Jefferson County

Navy plans security exercise on Tuesday

Naval Magazine Indian Island has scheduled a security training exercise for Tuesday. Training activities will take place near the installation’s main gate,… Continue reading

Port Townsend seeks public feedback on golf course

First of three open house events set for Wednesday

A GROWING CONCERN: To prune correctly, choose the right technique

WELL, HERE WE are in the new year with wonderful weather and the snow all melted. Now is a very busy time of year. January… Continue reading

Changes ahead for the PDN

For more than a century, the Peninsula Daily News has served our readers as the leading local news and information source on the North Olympic… 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, Port… Continue reading

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Peninsula Home Fund hits $213,299

Money helps residents of Clallam, Jefferson counties

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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

Oysters, ARPA funds before counties

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

NOAA fisheries photo

In one month, three cities proclaim rights for Southern Resident Orcas

Port Townsend leads nation in Rights of Nature declarations

NOAA fisheries photo

Art, dancing, free lecture offered this weekend

Entertainment is scheduled on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. • First Friday Art Walk, a free, self-guided tour of local art venues in Sequim,… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

Burning Bowl and Vision Quest rituals set for Unity in Port Townsend

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will conduct the Burning Bowl and Vision Quest rituals at 11 a.m. Sunday… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

Grief gathering rescheduled

The Dying Matters Guild will conduct a community grief gathering at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. The non-denominational gathering is in the Quimper Unitarian… Continue reading

National broadband map charts coverage

Residents asked to update their service description

Port Townsend City Council approves emergency repairs

Broken sewer line required quick action

BOOST deadline extended

Small businesses have until Jan. 13 to apply for free legal, marketing, bookkeeping services

Among the pieces shown are, from left on the wall, quilts by Terri Wolf and Jeri Auty, both from Port Ludlow, and below, sculptures by Pat Herkal, with (foreground) ply-split vessels by Cathie Wier and 3-D constructions by Deb Olson, both from Port Townsend.

Eight surface design artists open exhibit in Port Townsend

Variety of work from all over Peninsula

Among the pieces shown are, from left on the wall, quilts by Terri Wolf and Jeri Auty, both from Port Ludlow, and below, sculptures by Pat Herkal, with (foreground) ply-split vessels by Cathie Wier and 3-D constructions by Deb Olson, both from Port Townsend.

Five respiratory illness deaths reported on North Peninsula

Flu cases difficult to transfer to other hospitals

Thousands awarded for housing in Jefferson County

Bulk of funding goes to maintaining operations

Port Townsend employees Chris MacDonald, left, and Rafe Thornton, clean up the last of the tons of dirt from a landslide that occurred on Water Street in Port Townsend about 4 a.m. Monday. The road was closed and vehicular traffic was diverted to other streets. It took 18 trips of 5-yard capacity dump trucks to remove the dirt and haul it to a facility on Redwood Street. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Landslide on Water Street blocks road, but little damage is done

Traffic to ferry rerouted while city crews clean up debris

Port Townsend employees Chris MacDonald, left, and Rafe Thornton, clean up the last of the tons of dirt from a landslide that occurred on Water Street in Port Townsend about 4 a.m. Monday. The road was closed and vehicular traffic was diverted to other streets. It took 18 trips of 5-yard capacity dump trucks to remove the dirt and haul it to a facility on Redwood Street. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Climber Levi Craze sawed limb after limb off a 115-foot cottonwood tree in Uptown Port Townsend. A Darrell Emel’s Tree Service crew spent two full days with a crane and a large wood chipper on the site behind Cathy Traut-Hessom’s Clay Street home. She was apologetic about having the tree cut, but wanted to remove it before a winter storm blew it down onto nearby homes and cars. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Treetop trim

Climber Levi Craze sawed limb after limb off a 115-foot cottonwood tree in Uptown Port Townsend. A Darrell Emel’s Tree Service crew spent two full… Continue reading

Climber Levi Craze sawed limb after limb off a 115-foot cottonwood tree in Uptown Port Townsend. A Darrell Emel’s Tree Service crew spent two full days with a crane and a large wood chipper on the site behind Cathy Traut-Hessom’s Clay Street home. She was apologetic about having the tree cut, but wanted to remove it before a winter storm blew it down onto nearby homes and cars. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)