Jefferson County

Fire Protection District 3 special meeting set for Tuesday

The Clallam County Fire Protection District 3 commissioners will discuss 2024 budget priorities during a special meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The hybrid… Continue reading

Essay contest asks students about value of news

The League of Women Voters of Jefferson County asks, “What would your community be like without news?” The League of Women Voters-Jefferson… Continue reading

Port Townsend pays off bonds with reserves

City spends $1.6 million

Port Townsend woman taken to hospital after one-car wreck

A Port Townsend woman was taken to Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend following a one-vehicle rollover Friday morning at Kennedy Road… Continue reading

Search to continue for plane down near Queets

The state Department of Transportation hopes to continue air searches today for a plane thought to have gone down in the rugged forest… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Spring into action with gardening chores

NEXT MONDAY, MARCH 20, at 2:24 p.m., Spring officially begins here on the Peninsula! What this translates to is a tremendous to-do list needing to… Continue reading

District 24 scorecard

Among more than 1,600 bills state lawmakers filed this legislative session, 328 made it past… 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 (off… Continue reading

Wayne King

Former PUD commissioner, Wayne King, remembered

King died at age of 81

Wayne King
Sequim Equestrian Team won 1st place in 10 events at its second of three Washington High School Equestrian Team meets, held Feb. 24-26, at Grays Harbor Fairgrounds indoor area. Competing with borrowed horses in Showmanship were Katelynn Sharp, left, with Nikki (coach Keri’s horse) and Celbie Karjalainen with Pistol.Sequim Equestrian Team won 1st place in 10 events at its second of three Washington High School Equestrian Team meets, held Feb. 24-26, at Grays Harbor Fairgrounds indoor area. Competing with borrowed horses in Showmanship were Katelynn Sharp, left, with Nikki (coach Keri’s horse) and Celbie Karjalainen with Pistol (Coach Katie’s horse). (Photo courtesy of KATIE SALMON-NEWTON)

HORSEPLAY: Cold weather for Washington High School Equestrian Meet

ARE Y’ALL TIRED of the freezing cold temperatures? March 20 is officially the first day of Spring. I think I speak for most of us… Continue reading

Sequim Equestrian Team won 1st place in 10 events at its second of three Washington High School Equestrian Team meets, held Feb. 24-26, at Grays Harbor Fairgrounds indoor area. Competing with borrowed horses in Showmanship were Katelynn Sharp, left, with Nikki (coach Keri’s horse) and Celbie Karjalainen with Pistol.Sequim Equestrian Team won 1st place in 10 events at its second of three Washington High School Equestrian Team meets, held Feb. 24-26, at Grays Harbor Fairgrounds indoor area. Competing with borrowed horses in Showmanship were Katelynn Sharp, left, with Nikki (coach Keri’s horse) and Celbie Karjalainen with Pistol (Coach Katie’s horse). (Photo courtesy of KATIE SALMON-NEWTON)
Paul Gottlieb/For Peninsula Daily News Sen. Kevin Van De Wege is pictured during Senate deliberations before voting on a hospital staffing bill.

Peninsula hospitals exempt from bill

Staffing legislation that passed Senate opposed by district’s senator

Paul Gottlieb/For Peninsula Daily News Sen. Kevin Van De Wege is pictured during Senate deliberations before voting on a hospital staffing bill.

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

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Counties to consider a multi-state settlement with five opioid distributors

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Pictured is David Whitney, ECHHO board chair, presenting the award to Gormly.
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ECHHO volunteer honored

The Ecumenical Christian Helping Hands Organization (ECHHO) recently presented the Bruce and Jeanette Travis Award to Margie Gormly, who was the organization’s 2022 volunteer of… Continue reading

Pictured is David Whitney, ECHHO board chair, presenting the award to Gormly.

Fourth sentenced in drug ring run from OCC

The last of four people involved in a drug smuggling operation in 2021 at the minimum-security Olympic Corrections Center in Forks has pleaded… Continue reading

NW Landworks personnel removed large areas of invasive plants in Fort Worden. (Friends of Fort Worden)

Heavy machinery called in to remove invasive plants

English ivy vines, blackberry bushes ‘strangling trees’

NW Landworks personnel removed large areas of invasive plants in Fort Worden. (Friends of Fort Worden)

Port of Port Townsend looks at busy year for projects

Parking at Point Hudson sparks discussion

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

Service set for Unity in Port Townsend

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Principles of Hope, Part I” at 11 a.m. Sunday Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

Economic development program details unveiled

Group told innovation cluster program could transform economy

Garden tools maintenance workshop set

A garden tool maintenance workshop is set for 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The free workshop is at Quimper Grange, 1219… Continue reading