt