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Classical guitarist to offer eclectic concert on Thursday

Classical guitarist to offer eclectic concert on Thursday

Joe Euro, a Port Townsend entrepreneur and classical guitarist, will appear in the Candlelight Concert series at Trinity United Methodist Church at… Continue reading

Classical guitarist to offer eclectic concert on Thursday

LGBTQ bills advance in the Senate

Two LGBTQ rights bills have passed the Senate Health and Long Term Care Committee. The bills… Continue reading

Sequim seeing rise in swan population

Sequim seeing rise in swan population

This winter, locals can look to Sequim’s skies and waters for booming trumpeter swan populations. “They’ve definitely been rising in recent years,” said… Continue reading

Sequim seeing rise in swan population
Six Port Townsend schools staff members receive national certification

Six Port Townsend schools staff members receive national certification

Five Port Townsend teachers and a counselor who earned National Board Certification recently will be recognized during the district’s School Board meeting… Continue reading

Six Port Townsend schools staff members receive national certification

Fair positions open in Port Angeles

The Clallam County Fair announced that it is accepting applications for building-barn superintendent positions. Those interested can call the fair office at… Continue reading

UPDATE: Second escaped Forks inmate now in custody; first found dead of apparent suicide

UPDATE: Second escaped Forks inmate now in custody; first found dead of apparent suicide

Boe James Baker and Alejandro Cendejas-Montoya allegedly assaulted a female guard in the jail break.

UPDATE: Second escaped Forks inmate now in custody; first found dead of apparent suicide
Jefferson County approves mediation over D’Amico’s Tarboo Lake plans

Jefferson County approves mediation over D’Amico’s Tarboo Lake plans

Jefferson County commissioners unanimously agreed to enter into mediation with Fort Discovery Inc., over what the moratorium on new shooting ranges means… Continue reading

Jefferson County approves mediation over D’Amico’s Tarboo Lake plans
Women’s March set for Saturday on Peninsula

Women’s March set for Saturday on Peninsula

This year’s Women’s March in Port Townsend is shaping up to be larger than last year’s, organizers say. Libby Urner Wennstrom, who… Continue reading

Women’s March set for Saturday on Peninsula

Applications accepted for Jefferson County Conservation Futures projects

Jefferson County is accepting applications for funds to protect open space land through the county’s Conservation Futures Program. The deadline to submit… Continue reading

Senate committee passes bump stock bill after well-attended hearing on gun measures

A couple who survived last year’s mass shooting in Las Vegas were among those who asked… Continue reading

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Extravagance of our longing

WE’RE HUNGRY, WE humans, sometimes starving: for splendor, love, experiences that make us feel alive. Some years back, Alice Derry started out writing about the… Continue reading

Legislature takes step toward resolving capital budget issue

The state’s elusive capital budget has been brought closer to realization now that a Senate committee… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Fire District 2 to discuss potential litigation today … and other items

Clallam County Fire District 2 commissioners will discuss potential litigation in executive session today. Commissions are expected to take action after the… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: Fish, orca and humans all doomed

WHEN I’M WRONG I’m wrong and I ain’t ashamed to admit it. I used to think there was not one single living politician in America… Continue reading

Pennies for Quarters signs contract on Port Angeles property

Pennies for Quarters signs contract on Port Angeles property

Pennies for Quarters, the brainchild of a former military policeman to provide free, temporary, tiny-home housing for homeless veterans, has found new… Continue reading

Pennies for Quarters signs contract on Port Angeles property
Kitchen as classroom: Quilcene pupils make meals from scratch for fellow students

Kitchen as classroom: Quilcene pupils make meals from scratch for fellow students

Students at Quilcene School eat food prepared by their classmates for lunch, and much of it is either grown on campus or sourced… Continue reading

Kitchen as classroom: Quilcene pupils make meals from scratch for fellow students
Large carnivore conservation focus of AAUW program in Port Townsend

Large carnivore conservation focus of AAUW program in Port Townsend

Guest speaker Lorna Smith will describe why education and understanding are key to large carnivore survival in a changing world at the… Continue reading

Large carnivore conservation focus of AAUW program in Port Townsend

Couple to warn of artificial intelligence dangers in Port Townsend presentation

Two people will warn against artificial intelligence in a presentation at 7 p.m. Thursday. Meg and Peter Lumsdaine, who are working to… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Grief support groups set in Port Angeles … and other items

Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County announced its schedule for a series of Sequim and Port Angeles support groups for 2018. The groups are free and… Continue reading

Jeannie McMacken/for Peninsula Daily News Dennis Daneau believes we all can learn from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He’ll offer Kings’ speeches today during a free community presentation in Port Townsend.

Port Townsend man to play recordings of speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. today

When driving the coast from Ventura, Calif., to his new home in Port Townsend 11 years ago, Dennis Daneau did what many… Continue reading

Jeannie McMacken/for Peninsula Daily News Dennis Daneau believes we all can learn from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He’ll offer Kings’ speeches today during a free community presentation in Port Townsend.