Jefferson County

Vaccine challenge moves to Kitsap County

Clallam County denies mandate discriminates

Tickets for Jefferson Master Gardener Foundation’s lecture series available

Tickets are now on sale for the Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation’s 2022 Yard and Garden lecture series. The virtual lectures are… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky / for Peninsula Daily News Members of a Monday coffee and dog walking group walk along Water Street in downtown Port Townsend on Monday. The group, from left, include Tony Genovese and Cleo, Jim Brennan, Betty Peterson-Wheeler, Anneke Van Krieken and Max, and Linda Christie with Flaco. Behind Flaco is Stella, a miniature Schnauzer whose red leash is attached to her owner, Laurie Jones. All are from Port Townsend.
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Out for a walk

By Steve Mullensky For Peninsula Daily News Members of a Monday coffee and dog walking group walk along Water Street in downtown Port Townsend on… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky / for Peninsula Daily News Members of a Monday coffee and dog walking group walk along Water Street in downtown Port Townsend on Monday. The group, from left, include Tony Genovese and Cleo, Jim Brennan, Betty Peterson-Wheeler, Anneke Van Krieken and Max, and Linda Christie with Flaco. Behind Flaco is Stella, a miniature Schnauzer whose red leash is attached to her owner, Laurie Jones. All are from Port Townsend.

Three die from COVID-19 in Clallam County

Health officer: Misinformation still being circulated

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Peninsula Home Fund going strong

The annual campaign for Peninsula Home Fund donations continues through the holiday season. For 32 years, the Peninsula Daily News has collected donations to create… Continue reading

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Lisa Anderson and Ben Casserd, along with Half Pint, their terrier mix, are the staff monitors at the Winter Welcoming Center. The center offers warmth, coffee, snacks, wi-fi and electricity for charging devices in the Pope Marine Building at Water and Madison streets in Port Townsend. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Winter Welcoming Center opens

Morning shelter offered in Port Townsend

Lisa Anderson and Ben Casserd, along with Half Pint, their terrier mix, are the staff monitors at the Winter Welcoming Center. The center offers warmth, coffee, snacks, wi-fi and electricity for charging devices in the Pope Marine Building at Water and Madison streets in Port Townsend. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Five capital projects proposed for Fort Worden campus

Emergency generator made a priority after large-scale power outage last month

Habitat for Humanity job site supervisor Dave Weld of Sequim drives into Port Townsend to work with a crew of volunteers on a two-bedroom house he says will be filled with natural light. It’s one of several Habitat homes to be finished in 2022. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Crews from across Peninsula join forces on Port Townsend housing

Habitat for Humanity working to build affordable homes

Habitat for Humanity job site supervisor Dave Weld of Sequim drives into Port Townsend to work with a crew of volunteers on a two-bedroom house he says will be filled with natural light. It’s one of several Habitat homes to be finished in 2022. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County elected officials to get raises

Union-exempt also to see hikes

A GROWING CONCERN: Get ready to break into snow business

I RETURNED HOME this last week after visiting my son, an Air Force staff sergeant and his wife in balmy South Carolina where temperatures were… Continue reading

COVID-19 case rates rise in Clallam, state

Rates fall in Jefferson

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Coffee With Colleen, hosted by Colleen McAleer, on Wednesdays at 8 a.m. The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89474510306?pwd=VlIr RHh5RG1nYVh3V3J… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: A few thoughts on horses, weather and training

BRR! THE WEATHER outside is frightful, but the warm fire from my wood stove is just so delightful. The other day, as I was sitting… 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

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Temporary homeless facilities topic of hearing

Government meetings across Jefferson County

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Port Townsend Council opts to buy 16 police stun guns

Police chief: Safe alternative to lethal force

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Author Corky Parker will give a talk on memoir-writing this Saturday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Memoir author will sign books, talk about telling one’s story

Corky Parker to introduce “La Finca: Love, Loss and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island”

Author Corky Parker will give a talk on memoir-writing this Saturday. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Big holiday fair in Chimacum this weekend

One of the largest holiday fairs on the North Olympic Peninsula returns this Saturday: The Chimacum Arts and Crafts Fair, a gathering of vendors from… Continue reading

COVID-19 case numbers continue to edge up

Vaccine clinics being added

The Old Whiskey Mill’s tent on Water Street in Port Townsend is one of four “streateries” now permitted to stay up through Mother’s Day 2022. The outdoor dining enclosures, first allowed in mid-2020, have been given four extensions. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend extends streateries through Mother’s Day

Provision also affects food carts

The Old Whiskey Mill’s tent on Water Street in Port Townsend is one of four “streateries” now permitted to stay up through Mother’s Day 2022. The outdoor dining enclosures, first allowed in mid-2020, have been given four extensions. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)