Jefferson County

A multi-agency police force walks up the ramp after conducting a high-risk, low-frequency training exercise on board the M/V Kennewick on Wednesday. High risk refers to the level of danger to people and property, i.e., a hostage situation, and low frequency refers to the chance of it actually happening, but the agencies want to be prepared by training. The force was made up with personnel from the Port Townsend, Port Angeles and Sequim police departments and both the Clallam and Jefferson county sheriff’s departments as well as from customs enforcement. The 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. ferries from Port Townsend were cancelled due to low tides, so travel was not impacted during the exercise. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Training exercise

A multi-agency police force walks up the ramp after conducting a high-risk, low-frequency training exercise on board the M/V Kennewick on Wednesday. High risk refers… Continue reading

A multi-agency police force walks up the ramp after conducting a high-risk, low-frequency training exercise on board the M/V Kennewick on Wednesday. High risk refers to the level of danger to people and property, i.e., a hostage situation, and low frequency refers to the chance of it actually happening, but the agencies want to be prepared by training. The force was made up with personnel from the Port Townsend, Port Angeles and Sequim police departments and both the Clallam and Jefferson county sheriff’s departments as well as from customs enforcement. The 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. ferries from Port Townsend were cancelled due to low tides, so travel was not impacted during the exercise. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
A firefighter uses a hose to fight a 10- to 12-acre brushfire off state Highway 19 near Chimacum on Tuesday. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

Brush fire contained off Highway 19

Residents in 10 homes return after evacuation

A firefighter uses a hose to fight a 10- to 12-acre brushfire off state Highway 19 near Chimacum on Tuesday. (East Jefferson Fire Rescue)

Centrum artists play the blues

Capping off Blues Week at Centrum will be Free Fridays at the Fort. Blues in the Clubs on Friday and Saturday, and… Continue reading

Port Townsend sales tax hike on fall ballot

Voters to be asked for 0.3% increase

Residents in about six homes have been advised to evacuate as a growing brush fire burns along state Highway 19 near Chimacum. (Washington State Patrol)

UPDATE: Brush fire near Chimacum contained; evacuations canceled

Highway to reopen

Residents in about six homes have been advised to evacuate as a growing brush fire burns along state Highway 19 near Chimacum. (Washington State Patrol)

Incumbents map out spots on November ballot

Incumbents did well in the initial count of primary election ballots in Clallam and Jefferson counties on Tuesday night as line-ups began to be formed… Continue reading

Delays expected during weeklong closure in Gardiner

U.S. Highway 101 will be reduced to one-way alternating traffic for a week near Gardiner as the state Department of Transportation replaces a… Continue reading

Primary election ballots due today

Drop box locations are open until 8 p.m.

Motorcyclist airlifted to Seattle hospital after crash

A Seattle motorcyclist was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after he crossed the centerline on U.S. Highway 101 south of Forks and crashed… Continue reading

Primary ballots due Tuesday on Peninsula and statewide

Election has three contests in both counties; one in Clallam only

Temporary traffic signal to be installed

Delays expected for culvert replacement project near Quilcene

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

Free outdoor concerts set on Peninsula

Get out your picnic baskets, blankets and sunglasses for free outdoor summer concerts on the North Olympic Peninsula. The season’s free concerts are on Tuesdays… Continue reading

Help available for veterans, survivors to get PACT Act benefits

Veterans or their survivors can get help submitting paperwork for claims under the Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 from Disabled American Veterans service officers in… Continue reading

Eran Kennedy is the new publisher for Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum.

New publisher steps in for Olympic Peninsula News Group

Ward starts own venture; Kennedy takes the reins

Eran Kennedy is the new publisher for Peninsula Daily News, Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum.

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,… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Harm reduction center positions before Clallam County

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Entertainment abounds on Peninsula this weekend

A variety of entertainment is slated on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. • Concerts in the Barn will begin its seventh season of free… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

Service set for Unity in Port Townsend

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Barefoot on Holy Ground: Fulfilling the Way” at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith
Celeste Dybeck, elder with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe in Sequim, invites the pullers from the Quileute Tribe in La Push to come ashore at Fort Worden in Port Townsend and rest and eat before continuing the Paddle to Muckleshoot for the annual Tribal Canoe Journey. The tribal members are wearing purple, the color of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children movement, to honor the memory of tribal member Virginia Castaneda, 19, who was murdered in a domestic violence dispute about six years ago. An empty seat was left for her in one of the canoes. The stop was the final one on the North Olympic Peninsula before canoes are due to reach their destination on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Canoes reach Port Townsend

Celeste Dybeck, elder with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe in Sequim, invites the pullers from the Quileute Tribe in La Push to come ashore at Fort… Continue reading

Celeste Dybeck, elder with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe in Sequim, invites the pullers from the Quileute Tribe in La Push to come ashore at Fort Worden in Port Townsend and rest and eat before continuing the Paddle to Muckleshoot for the annual Tribal Canoe Journey. The tribal members are wearing purple, the color of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children movement, to honor the memory of tribal member Virginia Castaneda, 19, who was murdered in a domestic violence dispute about six years ago. An empty seat was left for her in one of the canoes. The stop was the final one on the North Olympic Peninsula before canoes are due to reach their destination on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)