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Ensemble Schola Galante members, from left to right, are Dahti Blanchard, Lee Inman, Miguel Rodé and Douglass Hjelm.

Early Music at the Grange begins Saturday

Schola Galante will begin a series of three music concerts at the Quimper Grange that will focus on 17th Century and 18th… Continue reading

Ensemble Schola Galante members, from left to right, are Dahti Blanchard, Lee Inman, Miguel Rodé and Douglass Hjelm.
Guitarist Clay Bartlett will play as part of Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concerts series.

Guitarist to play at Candlelight Concerts series

Guitarist Clay Bartlett will play his original music during Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concerts series. The in-person and online concert will be… Continue reading

Guitarist Clay Bartlett will play as part of Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concerts series.

THING set for three-day event at Fort Worden

Variety of music, comedy, podcasts

Polynesian canoe visit delayed, plans to visit Seattle this weekend

Details of landing in Port Townsend are yet to be determined

Port Townsend, Fort Worden PDA agree to identify areas of concern

Meeting documents, financial concerns among items

Bridge over river could start in spring

Restoration expected on lower Big Quilcene

A smoky haze seen from Port Angeles Boat Haven from wildfires in eastern Washington and Canada affected air quality in the North Olympic Peninsula on Sunday. The National Weather Service said Monday that westerly winds should help clear out the smoke and lead to clear conditions. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Smoke clears off Peninsula

Fires continue, but westerly winds bring fresh air

A smoky haze seen from Port Angeles Boat Haven from wildfires in eastern Washington and Canada affected air quality in the North Olympic Peninsula on Sunday. The National Weather Service said Monday that westerly winds should help clear out the smoke and lead to clear conditions. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Zumba dancers perform on Lawrence Street during the Uptown Street Fair parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Saturday. Seventeen marching units, including this one, paraded down Lawrence Street in front of hundreds of spectators lining the sidewalk. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Uptown Street Fair

Zumba dancers perform on Lawrence Street during the Uptown Street Fair parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Saturday. Seventeen marching units, including this one, paraded… Continue reading

Zumba dancers perform on Lawrence Street during the Uptown Street Fair parade in Uptown Port Townsend on Saturday. Seventeen marching units, including this one, paraded down Lawrence Street in front of hundreds of spectators lining the sidewalk. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Smoke from wildfires in eastern Washington and Canada contribute to the red, smokey sunrise on Sunday over Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Smoke to begin to waft away today

Wildfires in other areas soil air quality on Peninsula

Smoke from wildfires in eastern Washington and Canada contribute to the red, smokey sunrise on Sunday over Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Hōkūle‘a arrives in Auke Bay on June 11, when it was welcomed by hundreds of Juneau residents and tribal leaders. The wind-powered traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe began a scheduled 47-month global voyage. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire)

Voyaging Polynesian canoe to visit Port Townsend

Welcome on Tuesday; tours on Wednesday

The Hōkūle‘a arrives in Auke Bay on June 11, when it was welcomed by hundreds of Juneau residents and tribal leaders. The wind-powered traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe began a scheduled 47-month global voyage. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire)

Portion of Highway 101 reopens early

The state Department of Transportation announced that the construction on U.S. Highway 101 north of Quilcene at two unnamed tributaries of Leland Creek… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: The big eight of late summer gardening

MONDAY, WE WILL move into the last trimester of summer. As late summer looms just over the horizon, many changes are occurring in your yard!… Continue reading

All County Picnic to focus on preparedness on Sunday

The All County Picnic, which offers information about resilience and emergency preparedness in East Jefferson County, is scheduled from 11 a.m. to… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

Free outdoor music performed on Peninsula

The penultimate weekend of free outdoor summer concerts are scheduled on the North Olympic Peninsula next week. The season’s free concerts are on Tuesdays in… Continue reading

Jeremiah Johnson will perform outdoors in Coyle on Sunday.

Jeremiah Johnson to perform at Concerts in the Woods

Jeremiah Johnson, a Blues Music Award nominee, will bring his musical stew of Mississippi blues, rock and country to an outdoor show at… Continue reading

Jeremiah Johnson will perform outdoors in Coyle on Sunday.

National park, forest issue campfire ban

Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest have announced a complete ban on campfires. The Stage 2 fire restrictions that came into… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Anna Nasset will launch her book "Now I Speak: From Stalked to Standing Up" this Monday at Jeanette Best Gallery. photo courtesy of Stand Up Resources

Port Townsend woman to launch ‘Now I Speak’

One fall day in downtown Port Townsend, Anna Nasset was creating a window display at her gallery, Artisans on Taylor. When a… Continue reading

Port Townsend's Anna Nasset will launch her book "Now I Speak: From Stalked to Standing Up" this Monday at Jeanette Best Gallery. photo courtesy of Stand Up Resources
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Visitors to Union Wharf in downtown Port Townsend read information about a North Pacific gray whale that was stranded on a beach in Port Ludlow and died in 2019 as they look at a display of the 42-foot whale’s skeleton on Union Wharf in Port Townsend. The skeleton, which was dedicated on Tuesday after it had been put together in July, “is attracting a lot of attention,” said Liesl Slabaugh, development and marketing director for the Port Townsend Marine Life Center. She said personnel at the center hoped the exhibit would inspire awareness and curiosity ”about this whole world that is under the water and our interdependence with it… We need to respect their home.”
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Skeleton makes whale of a statement

Visitors to Union Wharf in downtown Port Townsend read information about a North Pacific gray whale that was stranded on a beach in Port Ludlow… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Visitors to Union Wharf in downtown Port Townsend read information about a North Pacific gray whale that was stranded on a beach in Port Ludlow and died in 2019 as they look at a display of the 42-foot whale’s skeleton on Union Wharf in Port Townsend. The skeleton, which was dedicated on Tuesday after it had been put together in July, “is attracting a lot of attention,” said Liesl Slabaugh, development and marketing director for the Port Townsend Marine Life Center. She said personnel at the center hoped the exhibit would inspire awareness and curiosity ”about this whole world that is under the water and our interdependence with it… We need to respect their home.”

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM,… Continue reading