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Chuck Boggs began his career as a firefighter in 1971 and retired as assistant chief of East Jefferson Fire and Rescue in 2010. Boggs attended the 150th anniversary celebration of the department Saturday at Port Townsend City Hall where vintage fire engines were on display. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

East Jefferson Fire Rescue celebrates 150 years of emergency response

Jefferson County agency started as an all-volunteer brigade

Chuck Boggs began his career as a firefighter in 1971 and retired as assistant chief of East Jefferson Fire and Rescue in 2010. Boggs attended the 150th anniversary celebration of the department Saturday at Port Townsend City Hall where vintage fire engines were on display. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
Steve Tharinger, left, and Brian Pruiett.

District 24 candidates trade views

Rising costs dominate their political discussion

Steve Tharinger, left, and Brian Pruiett.

Doctor’s trial to be set Oct. 26

Man charged with indecent liberties

Wendy Davis of Port Townsend takes a look under the hood of her Rivian truck, where an empty storage area is where the engine would have been on a gasoline-powered car. The Rivian’s battery is on the bottom of the truck, much like a skateboard, Davis said. The vehicle can travel 320 miles on a charge, she added. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

Electric vehicle expo showcases models, financing and current owners

Some who want to buy say they will wait for prices to come down

Wendy Davis of Port Townsend takes a look under the hood of her Rivian truck, where an empty storage area is where the engine would have been on a gasoline-powered car. The Rivian’s battery is on the bottom of the truck, much like a skateboard, Davis said. The vehicle can travel 320 miles on a charge, she added. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
Dawna Krause and her husband Loren find that Dawna’s winning giant pumpkin measured 169 pounds on a spring scale from a small tractor scoop. Dawna was a first-time winner in the giant pumpkin contest conducted each year at the Evergreen Country Estates neighborhood on Goss Road south of Port Angeles. Hers was the only pumpkin over 100 pounds from the dozen or so entries. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Great pumpkin

Dawna Krause and her husband Loren find that Dawna’s winning giant pumpkin measured 169 pounds on a spring scale from a small tractor scoop. Dawna… Continue reading

Dawna Krause and her husband Loren find that Dawna’s winning giant pumpkin measured 169 pounds on a spring scale from a small tractor scoop. Dawna was a first-time winner in the giant pumpkin contest conducted each year at the Evergreen Country Estates neighborhood on Goss Road south of Port Angeles. Hers was the only pumpkin over 100 pounds from the dozen or so entries. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Coronavirus

Jefferson County may keep emergency orders

State plans to lift restrictions Oct. 31

Elaina Wood, 6, center, looks on in delight after catching a crab as her brother, Kjol Wood, 11, left, watches while grandmother Tina Taylor of Port Angeles, right, and Puget Sound Anglers member Russ Manson of Sequim assist with the capture during the Grab a Crab Derby on Saturday at the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival in Port Angeles. The three-day festival brought abut 15,000 people to the Port Angeles waterfront for food, music and other activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Caught one!

Elaina Wood, 6, center, looks on in delight after catching a crab as her brother, Kjol Wood, 11, left, watches while grandmother Tina Taylor of… Continue reading

Elaina Wood, 6, center, looks on in delight after catching a crab as her brother, Kjol Wood, 11, left, watches while grandmother Tina Taylor of Port Angeles, right, and Puget Sound Anglers member Russ Manson of Sequim assist with the capture during the Grab a Crab Derby on Saturday at the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival in Port Angeles. The three-day festival brought abut 15,000 people to the Port Angeles waterfront for food, music and other activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam County to consider autopsy contract

Thurston proposed to host them again

Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to cap abandoned oil and gas wells, conducts testing on a well in West Jefferson County. The well, located near the Hoh River in an area known as Oil City, is leaking emissions, and Shuck’s foundation is working to properly seal it. (Well Done Foundation)

Nonprofit to plug well near Oil City

Clean-up effort in West Jefferson

Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to cap abandoned oil and gas wells, conducts testing on a well in West Jefferson County. The well, located near the Hoh River in an area known as Oil City, is leaking emissions, and Shuck’s foundation is working to properly seal it. (Well Done Foundation)
Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro.

PT city manager gets a pay raise

Increase first since he was hired in ’19

Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro.

Sequim man dies in rollover on Palo Alto

A 23-year-old Sequim man died early Saturday morning in a one-vehicle rollover collision on Palo Alto Road near its intersection with Louella Road.… Continue reading

One dead, two others hurt in wreck near Brinnon

An Independence, Mo., man has died in a wreck that sent two others to a Seattle hospital and blocked U.S. Highway 101 near… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Denise Butler, left, and Karl Pohlod, both members of the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers, on Friday tie plastic markers to a crab that will be eligible for catch during the Grab-A-Crab Derby, a featured activity of the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival on the Port Angeles waterfront. Twenty tagged crabs were seeded into a pair of tanks, allowing the catchers a $20 discount on a crab dinner or half off on a takeout crab from the derby, which is also set for today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festival runs through Sunday. For information, see crabfestival.org.
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Crab fest kicks off in Port Angeles

Denise Butler, left, and Karl Pohlod, both members of the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers, on Friday tie plastic markers to a… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Denise Butler, left, and Karl Pohlod, both members of the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers, on Friday tie plastic markers to a crab that will be eligible for catch during the Grab-A-Crab Derby, a featured activity of the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival on the Port Angeles waterfront. Twenty tagged crabs were seeded into a pair of tanks, allowing the catchers a $20 discount on a crab dinner or half off on a takeout crab from the derby, which is also set for today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festival runs through Sunday. For information, see crabfestival.org.

Best of the Peninsula 2021 winners announced

The Peninsula Daily News, the Sequim Gazette and the Forks Forum have announced the winners of the Best of the Peninsula 2021 contest. Click here… Continue reading

Electrical power restored for thousands west of Lake Crescent

Fault was in Bonneville Power Adminstration line

City of Port Townsend Port Townsend city crews remove landslide debris from Washington Streeton Friday morning.

Slides shut down Washington Street in Port Townsend

Two slides cleaned up by city crews

City of Port Townsend Port Townsend city crews remove landslide debris from Washington Streeton Friday morning.

Body that washed onto Dungeness Spit identified

Spokane Valley woman was killed in seaplane crash

Merger topic of Port Ludlow gathering

Residents to consider joining fire district with EJFR

Port Angeles upgrades water emergency, limits outdoor use

With Elwha running low, city calls for conservation

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, right, visits the jetty renovation project at Point Hudson with Port of Port Townsend Executive Director Eron Berg. Half of the funds for the $14.1 million project came from a $7 million Economic Development Administration grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Cantwell is Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Sen. Maria Cantwell visits Port of Port Townsend’s jetty project

Replacement received $7M in federal EDA funding

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, right, visits the jetty renovation project at Point Hudson with Port of Port Townsend Executive Director Eron Berg. Half of the funds for the $14.1 million project came from a $7 million Economic Development Administration grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Cantwell is Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)