Jefferson County

A GROWING CONCERN: Still time to give your neighbors lawn envy

IT’S OCTOBER, THE bewitching month! With the advent of late early-autumn, your lawn moves to the top of the list for things to do. Aerating… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

FILE - A U.S. Coast Guard boat and Kitsap, Wash., County Sheriff boat search an area, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before, killing 10 people. On Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane to crash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)

Failure of single component caused seaplane crash

Ten died in wreck off Whidbey Island

FILE - A U.S. Coast Guard boat and Kitsap, Wash., County Sheriff boat search an area, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Freeland, Wash., on Whidbey Island north of Seattle where a chartered floatplane crashed the day before, killing 10 people. On Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that a mechanical issue caused the seaplane to crash. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear, File)

Native exhibit opens Saturday

“We Are One,” a curated exhibit of Native art, opens today at the Jefferson Museum of Art & History. The museum at… Continue reading

Conner Bouchard-Roberts, the newly appointed Port Townsend poet laureate, is about to teach an Intro to Zine Making class starting Monday at Northwind Art School at Fort Worden.  photos by Diane Urbani de la Paz

Newly appointed poet laureate to teach zine-making class

Zines — small, folded and stapled books — can mix type and pictures, graphics and handwriting. They can be about art projects,… Continue reading

Conner Bouchard-Roberts, the newly appointed Port Townsend poet laureate, is about to teach an Intro to Zine Making class starting Monday at Northwind Art School at Fort Worden.  photos by Diane Urbani de la Paz

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

City of Port Townsend proclaims Banned Book Week

Book bans rare in Washington state, on North Olympic Peninsula

Crab dinners, kinetic skulptures, music, art presented this weekend

Crab dinners, music and art are offered this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. • The Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival begins today and runs… Continue reading

Phil Carriso's "Hurricane Ridge's Morning Gift" is among the artwork on display at Port Townsend Gallery.
Leah Leach

First Saturday Art Walk slated for Port Townsend

Downtown art galleries will stay open until 8 p.m. Saturday with special exhibits for the First Saturday Art Walk. Among them are… Continue reading

Phil Carriso's "Hurricane Ridge's Morning Gift" is among the artwork on display at Port Townsend Gallery.
Leah Leach

ISSUES OF FAITH: The world ends next Tuesday, possibly

IT FEELS LIKE no day goes by without someone announcing that they can predict the end of the world. It’s next Tuesday at 5 p.m.… Continue reading

Quilcene Fiber Festival on Saturday

The second annual Quilcene Fiber Festival: From Sheep to Shawl has more to offer this year than last, according to organizers. The festival,… Continue reading

Unity in Port Townsend speaker slated for weekend

Rhonda Hull will present “Love and The Adventure from Grief to Gratitude” at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Hull is the guest speaker… Continue reading

Girls Night Out today in Port Townsend

Port Townsend’s 19th annual Girls’ Night Out today will feature a day and night filled with girlfriend camaraderie, and shopping and dining… Continue reading

Port Townsend hosts kinetic skulpture race

Event begins Saturday and will continue at low noon Sunday

Rock swap set Sunday

The Port Townsend Rock Club will host a Rock and Tools Swap from 1 p.m.to 4 p.m. Sunday. The fundraiser is at… Continue reading

Write-Hike planned at Fort Flagler

Carrie Bancroft will lead a write-hike retreat on Fort Flagler at 10 a.m. Saturday. The group will meet at East Beach, past… Continue reading

Rhododendron society meeting

Bob Zimmerman will address a meeting of the Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society at 3 p.m. Thursday. The society meets… Continue reading

Novelist Jacqueline Winspear will give the annual Huntingford Humanities Lecture this Thursday. (Jacqueline Winspear)

Novelist Winspear to give annual lecture

Huntingford Humanities Lecture on Thursday

Novelist Jacqueline Winspear will give the annual Huntingford Humanities Lecture this Thursday. (Jacqueline Winspear)

Jefferson commissioners approve budget requests for third quarter

Additional revenue, grants help offset various expenditures