Jefferson County

Emergency prep event offers robust schedule

Individual, neighborhood and agency preparation covered

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi… Continue reading

Free concerts set in three Peninsula locations

Free concerts are scheduled across the Peninsula next week. They include: • Sequim Music in the Park John Hoover and the Mighty Quinns will perform… Continue reading

Photos by Karen Griffiths
Top: Earlier this month, Patterned Speed Horse Super Senior Division rider Sam Parks, 74, on Ed, finished the barrel race in just 15.08 seconds at the Crosby arena, 122 Franson Road in Agnew. The next show there will be July 5-6. Bottom: 4L arena belt buckle awards.

HORSEPLAY: The dangers of feeding others’ horses

THE AUDACITY OF throwing grass clippings over a fence to a neighbor’s horses! You may think it’s a kindness, that your grass clippings are going… Continue reading

Photos by Karen Griffiths
Top: Earlier this month, Patterned Speed Horse Super Senior Division rider Sam Parks, 74, on Ed, finished the barrel race in just 15.08 seconds at the Crosby arena, 122 Franson Road in Agnew. The next show there will be July 5-6. Bottom: 4L arena belt buckle awards.
Jeff Bortner, Interagency Fire Management Officer employed by Olympic National Park, explains the history of a Pulaski tool often carried by wildland firefighters. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Park staff keeping an eye on weather conditions

Team ready to coordinate response to fire activity

Jeff Bortner, Interagency Fire Management Officer employed by Olympic National Park, explains the history of a Pulaski tool often carried by wildland firefighters. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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

Amateur radio club to broadcast at Fort Worden

Morse code, voice and digital for 24 hours

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APEX Accelerator helps Peninsula businesses break into government contracting

NAVIGATING THE WORLD of government contracting can be overwhelming for small businesses, but the North Olympic Peninsula APEX Accelerator is here to help. This no-cost… Continue reading

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Discovery Bay beaches closed to shellfish harvesting

Discovery Bay beaches have been closed for recreational shellfish harvesting due to high paralytic shellfish poison levels in shellfish samples sent to… Continue reading

Indradeep Ghosh, an Indian violinist, will perform “Melodies of Maihar” on Sunday.

Indian classic music concert set for Sunday

Indradeep Ghosh will present “Melodies of Maihar” at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Unity Spiritual Enrichment Center, 3918 San Juan Ave., Port… Continue reading

Indradeep Ghosh, an Indian violinist, will perform “Melodies of Maihar” on Sunday.

ISSUES OF FAITH: How to treat (almost) everyone well

OK, SO SUNDAY, if you’re in church, you’ll hear about one of the great villainesses in the Bible: Jezebel (if your clergy person uses that… Continue reading

Denice Craig Tweedy’s “Space Jam” will be on exhibit at the Bay Club in Port Ludlow throughout July and August.

Port Ludlow Art League to exhibit ‘Weird and Wacky’

The Port Ludlow Art League will exhibit “Weird and Wacky” during July and August at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Lane, Port… Continue reading

Denice Craig Tweedy’s “Space Jam” will be on exhibit at the Bay Club in Port Ludlow throughout July and August.

Preparedness fair, museum anniversary set this weekend

A preparedness fair, a museum anniversary and a poetry event highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • “The Vagina Monlogues” will be… Continue reading

Rose Theatre to host live Amanda Knox show

“Free Amanda Knox!” will be presented live at 7 p.m. Monday. Knox will speak at the Rose Theatre, 235 Taylor St., Port… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Speaker set at Unity in Port Townsend for weekend service

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Dancing with Love” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in Port Townsend,… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Fireworks are banned in most areas on Olympic Peninsula

Unincorporated areas west of Elwha River follow state rules

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Poetry on the Salish Sea to present reading on Saturday

Poetry on the Salish Sea will present “East, West and In Between” at 7 p.m. Saturday. The free reading will be at… Continue reading

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Jefferson County Preparedness Day slated Saturday

The Production Alliance will present Jefferson County Preparedness Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The free festival will be at Finnriver… Continue reading