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Port Townsend police rarely use force, chief says

City sits well below national average

Keith Larkin waves in a screenshot photo to participants of the Sequim city council’s Oct. 26, 2020, meeting after he was appointed and sworn in.

Sequim City council appoints former California fire chief

Larkin chosen over five other candidates

Keith Larkin waves in a screenshot photo to participants of the Sequim city council’s Oct. 26, 2020, meeting after he was appointed and sworn in.
East Jefferson Fire Rescue Chief Bret Black.

East Jefferson Fire Rescue hires chief

Bret Black to start with district Dec. 1

East Jefferson Fire Rescue Chief Bret Black.

Jefferson commissioners OK comprehensive plan docket amendments

Port Hadlock sewer, recreational marijuana production, Brinnon wastewater added

Quileute Tribe gets grant for artifact curation

Funds given for National Park Service historic preservation

Cellist Traci Winters Tyson of the Port Angeles Symphony will perform in a special concert in early November. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Symphony comes together to prepare for concert

Musical nuance important for ensemble

Cellist Traci Winters Tyson of the Port Angeles Symphony will perform in a special concert in early November. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Boil-water order extended for more than 200 Port Angeles homes

Test samples mixed up at lab, Public Works director says

Alec Naddy, 6, left, and his brother, Porter Nady, 9, both of Bothell, create tissue paper marigolds on Saturday at the Port Angeles Farmers Market. The flowers will become part of a Día de los Muertos ofrenda, a display of mementos honoring deceased loved ones for the Day of the Dead, which will be set up at The Wharf mall next week. The craft event is co-sponsored by the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts and North Olympic Library System. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Marigold-making begins for community art project

Bright tissue paper symbolizes flowers that guide spirits

Alec Naddy, 6, left, and his brother, Porter Nady, 9, both of Bothell, create tissue paper marigolds on Saturday at the Port Angeles Farmers Market. The flowers will become part of a Día de los Muertos ofrenda, a display of mementos honoring deceased loved ones for the Day of the Dead, which will be set up at The Wharf mall next week. The craft event is co-sponsored by the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts and North Olympic Library System. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A Clallam Transit bus departs from The Gateway transit center on Saturday morning in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A Clallam Transit bus departs from The Gateway transit center on Saturday morning in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Organizers for the Quimper Grange, a Port Townsend nonprofit, are seeking a $5,000 grant from the Jefferson Community Foundation to pay for a ventilationsystem that will allow it to reopen at 30 percent capacity, or 45people. (Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News)

Ventilation system would allow Quimper Grange to reopen

Nonprofit seeks grant, hopes to reopen at 30 percent capacity by end of year

Organizers for the Quimper Grange, a Port Townsend nonprofit, are seeking a $5,000 grant from the Jefferson Community Foundation to pay for a ventilationsystem that will allow it to reopen at 30 percent capacity, or 45people. (Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News)
Lauren Ehnebuske, left, and Bob Wallace stand next to the food pantry that Ehnebuske designed and Wallace built outside the Port Townsend Food Bank. The pantry offers free non-perishable food items any time of day or night. (Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News)

Free food pantries open around the clock

Structures are filled with non-perishable goods and toiletries

Lauren Ehnebuske, left, and Bob Wallace stand next to the food pantry that Ehnebuske designed and Wallace built outside the Port Townsend Food Bank. The pantry offers free non-perishable food items any time of day or night. (Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News)
Teresa Verraes.

Merger aims to expand Jefferson County arts

Northwind Arts Center, Port Townsend School of the Arts combine forces

Teresa Verraes.
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Captain Crystal Stout lights up Vegas with balloon

Future plan is to share rides with veterans, children and more

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Van De Wege and Beauvais

A tale of two campaigns

Challenger outspends longtime lawmaker

Van De Wege and Beauvais
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily NewsPlywood panels cover a pair of windows at Angeles Furniture and Mattress Co., 1114 E. First St., on Saturday in Port Angeles.

Police investigate window-smashing spree

Business windows shot out in Port Angeles

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily NewsPlywood panels cover a pair of windows at Angeles Furniture and Mattress Co., 1114 E. First St., on Saturday in Port Angeles.
(4013): Deirdre Morrison takes in the bustling energy of the PortTownsend Farmers Market on Saturday in uptown Port Townsend. The39-year-old is the new market manager for the Jefferson County FarmersMarkets. Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News

Port Townsend Farmers Market finds new manager with deep roots

After 10 years away, Morrison returns to take reins from Milholland

(4013): Deirdre Morrison takes in the bustling energy of the PortTownsend Farmers Market on Saturday in uptown Port Townsend. The39-year-old is the new market manager for the Jefferson County FarmersMarkets. Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News
Vehicles travel in both directions Thursday evening along therecently completed state Highway 116 bridge between Indian andMarrowstone islands. Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News

Two-way traffic flows between Indian, Marrowstone islands

Highway 116 bridge spanning Kilisut Harbor completed

Vehicles travel in both directions Thursday evening along therecently completed state Highway 116 bridge between Indian andMarrowstone islands. Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News
Rob Clark is officially sworn in as the interim superintendent of the Sequim School District by Judge Brian Coughenour in August 2019. Clark on leave as of Oct. 22 pending the outcome of a complaint, school district officials said this week. Sequim Gazette file photo by Conor Dowley
Rob Clark is officially sworn in as the interim superintendent of the Sequim School District by Judge Brian Coughenour in August 2019. Clark on leave as of Oct. 22 pending the outcome of a complaint, school district officials said this week. Sequim Gazette file photo by Conor Dowley
Deer Park Cinema manager Casey Chapman sprays disinfectant mist around the concession stand of the Port Angeles theater complex lobby on Thursday in preparation for reopening on Oct. 30. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Deer Park Cinema manager Casey Chapman sprays disinfectant mist around the concession stand of the Port Angeles theater complex lobby on Thursday in preparation for reopening on Oct. 30. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)