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Shelly Leavens, executive director of the Jefferson County Historical Society, will welcome visitors to the new "Wood" exhibition — which includes Annalise Rubida's wooden lights — during an open house this Saturday evening. The Jefferson Museum of Art & History on Water Street in Port Townsend is the venue. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Shelly Leavens, executive director of the Jefferson County Historical Society, will welcome visitors to the new "Wood" exhibition — which includes Annalise Rubida's wooden lights — during an open house this Saturday evening. The Jefferson Museum of Art & History on Water Street in Port Townsend is the venue. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Code change targets housing crisis

Provisions made against use as short-term rentals

Clallam County Sheriff's Office
A truck, trailer and tractor were among items stolen from a Sekiu property.

Deputies investigate Sekiu burglary

Some $84,000 worth of items taken

Clallam County Sheriff's Office
A truck, trailer and tractor were among items stolen from a Sekiu property.

Free, guided walks Sunday at Fort Worden

Forest reslience, climate change topics

ISSUES OF FAITH: Deeper and deeper into Lenten quiet

LAST MONTH’S COLUMN was a fairly giddy look at the custom of giving up things for Lent: things we give up, practices we add on,… Continue reading

Jefferson Healthcare designated LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader

Jefferson Healthcare was designated a LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. The designation came in the foundations 15th… Continue reading

Debra Tesch

Jefferson Healthcare hires new health information management/privacy officer

Debra Tesch is the new health information management and privacy officer for Jefferson Healthcare. Tesch holds a Bachelor of Science in health… Continue reading

Debra Tesch

Jefferson Transit names interim general manager

Fixed-route operations manager steps into role

Jehovah’s Witnesses return to places of worship, not your doors

SINCE MARCH 2020, the once bustling Kingdom Halls have stayed eerily silent, devoid of Jehovah’s Witnesses activities, after the organization decided to put a halt… Continue reading

Kids night

Sequim Adventist Church will host Rocky Railway Kids’ Night from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The free Bible study program for children… Continue reading

PHOTO BY Elizabeth Becker
Pictured, in the front row, from left to right, are Jordan Primus, Lea LeGardeur, Erika Ensminger. 

In the back row, left to right, Andy Politz, Martin Sulkosky, Scott Wielbicki, Kalika Elofson, Peter Dragula, Pualani Brown, Corey Largo, Brenna Franklin, Liam Rolfe, Ben Knight, Lauren Duehring, Brandon Garms, Steffen Brown, Wendy Apfel, Chris Dunn and Kevin Ritz.

Marine systems technicians graduate boatbuilding school

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding graduated a sixth class of marine systems technicians at a March 18 ceremony. The graduates are Wendy Apfel, Raphael… Continue reading

PHOTO BY Elizabeth Becker
Pictured, in the front row, from left to right, are Jordan Primus, Lea LeGardeur, Erika Ensminger. 

In the back row, left to right, Andy Politz, Martin Sulkosky, Scott Wielbicki, Kalika Elofson, Peter Dragula, Pualani Brown, Corey Largo, Brenna Franklin, Liam Rolfe, Ben Knight, Lauren Duehring, Brandon Garms, Steffen Brown, Wendy Apfel, Chris Dunn and Kevin Ritz.
The Peninsula College welding program has fabricated a new gate for the Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles. Pictured, from left to right, are Peninsula College students Blake Parker, James Hancock, welding instructor Eoin Doherty, Betsy Reed Schultz, and welding instructor Kelly Flanagan.

New gate for the Captain Joseph House

The Peninsula College welding program has fabricated a new gate for the Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles. The gate features a triangular representation of… Continue reading

The Peninsula College welding program has fabricated a new gate for the Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles. Pictured, from left to right, are Peninsula College students Blake Parker, James Hancock, welding instructor Eoin Doherty, Betsy Reed Schultz, and welding instructor Kelly Flanagan.
Marysville angler Nick VandenBosch caught this wolf eel, a member of the wolffish family, while fishing off of Neah Bay last weekend.

OUTDOORS: Pacific Ocean full of mystery

Angler reels in wolf eel

Marysville angler Nick VandenBosch caught this wolf eel, a member of the wolffish family, while fishing off of Neah Bay last weekend.

Petals Pathways returns on June 25

Clear a path for the return of Petals & Pathways. The Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County’s popular, 27th annual outdoor event… Continue reading

Leslie Brooks.

Physician assistants join staff at Jefferson Healthcare

Jefferson Healthcare has announce three new members of its clinical staff. Leslie Brooks, a certified physician assistant, will work with internal medicine… Continue reading

Leslie Brooks.
Clair Dunlap, youth services librarian with the North Olympic Library System, installs a placard with a poem by Raymond Carver along the Living Forest Trail behind the Olympic National Park visitor center in Port Angeles on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Poems bloom in the spring in Olympic National Park

Poetry Walks add more inspiration to five popular trails

Clair Dunlap, youth services librarian with the North Olympic Library System, installs a placard with a poem by Raymond Carver along the Living Forest Trail behind the Olympic National Park visitor center in Port Angeles on Tuesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Tom Nall of Crusty Crumb Bakery, pictured in 2021, is among more than a dozen vendors of prepared foods participating this year in the Port Townsend Farmers Market, which takes over Tyler Street in the Uptown district starting this Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend Farmers Market to open Saturday

Welcoming ceremony to mark event’s 30th anniversary

Tom Nall of Crusty Crumb Bakery, pictured in 2021, is among more than a dozen vendors of prepared foods participating this year in the Port Townsend Farmers Market, which takes over Tyler Street in the Uptown district starting this Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
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Forks' Walker Rondeau steals second while Ilwaco's Ethan Hopkins awaits the throw during the first game of a doubleheader at Fred Orr Memorial Field in Beaver.
Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News
Forks' Walker Rondeau steals second while Ilwaco's Ethan Hopkins awaits the throw during the first game of a doubleheader at Fred Orr Memorial Field in Beaver.
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will explore the theme of Sacred Flow at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Sacred Earth

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will explore the theme of Sacred Flow at 11 a.m. Sunday. The service is at Unity in Port… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will explore the theme of Sacred Flow at 11 a.m. Sunday.