Jefferson County

Election worker Phyllis Lawyer of Sequim sorts ballots on Tuesday at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Most incumbents come out ahead in initital count of general election ballots

Peach behind, fire merger passes, next count Wednesday

Election worker Phyllis Lawyer of Sequim sorts ballots on Tuesday at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The Quilcene Fiber Festival held Saturday at Worthington Park featured demonstrations on many aspects of wool production, including shearing as these two sheep would find out. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Festival celebrates sheep, shawls and shuttles

Worthington Mansion, recently renovated, hosts first event

The Quilcene Fiber Festival held Saturday at Worthington Park featured demonstrations on many aspects of wool production, including shearing as these two sheep would find out. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

General election ballots are due today

Initial count in midterm elections tonight

Outages remain following stormy weather

Jefferson County still recovering, Clallam mostly powered

Driver flees after shooting

Two arrested in two-county chase

Contributions for Jefferson County candidates

County commissioner, sheriff campaign funds

Contributions for state candidates

Legislative races, positions 1 and 2

Jefferson County election ballots due Tuesday

Two contested seats to be decided

Butch Kinkade, a resort host at John Wayne Waterfront Resort in Sequim, cuts up a large tree limb that crashed to the ground during Friday night’s windstorm. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Outages shrink on Peninsula; repairs continue

Most regain power, but some without heat until Monday or Tuesday

Butch Kinkade, a resort host at John Wayne Waterfront Resort in Sequim, cuts up a large tree limb that crashed to the ground during Friday night’s windstorm. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Top off your glass and your garden

HERE WE ARE, at the midpoint of another season! As we move through autumn, I, and numerous other people on the Peninsula, got to wake… 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

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Kate Reavey, English instructor and Studium Generale coordinator for Peninsula College, lower left, gives an introduction to a panel discussion on the Indian Child Welfare Act and its impact on Native peoples as part of the college's Studium Generale series on Thursday on the school's Port Angeles campus. Included on the panel were, from left, Dustin Brenske, behavioral health specialist with the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; Jessica Humphries, education services supervisor with Jamestown S'Klallam; Charlotte Penn, crime victims services program manager with the Quileute Tribe; Brandon Mack, family court commissioner for Clallam County Superior Court; Vashti White, ICW case manager with the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; Joylina Gonzalez, child welfare program manager with the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; and Rachel Munoz-McCormick, Clallam County Court facilitator.

Indian Child Welfare Act,documentary focus of Studium Generale

Clallam court one of two in state

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Kate Reavey, English instructor and Studium Generale coordinator for Peninsula College, lower left, gives an introduction to a panel discussion on the Indian Child Welfare Act and its impact on Native peoples as part of the college's Studium Generale series on Thursday on the school's Port Angeles campus. Included on the panel were, from left, Dustin Brenske, behavioral health specialist with the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe; Jessica Humphries, education services supervisor with Jamestown S'Klallam; Charlotte Penn, crime victims services program manager with the Quileute Tribe; Brandon Mack, family court commissioner for Clallam County Superior Court; Vashti White, ICW case manager with the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe; Joylina Gonzalez, child welfare program manager with the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe; and Rachel Munoz-McCormick, Clallam County Court facilitator.

Pacific Northwest Trail comments accepted

Management plan to be developed

Port Townsend man arraigned after assault on Jefferson Transit driver

Attack was in Kitsap County

State laws and local procedures secure elections

Layers of security protect local elections

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in Port… Continue reading

Counties consider procurement assistance, traffic plan

Meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Fiber festivals, art shows, concerts among entertainment this weekend

A variety of entertainment will be offered on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. • Fiber Festival: From Sheep to Shawl will be from 10… Continue reading

Holiday bazaars offered across Peninsula

‘Tis the season of buying and giving gifts, and the first of the season’s holiday bazaars are set for this weekend. Here are bazaars listed… Continue reading

Massive die-offs of Dungeness crab have been documented off the Pacific Northwest Coast. Once dead, the aquatic crabs often wash up on beaches, such as the ones photographed on Kalaloch Beach on June 14, 2022. (Courtesy photo / Jenny Waddell, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary)

NOAA funds research into ocean conditions

Dungeness crab among fisheries hurt by climate change

Massive die-offs of Dungeness crab have been documented off the Pacific Northwest Coast. Once dead, the aquatic crabs often wash up on beaches, such as the ones photographed on Kalaloch Beach on June 14, 2022. (Courtesy photo / Jenny Waddell, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary)