Jefferson County

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)
Trio Hava will kickoff the seventh season of Concerts in the barn. Pictured are, from left,, cellist Amy Barston and violist Elisa Barston. Pianist Paige Molloy is not pictured.

Concerts in the Barn begins Saturday

Concerts in the Barn will begin its seventh season of free chamber music concerts in its iconic barn in Quilcene on Saturday. The… Continue reading

Trio Hava will kickoff the seventh season of Concerts in the barn. Pictured are, from left,, cellist Amy Barston and violist Elisa Barston. Pianist Paige Molloy is not pictured.

US 101 to close for 22 days north of Quilcene

Begins Monday, includes traffic light, long commercial detour

Drought deepens in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Department of Ecology declares emergency

Among the items at Habitat for Humanity East Jefferson County’s summer art show will be vintage G Rodo Boulange.

Habitat for Humanity conducts art show

Habitat for Humanity East Jefferson County will host an art show featuring over 140 works of art as well as many collectibles… Continue reading

Among the items at Habitat for Humanity East Jefferson County’s summer art show will be vintage G Rodo Boulange.

Port Townsend creates transportation district with taxing power

Members to consider putting sales tax to voters in November

Summertime Singers, from left, back row are Lee Singer, Douglas Rodgers, Christina Brinch, Mary Munford, Barbara Allen, Galen Clark, Barb Thompson and Sue Reid; middle row, Linda Bach and Helen Lauritzen; and front row, Colleen Johnson, Sydney Keegan, Pilar Grau, Chuck Thompson. Not pictuered are Katy Ottaway, Pat Rodgers, Rob Wamstad, Jonathan Stafford, Kathleen Knoblock, Joel Peterson, Kristoffer Lott, Mark Schecter and Will Kalb.

Summertime Singers to perform at Candelight Concert

Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concerts will host the Summertime Singers, a local mixed choral group, at 7 p.m. Thursday. The group will… Continue reading

Summertime Singers, from left, back row are Lee Singer, Douglas Rodgers, Christina Brinch, Mary Munford, Barbara Allen, Galen Clark, Barb Thompson and Sue Reid; middle row, Linda Bach and Helen Lauritzen; and front row, Colleen Johnson, Sydney Keegan, Pilar Grau, Chuck Thompson. Not pictuered are Katy Ottaway, Pat Rodgers, Rob Wamstad, Jonathan Stafford, Kathleen Knoblock, Joel Peterson, Kristoffer Lott, Mark Schecter and Will Kalb.
Canoes from around the Pacific Northwest landed on the beach at the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian Reservation on Sunday, part of the 2023 “Paddle to Muckleshoot” canoe journey. Canoe families from the West End of the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island arrived Sunday and will leave on the next leg of the journey to Port Townsend today. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

Hundreds gather at Lower Elwha for canoe journey

Canoe pullers cross Strait of Juan de Fuca in about six hours

Canoes from around the Pacific Northwest landed on the beach at the Lower Elwha Klallam Indian Reservation on Sunday, part of the 2023 “Paddle to Muckleshoot” canoe journey. Canoe families from the West End of the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island arrived Sunday and will leave on the next leg of the journey to Port Townsend today. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)
Lisa Markli.

SECOND UPDATE: RN Lisa Markli found dead in ONP

Backpacker had recently retired from North Olympic Healthcare Network

Lisa Markli.

Deputy chief tapped for EJFR

The East Jefferson Fire and Rescue commissioners have unanimously passed a measure that would elevate Assistant Chief of Operations and Training Pete Brummel… 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

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

A GROWING CONCERN: Make your garden a cut above

YOU MIGHT THINK summer is almost over, with August only 8 days away. Far from being over, our perfect flower and vegetable time is not… Continue reading

Rose Wilson, center, was a 20-year cancer survivor and was a puller in the 2006 "Pink Paddle" to raise awareness about breast cancer. Wilson's daughter, Wendy Sampson, is joining the 2023 journey as support ground crew, and said she'll have a table about cancer awareness at every stop along the route. (Courtesy photo / Wendy Sampson)

Canoes to arrive at Lower Elwha land on Sunday

‘Paddle to Muckleshoot’ bringing tribes together

Rose Wilson, center, was a 20-year cancer survivor and was a puller in the 2006 "Pink Paddle" to raise awareness about breast cancer. Wilson's daughter, Wendy Sampson, is joining the 2023 journey as support ground crew, and said she'll have a table about cancer awareness at every stop along the route. (Courtesy photo / Wendy Sampson)

DNR enacts burning restrictions

The state Department of Natural Resources has banned campfires on state land in eight counties, including Clallam and Jefferson. “These decisions are never… Continue reading

Photo by Katie Newton Cutline: 4-H High Point winners from a show earlier this month which qualifies riders to compete at the Clallam County Fair’s horse show Aug. 17-20. Left to right: Intermediate Champion Lila Tore;, Intermediate Reserve Champion Ellie Karjalainen; Helping Hands trophy Kinlee Morris; Walk Trot Champion Elise Sirguy; Walk Trot Reserve Champion Grace Karjalainen; Games Champion Katelynn Sharpe; Senior Reserve Champion tied between Celbie, Karjalainen and Ava Hairell; Senior Champion Taylor Maughan. Not pictured is Games Reserve Champion Zakara Braun.

HORSEPLAY: Clallam County 4-H horse show a success

EXCITEMENT AND GIGGLES were in the air during this month’s pre-fair 4-H horse show at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. “It was a blast for all… Continue reading

Photo by Katie Newton Cutline: 4-H High Point winners from a show earlier this month which qualifies riders to compete at the Clallam County Fair’s horse show Aug. 17-20. Left to right: Intermediate Champion Lila Tore;, Intermediate Reserve Champion Ellie Karjalainen; Helping Hands trophy Kinlee Morris; Walk Trot Champion Elise Sirguy; Walk Trot Reserve Champion Grace Karjalainen; Games Champion Katelynn Sharpe; Senior Reserve Champion tied between Celbie, Karjalainen and Ava Hairell; Senior Champion Taylor Maughan. Not pictured is Games Reserve Champion Zakara Braun.

Orchestra program assured at Port Townsend School District

Position now part-time, superintendent says

Port Hadlock woman airlifted after Friday wreck

GARDINER ­— A Port Hadlock woman was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Friday afternoon after being involved in a two-vehicle wreck at… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Counties to view reservoir project, public health services contract

Government meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula