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A map shows a 3.1-magnitude quake that took place about 10 p.m. Wednesday in Admiralty Bay between Port Townsend and Oak Harbor. (U.S. Geological Survey)

Small quake shakes Port Townsend, bay area Wednesday night

The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake in Admiralty Bay off Port Townsend at about 10 p.m. Wednesday night. The 3.1-magnitude quake… Continue reading

A map shows a 3.1-magnitude quake that took place about 10 p.m. Wednesday in Admiralty Bay between Port Townsend and Oak Harbor. (U.S. Geological Survey)

Employees recognized with awards

Two Clallam Bay Corrections Center employees were recently awarded with the Department of Corrections’ annual agency awards. The awards recognize the employee’s work… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Sons of Norway to host benefit bake sale Saturday in Port Angeles … and other items

The Sons of Norway will hold a bake sale and luncheon from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The bake sale will… Continue reading

Alice Derry selected as Peninsula College Writer-in-Residence

Alice Derry selected as Peninsula College Writer-in-Residence

Poet Alice Derry is Peninsula College’s 17th Writer-in-Residence and will be featured in presentations in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Forks beginning… Continue reading

Alice Derry selected as Peninsula College Writer-in-Residence

Native American Culture Fair spotlights traditions Thursday

The third annual Native American Culture Fair, “Honoring Our Medicine,” will focus on traditional plants and medicines from 10 a.m. to noon… Continue reading

Mayumi Tsutakawa

Jefferson County Library speaker to tell of Japanese-American internment

“The Pine and the Cherry,” a tale of one family’s 100-year history and its involvement in the Japanese-American internment during World War… Continue reading

Mayumi Tsutakawa

NEWS BRIEFS: Applicants sought for commission … and other items

The city is currently seeking applicants to fill the Civil Service Commission. The commission investigates concerns and reports on all matters relating… Continue reading

BirdFest-BirdQuest winners announced

Garry Bullock won the grand prize of a plane ride from Sequim to Port Townsend in the BirdFest-BirdQuest game held in conjunction with… Continue reading

Creation tales to be spun at Story Swap

Creation stories are all around us — and now, Cherie Trebon believes, is the time to tell them. Trebon, one of this… Continue reading

Ensemble Electra to perform in Port Angeles on Tuesday

Ensemble Electra to perform in Port Angeles on Tuesday

The rich sounds of the recorder, violin and harpsichord will fill Maier Performance Hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday when Peninsula College’s Maier… Continue reading

Ensemble Electra to perform in Port Angeles on Tuesday

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Hearing set on Port Townsend tourist home applications moratorium

The Port Townsend City Council will conduct a public hearing on a moratorium of tourist home applications when it meets Monday. The meeting will begin… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Wilder Auto to show hybrid, electric cars at Northwest Maritime Center … and other items

Wilder Auto Center will showcase its hybrid and electric car selection Friday and Saturday at the Northwest Maritime Center. The cars will… Continue reading

Easter egg hunts continue cracking open today across Peninsula

Easter egg hunts continue cracking open today across Peninsula

Children collected brightly colored eggs, candy and prizes during Easter egg hunts on the North Olympic Peninsula on Saturday. But the fun isn’t over. More… Continue reading

Easter egg hunts continue cracking open today across Peninsula

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar &Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave. This Wednesday’s gathering will feature Clallam… Continue reading

Interactive theater performance to invite change Monday

Interactive theater performance to invite change Monday

“Radical Consent: Intimacy, Boundaries and Sex,” an interactive theater performance and community dialogue, will be presented in one show only at 7… Continue reading

Interactive theater performance to invite change Monday

It’s wet out there — but wildfire season began this weekend

The state wildfire season began Saturday, as specified by state law, despite the rating of low fire danger in all the state’s counties.… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Flight practice set this week in Coupeville … and other items

Field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island are scheduled to occur at the outlying field in… Continue reading

Bulgarian pianist Anna Petrova will join the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra for its spring concert Saturday.

Soloist seeks to offer ‘something sublime’ in Port Angeles Symphony concert April 22

Ever since traveling to Bulgaria to lead a concert with the Plovdiv Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jonathan Pasternack has wanted to invite a… Continue reading

Bulgarian pianist Anna Petrova will join the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra for its spring concert Saturday.

Sunrise services scheduled this morning

Sunrise services scheduled this morning

Victim identified from fatal wreck on U.S. 101 near Bear Creek

The State Patrol has identified the victim of a fatal wreck Thursday on U.S. Highway 101 near Bear Creek. The State Patrol identified… Continue reading