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Port Townsend Mayor David Faber signs a ceremonial shovel used in the groundbreaking ceremony for six permanent, affordable housing units being constructed by East Jefferson Habitat for Humanity at 18th and Landes Streets in Port Townsend. This shovel and others will be given to each homeowner upon receiving the keys to their new home. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Habitat for Humanity ceremonial signing

Port Townsend Mayor David Faber signs a ceremonial shovel used in the groundbreaking ceremony for six permanent, affordable housing units being constructed by East Jefferson… Continue reading

Port Townsend Mayor David Faber signs a ceremonial shovel used in the groundbreaking ceremony for six permanent, affordable housing units being constructed by East Jefferson Habitat for Humanity at 18th and Landes Streets in Port Townsend. This shovel and others will be given to each homeowner upon receiving the keys to their new home. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County Historical Society to honor historic preservation projects

Eleven awards noted on Saturday at Ajax Cafe

Jefferson County PUD commissioners consider broadband loan

With concerns about debt load, commissioners look for funding options

Lethal toxin prompts closures of beaches to shellfish harvesting

Fort Flagler, Mystery Bay and Kilisut Harbor affected

Port Townsend Mayor David Faber, sixth from the left, and other council members and port commissioners toss a ceremonial golden shovel of dirt to break ground on the Point Hudson jetty replacement project on Wednesday at the northern breakwater of the Point Hudson Marina. The marina will reopen in March 2023. After next year’s Wooden Boat Festival, the south breakwater will receive the same treatment. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Long-awaited Port Townsend jetty project begins

Marina slated to reopen in March 2023

Port Townsend Mayor David Faber, sixth from the left, and other council members and port commissioners toss a ceremonial golden shovel of dirt to break ground on the Point Hudson jetty replacement project on Wednesday at the northern breakwater of the Point Hudson Marina. The marina will reopen in March 2023. After next year’s Wooden Boat Festival, the south breakwater will receive the same treatment. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Waterleaf Architecture created this latest rendering of the downtown Port Angeles hotel planned by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to start site work on Port Angeles hotel

Project manager expects minimal impact on downtown traffic

Waterleaf Architecture created this latest rendering of the downtown Port Angeles hotel planned by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.
Wind Child, skippered by Rudy Heessels, one of the perennial participants in the annual Reach and Row for Hospice, competes in a Duck Dodge race in August. Heessels’ crew in this race included Charlie Roberts, Mylo Hauptli and Leon Skerbeck. (Fran Thompson)

Reach, Row for Hospice to set sail this weekend

Annual fundraiser to be conducted on Sequim Bay

Wind Child, skippered by Rudy Heessels, one of the perennial participants in the annual Reach and Row for Hospice, competes in a Duck Dodge race in August. Heessels’ crew in this race included Charlie Roberts, Mylo Hauptli and Leon Skerbeck. (Fran Thompson)
Fencing surrounds the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles after parks department officials closed the equipment because of play surface tiles that are shrinking and becoming dislodged. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Shane Park playground closed for repairs

Dislodged tiles deemed to be a tripping hazard

Fencing surrounds the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles after parks department officials closed the equipment because of play surface tiles that are shrinking and becoming dislodged. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Smoke rises from a wildland fire along a side spur from Joyce Access Road east of Joyce on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

State Department of Natural Resources takes over small brush fire near Joyce

Cause had not been determined on Thursday

Smoke rises from a wildland fire along a side spur from Joyce Access Road east of Joyce on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula College students Riley Baermann, left, and Avery Saul, both of Port Angeles, talk about their upcoming involvement in the Media Tech and Stagehand Training School with KING-5 television interviewer Eric Wilkinson and camera operator Robin Lile during a taping session at Field Hall Arts & Events Hall on Thursday in Port Angeles. The training school, which features a new media technicians certificate program, will be hosted by Field Hall and accredited by the college. The program will be funded through a $1 million grant by the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to develop skills that can be put to living-wage jobs on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Tech talk at Field Arts & Events Hall

Peninsula College students Riley Baermann, left, and Avery Saul, both of Port Angeles, talk about their upcoming involvement in the Media Tech and Stagehand Training… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula College students Riley Baermann, left, and Avery Saul, both of Port Angeles, talk about their upcoming involvement in the Media Tech and Stagehand Training School with KING-5 television interviewer Eric Wilkinson and camera operator Robin Lile during a taping session at Field Hall Arts & Events Hall on Thursday in Port Angeles. The training school, which features a new media technicians certificate program, will be hosted by Field Hall and accredited by the college. The program will be funded through a $1 million grant by the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to develop skills that can be put to living-wage jobs on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Clallam County to support water right application for Carlsborg

As county seeks development, PUD wants stakeholder meetings

Friends of the Fairgrounds to meet in Port Townsend

The Friends of the Fairgrounds, newly formed to support the fairgrounds in Jefferson County, will conduct its first meeting at 7 p.m.… Continue reading

Photo courtesy of Danni Breen Sequim resident Danni Breen and walking companion Mike Schefers are pictured on their second day of their Camino de Santiago adventure this summer, after staying in a monastery in Roncesvalles in Spain.

Peninsula woman travels Camino de Santiago

Breen, 65, makes 500-mile pilgrimage to assess her life

Photo courtesy of Danni Breen Sequim resident Danni Breen and walking companion Mike Schefers are pictured on their second day of their Camino de Santiago adventure this summer, after staying in a monastery in Roncesvalles in Spain.

Roughriders to conduct 70th year class reunion

The Port Angeles High School Class of 1952 will conduct its 70th year class reunion. About 25 classmates are expected to attend.… Continue reading

Sequim City Band members break ground on the rehearsal hall expansion project. Pictured with ceremonial shovels are, from left, band president Debbi Soderstrom, band director Tyler Benedict and Neeley Construction superintendent Eli Collier. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim City Band breaks ground for expansion

$350K still needed to complete rehearsal hall construction

Sequim City Band members break ground on the rehearsal hall expansion project. Pictured with ceremonial shovels are, from left, band president Debbi Soderstrom, band director Tyler Benedict and Neeley Construction superintendent Eli Collier. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Voluntary conservation encouraged in Port Angeles

The City of Port Angeles has declared a Stage II water shortage due to low flows in the Elwha River. The river… Continue reading

Agencies approve boat expansion plan

Project will underground power lines, require poplar removal

Cause of Peterson Lake brush fire under investigation

A brush fire that drew firefighting units from across Jefferson County, as well as one from Clallam County and the state Department… Continue reading

Clallam burn ban tightened; Jefferson’s already in place

Clallam County’s burn ban has expanded to include all campgrounds within the unincorporated areas of the county, including county-controlled campgrounds, according to… Continue reading

Will Purser, left, and Ken Hayes.

Clallam PUD commissioner candidates debate county’s energy future

Purser and Hays spar over PUD’s direction

Will Purser, left, and Ken Hayes.