Jefferson County

Rainshadow Chorale concerts set tonight, Saturday

RainShadow Chorale will give two performances of “Let My Love Be Heard” tonight in Chimacum and Saturday in Port Townsend. Tonight’s concert will be at… Continue reading

The Port Townsend Friends Meeting is hosting a benefit concert featuring the Wild Berry Pickers, a band specializing in bluegrass and folk music, this Saturday night in Port Townsend.

Wild Berry Pickers to perform bluegrass, folk

The Port Townsend Friends Meeting will host a benefit concert featuring the Wild Berry Pickers, a band specializing in bluegrass and folk… Continue reading

The Port Townsend Friends Meeting is hosting a benefit concert featuring the Wild Berry Pickers, a band specializing in bluegrass and folk music, this Saturday night in Port Townsend.
Power, traffic to make way today in Port Townsend as apartment building is moved

Power, traffic to make way today in Port Townsend as apartment building is moved

Power will be out in some areas of Port Townsend for several hours today and sections of streets will be closed while… Continue reading

Power, traffic to make way today in Port Townsend as apartment building is moved
Sequim Irrigation Festival begins its Grand Finale

Sequim Irrigation Festival begins its Grand Finale

Building on a 122-year-old tradition, the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s Grand Finale Weekend will commence today and continue through the weekend. Consistent with this… Continue reading

Sequim Irrigation Festival begins its Grand Finale
Equine therapy program offered breast cancer survivors in Quilcene

Equine therapy program offered breast cancer survivors in Quilcene

Connected Hearts, a equine therapy facility in Quilcene, is starting a program to help breast cancer survivors recover mentally from the trauma of… Continue reading

Equine therapy program offered breast cancer survivors in Quilcene
Peninsula robotics teams compete in international contest

Peninsula robotics teams compete in international contest

Two high school robotics teams from the North Olympic Peninsula held their own at the FIRST Robotics Competition in Houston, which gathered… Continue reading

Peninsula robotics teams compete in international contest

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Clallam PUD earns Reliable Public Power Provider designation … and other items

The Clallam Public Utility District recently earned the Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3) designation from the American Public Power Association. The RP3 designation… Continue reading

LETTER: How does robbing us of environmental and workplace protections help us?

I fail to see how America is made great again by stripping people of their privacy rights (Senate Joint Resolution 34), allowing employers to hide… Continue reading

An emergency sign flashes by the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on Tuesday in Richland. (Manuel Valdes/The Associated Press)

Tunnel collapse renews safety concerns about nuclear sites

The collapse of a tunnel containing radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear weapons… Continue reading

An emergency sign flashes by the Hanford Nuclear Reservation on Tuesday in Richland. (Manuel Valdes/The Associated Press)

Port Townsend council OKs short-term rental changes, with final approval to be considered next week

The Port Townsend City Council approved on a first reading a city ordinance that changes parts of the city code regarding short-term… Continue reading

A fishing boat was stranded at the mouth of the Elwha River last weekend during fishing season for halibut and cod.

PAT NEAL: Dangerous halibut date defies logic

IT WAS DAYLIGHT on the water. It seemed like we were in the middle of the world’s largest washing machine. That’s the feeling you can… Continue reading

A fishing boat was stranded at the mouth of the Elwha River last weekend during fishing season for halibut and cod.
Wet April sets new record on West End

Wet April sets new record on West End

Last month was the wettest April on record at Quillayute Airport near Forks, which has seen more than its share of rain since… Continue reading

Wet April sets new record on West End
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News George and Jolie Will of Sequim look for litter on the beach on Saturday near the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge near Sequim as part of statewide effort to remove trash and other unwanted debris from along Washington’s coasts. The event, hosted by the Washington CoastSavers program, saw volunteers spread out to scour beaches along the Pacific coastline and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Volunteers clean beaches of about 15 tons of debris during annual cleanup

The results are in after 1,330 volunteers cleaned debris from more than 60 Washington beaches during the 10th annual Washington Coast Cleanup. Jon Schmidt, Washington… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News George and Jolie Will of Sequim look for litter on the beach on Saturday near the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge near Sequim as part of statewide effort to remove trash and other unwanted debris from along Washington’s coasts. The event, hosted by the Washington CoastSavers program, saw volunteers spread out to scour beaches along the Pacific coastline and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

GiveBig donations collected today; 20 Peninsula nonprofits participating

North Olympic Peninsula nonprofits are among those that can benefit from the Seattle Foundation’s seventh annual GiveBIG funding drive that is one day… Continue reading

LETTER: Nonaggressive pact with North Korea the only way to stave off nuclear bloodbath

Public opinion and the courts may eventually prevent President Donald Trump and Congress from destroying our nation domestically. However, the paramount threat today is that… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Peninsula Trails Coalition seeks input at tonight’s meeting … and other items

The Peninsula Trails Coalition seeks input on the Olympic Discovery Trail at a meeting today. The meeting will be from 6:30 p.m. to… Continue reading

Tickets on sale for next Rainshadow Chorale concerts

Tickets are on sale for the RainShadow Chorale concert, “Let My Love Be Heard,” which will be performed May 12-13 in Chimacum and Port Townsend.… Continue reading

This image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows a 20-foot-by-20-foot hole in the roof of a storage tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland on Tuesday. (U.S. Department of Energy via AP)

Tunnel with nuclear waste collapses in Washington state

A portion of an underground tunnel containing rail cars filled with radioactive waste collapsed Tuesday at… Continue reading

This image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows a 20-foot-by-20-foot hole in the roof of a storage tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland on Tuesday. (U.S. Department of Energy via AP)
Apartment complex to arrive from Victoria on Wednesday

Apartment complex to arrive from Victoria on Wednesday

A small two-story apartment complex is scheduled to arrive in Port Townsend Bay on Wednesday after being brought across the Strait of… Continue reading

Apartment complex to arrive from Victoria on Wednesday
Honored as Public Health Heroes are, from left, Amanda Milholland, Brett Payseno, Teresea Hoffman, Laura Hulsey, Vicki Kirkpatrick, Sarah Gai and Linda Atkins. (Jefferson County Public Health)

Seven named Public Health Heroes by Jefferson County Public Health

Jefferson County Public Health has named members of seven organizations Public Health Heroes. The recipients were honored at the Board of Health’s… Continue reading

Honored as Public Health Heroes are, from left, Amanda Milholland, Brett Payseno, Teresea Hoffman, Laura Hulsey, Vicki Kirkpatrick, Sarah Gai and Linda Atkins. (Jefferson County Public Health)