Jefferson County

City of Port Townsend Port Townsend city crews remove landslide debris from Washington Streeton Friday morning.

Slides shut down Washington Street in Port Townsend

Two slides cleaned up by city crews

City of Port Townsend Port Townsend city crews remove landslide debris from Washington Streeton Friday morning.

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

Merger topic of Port Ludlow gathering

Residents to consider joining fire district with EJFR

PAULA HUNT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A Yamaha motorcycle and a Toyota Tacoma truck were involved in a collision Friday on state Highway 19.

Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after wreck

A Port Townsend motorcyclist was air-lifted to a Seattle hospital after a collision with a Toyota on Friday. Troy V. McKelvey, 45,… Continue reading

PAULA HUNT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A Yamaha motorcycle and a Toyota Tacoma truck were involved in a collision Friday on state Highway 19.
Ann Arscott's work is featured at Gallery 9.

Paintings, fiber featured at Gallery 9

Gallery 9’s featured artists for October are Ann Arscott with acrylic paintings and April Bedermen with functional fiber arts. Gallery 9, 1012… Continue reading

Ann Arscott's work is featured at Gallery 9.
Serenity by Larry Davidson is featured this month by the Port Ludlow Art League.

Port Ludlow Art League highlights artist, jeweler of month

The Port Ludlow Art Leagues’s artist of the month is Larry Davidson and its jeweler of the month is Katie Jablonski. Their… Continue reading

Serenity by Larry Davidson is featured this month by the Port Ludlow Art League.

Recreational fishing curtailed by low water levels

Historically low river levels have prompted the closure of recreational fishing in most rivers and streams of Olympic National Park. The… 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

Broadband, opioid funds before county boards

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, right, visits the jetty renovation project at Point Hudson with Port of Port Townsend Executive Director Eron Berg. Half of the funds for the $14.1 million project came from a $7 million Economic Development Administration grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Cantwell is Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Sen. Maria Cantwell visits Port of Port Townsend’s jetty project

Replacement received $7M in federal EDA funding

U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, right, visits the jetty renovation project at Point Hudson with Port of Port Townsend Executive Director Eron Berg. Half of the funds for the $14.1 million project came from a $7 million Economic Development Administration grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Cantwell is Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Anniversary celebration, music, art, lectures set for this weekend

East Jefferson Fire Rescue will host a celebration of its 150th… Continue reading

Benefit set for Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue

Wings, Wine Art to feature rehabilitated birds

Chamber of Jefferson County to host electric vehicle chargers

Annoucement made as expo nears

Preparing to celebrate Girls’ Night Out in downtown Port Townsend on Thursday afternoon are, from left, Holly Erickson, Lorilee Houston, Eryn Smith, Sue Arthur and Mari Mullen. After a hiatus, the Main Street Program-hosted annual event returned to distribute goodie bags, encourage women to shop local and raise funds for the Jefferson Healthcare Foundation. The foundation helps provide free breast/cervical cancer screenings for women in need. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Shopping locally

Preparing to celebrate Girls’ Night Out in downtown Port Townsend on Thursday afternoon are, from left, Holly Erickson, Lorilee Houston, Eryn Smith, Sue Arthur and… Continue reading

Preparing to celebrate Girls’ Night Out in downtown Port Townsend on Thursday afternoon are, from left, Holly Erickson, Lorilee Houston, Eryn Smith, Sue Arthur and Mari Mullen. After a hiatus, the Main Street Program-hosted annual event returned to distribute goodie bags, encourage women to shop local and raise funds for the Jefferson Healthcare Foundation. The foundation helps provide free breast/cervical cancer screenings for women in need. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Finding the Sparks of Light” at Unity in Port Townsend

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Finding the Sparks of Light” at 11 a.m. Sunday The service is at Unity in Port… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith
Lorna Smith.

Eleanor Stopps Award presented

Environmentalist Lorna Smith honored for decades of efforts

Lorna Smith.

First Friday lecture set

Amanda Monthei will present “Wildland Firefighting” at 7 p.m. Friday. Monthei’s hybrid lecture is in the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.… Continue reading

Port Townsend Main Street Program Promotion Committee members Sue Arthur, left, and Jennifer Wake help make 500 goodie bags filled with donations from local merchants and sponsors to be sold at Thursday’s Girls’ Night Out headquarters at Vintage by Port Townsend Vineyards, 725 Water St., starting at 11 a.m. Proceeds from the goodie bag sales support the nonprofit Main Street Program and the Jefferson Healthcare Foundation’s fund to help people in need receive breast and cervical cancer screenings and other services. The event will feature a day and night of shopping at 38 businesses with many open later than usual. The theme is the 1960s “You Go Go Girl!” The wrap party will be at 6 p.m. at Vintage by Port Townsend Vineyards. For more, see ptmainstreet.org.
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Girls’ Night Out

Port Townsend Main Street Program Promotion Committee members Sue Arthur, left, and Jennifer Wake help make 500 goodie bags filled with donations from local merchants… Continue reading

Port Townsend Main Street Program Promotion Committee members Sue Arthur, left, and Jennifer Wake help make 500 goodie bags filled with donations from local merchants and sponsors to be sold at Thursday’s Girls’ Night Out headquarters at Vintage by Port Townsend Vineyards, 725 Water St., starting at 11 a.m. Proceeds from the goodie bag sales support the nonprofit Main Street Program and the Jefferson Healthcare Foundation’s fund to help people in need receive breast and cervical cancer screenings and other services. The event will feature a day and night of shopping at 38 businesses with many open later than usual. The theme is the 1960s “You Go Go Girl!” The wrap party will be at 6 p.m. at Vintage by Port Townsend Vineyards. For more, see ptmainstreet.org.

PAT NEAL: A bee-utiful autumn

IF THE FEEDBACK from last week’s episode is any indication, we are having a “bee-utiful” autumn on the Olympic Peninsula. People are getting stung by… Continue reading

Port Townsend Threshold Choir offers song baths

The Port Townsend Threshold Choir will provide song baths from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Thursday. The public performances are at Tyler… Continue reading