Jefferson County

Volunteers sought for annual Point in Time count

Service organizations seek help for survey

Spectators watch as fireworks explode over Memorial Field in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday night to herald in the new year. The fireworks, set to go off at 9 p.m. to coincide with the Times Square celebration in New York City, were the concluding event of First Night, an all-ages New Year’s Eve event put on by The Production Alliance, a non-profit in Port Townsend. Madison Street, site of city hall on the right, was blocked off so people could watch the display unhindered by traffic. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Ringing in the new year

Spectators watch as fireworks explode over Memorial Field in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday night to herald in the new year. The fireworks, set to… Continue reading

Spectators watch as fireworks explode over Memorial Field in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday night to herald in the new year. The fireworks, set to go off at 9 p.m. to coincide with the Times Square celebration in New York City, were the concluding event of First Night, an all-ages New Year’s Eve event put on by The Production Alliance, a non-profit in Port Townsend. Madison Street, site of city hall on the right, was blocked off so people could watch the display unhindered by traffic. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

EDC small business program seeks legal, marketing services

More than $400K to be awarded in three counties

ESL classes get free child care in Sequim

Classes also offered in Port Angeles, Forks, Port Townsend

East Jefferson Fire Rescue Firefighters extinguished a fire on Southport Lane on New Year’s Eve.

Fires keep crews busy in Jefferson County on New Year’s Eve

A lack of water hydrants hampered firefighters as they battled a carport blaze at a home on Southport Lane, while a concurrent… Continue reading

East Jefferson Fire Rescue Firefighters extinguished a fire on Southport Lane on New Year’s Eve.
Justice Schulze, at 7 pounds and 6 ounces, was the Peninsula’s first baby, born at 7:12 a.m. at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. His parents are Jacob and Dianne Schulze. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Peninsula hospitals’ first baby of 2023 born at Olympic Medical Center

Dad: Becoming a father ‘kinda crazy and exciting’

Justice Schulze, at 7 pounds and 6 ounces, was the Peninsula’s first baby, born at 7:12 a.m. at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. His parents are Jacob and Dianne Schulze. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: End the year’s chores and plan for the next

JUST LOOK HOW much difference a week can make. Already the sun has moved off it’s noon natir, the daylight length is getting measurably longer… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Meets at noon on Wednesdays at Asian Buffet, 1940 E. First St. #160 (Port Angeles Plaza) in Port Angeles. This… Continue reading

Front row, from left to right, Sara Penhallegon, Bob McDaniel, Christine Satterlee, Kevin Winn, Tim McKern and in the back row, from left to right, Rosalyn Roberts, Kay Peterson, Zak Torres and Bob Bindschadler

Garden club donates to local organizations

The Quilcene-Brinnon Garden Club recently donated $3,650 to eight local organizations. The club used funds from its Memorial Day plant sale to support… Continue reading

Front row, from left to right, Sara Penhallegon, Bob McDaniel, Christine Satterlee, Kevin Winn, Tim McKern and in the back row, from left to right, Rosalyn Roberts, Kay Peterson, Zak Torres and Bob Bindschadler
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Generous donors swell Peninsula Home Fund

Every gift counts in 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

Housing Fund, appointments before county commissions

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Entertainment offered on New Year’s weekend

New Year’s weekend offers some continuing entertainment opportunities on the North Olympic Peninsula. GOLDILOCKS AND THE ULTIMATE RAMPAGE returns for final shows this weekend, adding… Continue reading

Evensong service scheduled in Port Townsend

Katy Taylor will provide music for an Evensong service from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Sunday. The contemplative Celtic Christian… Continue reading

First Night to celebrate New Year’s Eve

Circus, lantern parade, theater, fireworks planned

Funding to help counties ID drugs

Process could provide answers for antidotes

Peninsula Daily News only online on Monday

The U.S. Postal Service is taking Monday as its New Year’s Day holiday so the Peninsula Daily News will not be printed on paper or… Continue reading

Polar bear plunges set for Sunday

High temperatures are expected to be in the mid-40s with partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies for the Polar Bear plunges set to kick off… Continue reading

Kevin Mason’s Raccoon Lodge shows a decorated face to Clay Street in Uptown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Raccoon Lodge given another extension

Port Townsend officials say art piece must be code compliant

Kevin Mason’s Raccoon Lodge shows a decorated face to Clay Street in Uptown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Rafe Thornton, left, and Lane Dotson, both with the City of Port Townsend Street, Sewer and Storm department vacuum sewage out of the manhole and into the truck, on Thursday, in order to facilitate repairs to the broken sewer line at Gaines and Water Streets in Port Townsend, on a newly installed sewer line damaged by recent storm and tidal activity.
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Sewer repair in Port Townsend

Rafe Thornton, left, and Lane Dotson, both with the City of Port Townsend Street, Sewer and Storm department, vacuum sewage out of the manhole and… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Rafe Thornton, left, and Lane Dotson, both with the City of Port Townsend Street, Sewer and Storm department vacuum sewage out of the manhole and into the truck, on Thursday, in order to facilitate repairs to the broken sewer line at Gaines and Water Streets in Port Townsend, on a newly installed sewer line damaged by recent storm and tidal activity.