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State August jobless rate 5.1 percent

Washington’s unemployment rate remained at 5.1 percent and the state added 16,800 jobs last month, officials announced. The Employment Security… Continue reading

State records over 7,000 deaths from COVID-19

More than 7,000 people have died from COVID-19 in Washington state, according to data from the state Department of Health.… Continue reading

Teia Stitzel

Stitzel to speak at Unity in the Olympics

Teia Stitzel will present “Happy Friend-a-versary” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Stitzel will be the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917… Continue reading

Teia Stitzel

Do you believe your personal information is safe online?

Do you believe your personal information is safe online?… Continue reading

  • Sep 16, 2021
Holding animals sewn by Sequim’s Fiber Arts Neighborhood Group are, from left, Monica Dixon of the Sequim group, which is part of the American Sewing Guild; Tessa Jackson, director of the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula; Nick, 5; and Josie, 4; of Great Futures Preschool, housed at the Sequim unit. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Fiber artists donate stuffed animals to club

Service project supplies puppies, elephants, giraffes

Holding animals sewn by Sequim’s Fiber Arts Neighborhood Group are, from left, Monica Dixon of the Sequim group, which is part of the American Sewing Guild; Tessa Jackson, director of the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula; Nick, 5; and Josie, 4; of Great Futures Preschool, housed at the Sequim unit. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

LETTER:Community-minded

Several excellent columns and letters in this paper have tried to explain to angry demonstrators how we’re all in this COVID-19 fight together, and how… Continue reading

LETTER:Mandate overdue

Mandate overdue A mandate requiring vaccines and masks is long overdue. Finally there is no reasonable excuse for spreading the virus, clogging the hospitals and… Continue reading

Do you think people are legitimately using religious exemption for declining the COVID-19 vaccine?

Do you think people are legitimately using religious exemption for declining the COVID-19 vaccine?… Continue reading

  • Sep 15, 2021

LETTER: Not caring

COVID-19 is not a joke or something the government is doing to you; it’s a virus that moves through the air, is breathed in and… Continue reading

LETTER: Safe to eat out

I want to inform the owners and staff of our local restaurants and bars that I and my husband are so happy to know that… Continue reading

LETTER: Unite against COVID

For any other disaster, I would like to think our community would work feverishly, arm in arm, for a successful outcome. But apparently not this… Continue reading

The Sequim City Council passed a resolution against public health mandates in Clallam County, citing Constitutional rights. Do you agree or disagree?

The Sequim City Council passed a resolution against public health mandates in Clallam County, citing Constitutional rights. Do you agree or disagree?… Continue reading

  • Sep 14, 2021
Red and orange hues mean change is coming as shown on these trees on Water Street next to Pope Marine Park in downtown Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Fall is in the air

By Steve Mullensky For Peninsula Daily News Red and orange hues mean change is coming as shown on these trees on Water Street next to… Continue reading

Red and orange hues mean change is coming as shown on these trees on Water Street next to Pope Marine Park in downtown Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Duane Grego, left, and Dan Welden check the scales on Welden’s winning pumpkin at 166.2 pounds Sunday. A giant pumpkin contest is conducted each year at the Evergreen Country Estates neighborhood on Goss Road south of Port Angeles. Welden, who started the contest 14 years ago, gives each of his neighbors special pumpkin sprouts he has started from seeds from the Northwest Giant Pumpkin Growers Association. The growing season starts around May 1 and the neighbors gather for a weigh-in and to have a pumpkin potluck party this time of year. Only one pumpkin weighed more than 100 pounds out of the dozen entries. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

Giant pumpkin contest

By Dave Logan For Peninsula Daily News Duane Grego, left, and Dan Welden check the scales on Welden’s winning pumpkin at 166.2 pounds Sunday. A… Continue reading

Duane Grego, left, and Dan Welden check the scales on Welden’s winning pumpkin at 166.2 pounds Sunday. A giant pumpkin contest is conducted each year at the Evergreen Country Estates neighborhood on Goss Road south of Port Angeles. Welden, who started the contest 14 years ago, gives each of his neighbors special pumpkin sprouts he has started from seeds from the Northwest Giant Pumpkin Growers Association. The growing season starts around May 1 and the neighbors gather for a weigh-in and to have a pumpkin potluck party this time of year. Only one pumpkin weighed more than 100 pounds out of the dozen entries. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

LETTER: A community fight

What has this community come to? This is the first letter I have ever written to a newspaper after many years of reading the daily… Continue reading

LETTER: Are you patient zero?

The bubonic plague, which destroyed half the population in some towns, started in somebody’s body. Some person was hosting a microorganism that ended up being… Continue reading

State troopers, others sue over vaccine mandate

State troopers, prison correctional officers, ferry workers and other public sector employees have filed a lawsuit to try to overturn Gov. Jay Inslee’s… Continue reading

Which activity do you most associate with fall?

Which activity do you most associate with fall?… Continue reading

  • Sep 13, 2021

LETTER:Individual responsibility

Self-righteousness without serious soul-searching to discover our own culpability allows us to react to every perceived threat spontaneously, but unless we constantly remind ourselves that… Continue reading

LETTER:Kudos to Berry

Kudos to Dr. Allison Berry for the fine work she has done under the terrifying burden of this virus. We particularly admire her courage with… Continue reading