Jefferson County

Cassandra and Lissette Garay, owners of La Cocina Port Townsend, mark their first year in business.

Port Townsend Mexican restaurant celebrating its first anniversary

Cassandra and Lissette Garay, owners of La Cocina Port Townsend, will mark their first year in business on Friday, July 21. The… Continue reading

Cassandra and Lissette Garay, owners of La Cocina Port Townsend, mark their first year in business.
The full supermoon rises over the USNS Richard E Byrd moored at Naval Magazine Indian Island in Port Townsend Bay on Wednesday night. This is the last supermoon of the year. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Supermoon rises

The full supermoon rises over the USNS Richard E Byrd moored at Naval Magazine Indian Island in Port Townsend Bay on Wednesday night. This is… Continue reading

The full supermoon rises over the USNS Richard E Byrd moored at Naval Magazine Indian Island in Port Townsend Bay on Wednesday night. This is the last supermoon of the year. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Heaven and Earth as One” at Unity in Port Townsend

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Heaven and Earth as One” at 11 a.m. Sunday The service is at Unity in Port… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.
The Port of Port Townsend Commissioners have approved a bid for construction on the Point Hudson jetty that will cost about $10.2 million. (Peninsula Daily News file)

Port of Port Townsend approves jetty project

Low bid gives flexibility, officials say

The Port of Port Townsend Commissioners have approved a bid for construction on the Point Hudson jetty that will cost about $10.2 million. (Peninsula Daily News file)
Brian Pruiett, a Republican candidate for state House of Representatives District 24, Position 2, left, speaks during a candidate debate at Joshua’s Restaurant in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Pruiett is challenging incumbent Steve Tharinger, a Democrat who’s held the seat since 2010, seated at right. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

State hopefuls trade barbs

Pruiett, Tharinger vie for House seat

Brian Pruiett, a Republican candidate for state House of Representatives District 24, Position 2, left, speaks during a candidate debate at Joshua’s Restaurant in Port Angeles on Tuesday. Pruiett is challenging incumbent Steve Tharinger, a Democrat who’s held the seat since 2010, seated at right. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)
Mike Garling of Port Townsend chucks the ball for his Labradoodle Brody to fetch out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca at North Beach on a sunny day Monday. Temperatures are forecast to be in the mid- to upper 60s for the rest of the week, with some clouds moving in by Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Cooling off

Mike Garling of Port Townsend chucks the ball for his Labradoodle Brody to fetch out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca at North Beach… Continue reading

Mike Garling of Port Townsend chucks the ball for his Labradoodle Brody to fetch out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca at North Beach on a sunny day Monday. Temperatures are forecast to be in the mid- to upper 60s for the rest of the week, with some clouds moving in by Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Dana Cooper will play at The Palindrome on Thursday.

Dana Cooper to perform in Port Townsend

Rainshadow Concerts will present Dana Cooper, singer-songwriter and storyteller, at the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery on Thursday. The concert will be at… Continue reading

Dana Cooper will play at The Palindrome on Thursday.

COVID cases trending down; precautions urged

Health officials still recommend vaccines and masks indoors

Support given for Olympic Discovery Trail grant

Plan is to extend into Discovery Bay

A group of musicians, led by Brandon Godman, in blue shirt, who had never played together before, perform a rousing a set of Bluegrass music to an audience on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday. Centrum’s weeklong Fiddle Tunes Festival ended with this finale concert under the sun. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Fiddle tunes concert

A group of musicians, led by Brandon Godman, in blue shirt, who had never played together before, perform a rousing a set of Bluegrass music… Continue reading

A group of musicians, led by Brandon Godman, in blue shirt, who had never played together before, perform a rousing a set of Bluegrass music to an audience on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday. Centrum’s weeklong Fiddle Tunes Festival ended with this finale concert under the sun. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Man sentenced to jail on voyeurism charges

Incidents in Clallam, Jefferson counties; four counts dismissed

More beaches closed to shellfish harvesting

Beaches from the Lyre River/Low Point to the Jefferson County line, including Dungeness Bay, are closed to the recreational harvest of all shellfish species due… Continue reading

State Patrol: Motorcyclist hurt in collision

A British Columbia motorcyclist was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Saturday after running into the back of a car on… Continue reading

Youth to learn of heritage

Storytelling to cap Fort Worden event

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Michael Payne, Executive Director of the Port Townsend Aero Museum, shows off some of the antique and historic air planes on display at the museum located at the Jefferson County International Airport in Port Townsend. The museum is expanding, in the area behind the blue tarp in the background, to increase the museum’s display area by about a third.

Aero museum expanding by one-third

Historic aircraft on display

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Michael Payne, Executive Director of the Port Townsend Aero Museum, shows off some of the antique and historic air planes on display at the museum located at the Jefferson County International Airport in Port Townsend. The museum is expanding, in the area behind the blue tarp in the background, to increase the museum’s display area by about a third.

A GROWING CONCERN: Make the grass greener on your side of the fence

AS WE MOVE into the summer season, relaxing outside in our yard, sipping a drink or swinging in the hammock becomes a pastime. We Americans… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Jefferson County Commissioner, District 2, Heidi Eisenhour, cuts the ribbon to open a “Safe Routes to School” pathway to Chimacum Creek Primary School from Cedar Avenue in Port Hadlock on Wednesday. The project, funded with an $880,000.00 grant from the Washington State Department of Transportation, includes a new mile long sidewalk on Cedar Avenue, that had no walkable sidewalk, and a paved trail leading to the school which was previously a dirt strip and soon, covered bus stops.

A safe path created in Chimacum

Multi-use route for student, pedestrians, cyclists part of long-term project

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Jefferson County Commissioner, District 2, Heidi Eisenhour, cuts the ribbon to open a “Safe Routes to School” pathway to Chimacum Creek Primary School from Cedar Avenue in Port Hadlock on Wednesday. The project, funded with an $880,000.00 grant from the Washington State Department of Transportation, includes a new mile long sidewalk on Cedar Avenue, that had no walkable sidewalk, and a paved trail leading to the school which was previously a dirt strip and soon, covered bus stops.

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

In-person meeting 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive (off U.S. Highway 101) in east Port Angeles.… Continue reading

Free outdoor concerts set next week

Live music in Sequim, Port Angeles, Port Townsend

Frida Kahlo remembered with special activities

The Deseo Carmin band will perform tonight as part of the 2nd Annual Frida Kahlo Week. Events for the special week, which… Continue reading