Jefferson County

Friends of Fort Flagler to host lecture on elephant seals

Deisy Bach will discuss elephant seal sightings in the Puget Sound at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The free online lecture is sponsored by… Continue reading

Interim County Administrator Mark McCauley decided, instead of retiring, to accept the county commissioners' appointment to full county administrator. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Jefferson County hires experienced administrator

‘No need to disrupt the progress we’ve made’

Interim County Administrator Mark McCauley decided, instead of retiring, to accept the county commissioners' appointment to full county administrator. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News
Inside the remodeled playhouse in Port Townsend, "Around the World in Less Than 80 Days" playwright and actor David Natale cracks up Denise Winter, the artistic director of Key City Public Theatre. The two, along with the cast and crew, have just opened ticket sales for the show's world premiere. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Key City Public Theatre to reopen with ‘Around the World’

Renovated facility to welcome audiences with world premiere

Inside the remodeled playhouse in Port Townsend, "Around the World in Less Than 80 Days" playwright and actor David Natale cracks up Denise Winter, the artistic director of Key City Public Theatre. The two, along with the cast and crew, have just opened ticket sales for the show's world premiere. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

PAT NEAL: They clearcut the ‘Tunnel of Love’

SOME NIGHTS, I dream of rivers. Ones I have floated and others that exist only in dreams of a distant past. Last winter was a… Continue reading

Washington Native Plant Society to host prairie walks in Port Townsend

The Olympic Peninsula chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society will present “Introduction to Native Plants of the Prairie” on Thursday and… Continue reading

Investigators allege scheme to smuggle drugs into prison

Four people said to have been involved

Open house event slated

Study conducted for next two years

Volunteers stab through sheets of cardboard to plant shrubs to grow to shade out reed canary grass, an invasive species, along Tarboo Creek during the 16th annual Plant-A-Thon. (Northwest Watershed Institute)

Volunteers plant trees to save Tarboo Creek habitat

Invasive reed canary grass knocked down by cardboard sheets

Volunteers stab through sheets of cardboard to plant shrubs to grow to shade out reed canary grass, an invasive species, along Tarboo Creek during the 16th annual Plant-A-Thon. (Northwest Watershed Institute)

Applications accepted now for grants to help businesses

Allocations from American Rescue Plan Act funds

Open house to explore future of streateries

Parklets also on city’s docket

A line of sloops file past the committee boat, red flags, to start the 31st annual Shipwright’s Regatta on Port Townsend Bay on Saturday. The regatta, open to sailing boats of all sizes, is generally considered the official start of sailing season for Port Townsend mariners. (Steve Mullensky/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Regatta opens season

By Steve Mullensky For Peninsula Daily News A line of sloops file past the committee boat, red flags, to start the 31st annual Shipwright’s Regatta… Continue reading

A line of sloops file past the committee boat, red flags, to start the 31st annual Shipwright’s Regatta on Port Townsend Bay on Saturday. The regatta, open to sailing boats of all sizes, is generally considered the official start of sailing season for Port Townsend mariners. (Steve Mullensky/For Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: The cole hard facts on cabbages

ISN’T IT GREAT? We are officially in the season of spring. Not so great that our own No. 1-seeded Washington basketball team, Gonzaga, went down… Continue reading

Stan Cummings

Chimacum man sentenced in death of Cummings

Widow: ‘I lost my best friend’

Stan Cummings

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

Goodbye, but not for long

This is the last Sunday visit you will have from the Peninsula Daily News. Thank you for welcoming us into your homes each Sunday for… Continue reading

Photo by Karen Griffiths Cutline: At the horse trailer parking area off Happy Valley Road in Sequim, riders Teresa Crossley, left, Linda Morin and Judy Dupree were all smiles after finishing up the BCH Peninsula Chapter’s March 13th ride at the Dungeness Trails, located just outside city limits off River Road.

HORSEPLAY: Rides of March wander down Dungeness Trails

BEWARE THE RIDES of March. That was the phrase Back Country Horsemen Peninsula Chapter Event Coordinator Linda Morin used to title the synopsis of the… Continue reading

Photo by Karen Griffiths Cutline: At the horse trailer parking area off Happy Valley Road in Sequim, riders Teresa Crossley, left, Linda Morin and Judy Dupree were all smiles after finishing up the BCH Peninsula Chapter’s March 13th ride at the Dungeness Trails, located just outside city limits off River Road.
Bee Redfield

New marine science center leader to begin Friday

Enthusiasm for community impressed board

Bee Redfield

Outdoor Storytime returns in Port Townsend

Outdoor Storytime returns to the Port Townsend Public Library at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Rain or shine, Storytime will be on the lawn… Continue reading

"Walking with the King" is a watercolor by Joan Astin, the Port Ludlow Art League's Artist of the Month for April

Port Ludlow Art League features artist, jeweler

Port Ludlow Art League has designated its artist and jeweler of the month for April and also is hosting a show of… Continue reading

"Walking with the King" is a watercolor by Joan Astin, the Port Ludlow Art League's Artist of the Month for April

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