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Public hearing slated for Fort Worden action plan

Port Townsend seeks better financial reporting from fort managers

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

Service set for Unity in Port Townsend

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Divine and Embodied Father” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in Port… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith
The Rev. Lynn Ungar

Speaker set for Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

The Rev. Lynn Ungar will present “The House on Pooh Corner”

The Rev. Lynn Ungar

Summertide, Pride events scheduled this weekend

A variety of events are planned this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. • Summertide Solstice Art Festival will mark the longest day of the… Continue reading

Rev. Bill Evans

Unity speaker set for presentation

The Rev. Bill Evans will present “Daddy” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Evans will be the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics,… Continue reading

Rev. Bill Evans

Peninsula College, high school graduations this weekend

Peninsula College will observe its 61st graduation ceremony on Saturday when it awards 420 degrees and certificates to graduates. Two commencement exercises… Continue reading

Members of team We Brake for Whales celebrate their win in the 2023 Race to Alaska in Ketchikan, Alaska, on Wednesday. (Kelsey Brenner via the Northwest Maritime Center)
Members of team We Brake for Whales celebrate their win in the 2023 Race to Alaska in Ketchikan, Alaska, on Wednesday. (Kelsey Brenner via the Northwest Maritime Center)
Alyssa Vandenberg, Chimacum High School.

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Allysa Vandenberg wins Discovery Bay Women’s Club scholarship

The Discovery Bay Women’s Golf Club presents a scholarship each June to a worthy female athlete graduating from Chimacum High School. This… Continue reading

Alyssa Vandenberg, Chimacum High School.

Fire damages Toad Road storage building

A structure fire in the morning hours of Sunday on Toad Road damaged a detached storage building but did not result in any… Continue reading

Grant aimed at combating hunger

Love Your Neighbor allocation goes to Jefferson County Farmers Markets

Guild issues call for artists

The Port Townsend Arts Guild has openings for artists and craftspeople who make their own unique work and would like to sell… Continue reading

High-speed pursuit reported in PA, east

Police continue to search for the driver of a stolen vehicle who led Port Angeles police officers, Clallam County sheriff’s deputies and… Continue reading

Pictured, from left to right, are Chimcum High School teacher Brian MacKenzie, Keanu Morrison Tessa Richardson, Elliot Pflueger and League of Women Voters essay team organizer, Jackie Aase.

League of Women Voters’ essay winners announced

Elliot Pflueger won first place in the League of Women Voters of Jefferson County’s essay contest with his essay “Damning Darkness in… Continue reading

Pictured, from left to right, are Chimcum High School teacher Brian MacKenzie, Keanu Morrison Tessa Richardson, Elliot Pflueger and League of Women Voters essay team organizer, Jackie Aase.
Bret Kenney appears in court via video in May 2022 after being accused of killing his mother, Teri Ward of Sequim, and attempting to kill Sequim police officer Daniel Martinez during a traffic stop in 2022.

Man accused of killing mother unable to stand trial

Four charges could be refiled at later date

Bret Kenney appears in court via video in May 2022 after being accused of killing his mother, Teri Ward of Sequim, and attempting to kill Sequim police officer Daniel Martinez during a traffic stop in 2022.

OMC Foundation provides $400,000 for scholarships

Shrinking workforce biggest challenge for hospital

Port Angeles Lefties.

PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: HarbourCats edge Lefties in extra innings

The Port Angeles Lefties played the Victoria HarbourCats, coming back from a late 3-1 deficit to send the game to extra innings,… Continue reading

Port Angeles Lefties.
U.S. Army veteran Nancy Zimmerman, a member of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is flanked by fellow DAR members Amira-Lee Salavati, left, and Lindsey Christianson as Zimmerman incinerates a used American Flag during a flag retirement ceremony on Wednesday at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. A total of 24 cotton flags were burned during the Flag Day ceremony. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Flag retirement ceremony

U.S. Army veteran Nancy Zimmerman, a member of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is flanked by fellow DAR members… Continue reading

U.S. Army veteran Nancy Zimmerman, a member of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is flanked by fellow DAR members Amira-Lee Salavati, left, and Lindsey Christianson as Zimmerman incinerates a used American Flag during a flag retirement ceremony on Wednesday at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. A total of 24 cotton flags were burned during the Flag Day ceremony. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Discovery Bay closed to recreational shellfish harvesting

The state Department of Health has closed Discovery Bay to recreational harvest of all shellfish species after clam samples were found to… Continue reading

Clallam County restricts burning

Clallam County burn restrictions took affect Wednesday and will run through Oct. 1 unless conditions warrant a total burn ban. The move… Continue reading

Hood Canal Bridge closure canceled

An overnight closure of the Hood Canal Bridge, originally set for tonight, has been canceled. The overnight closures of the Hood Canal Bridge… Continue reading