Jefferson County

Port Townsend Marine Science Center Executive Director Janine Boire will step down in March. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Marine science center seeks new director

Boire to step down from PT post in March

Port Townsend Marine Science Center Executive Director Janine Boire will step down in March. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Julia Franz

Remote speech therapy now available

Julia Franz of Peninsula Speech Therapy has announced she is now providing remote speech therapy as well as office-based care. Franz typically… Continue reading

Julia Franz

Three more die of COVID-19

Clallam adds 28 new cases; Jefferson adds nine

Bonneville Power Administration makes annual payment to US Treasury

The Bonneville Power Administration recently announced that it has paid the U.S. Treasury $1.05 billion. This was the administration’s 38th consecutive, on-time… Continue reading

Climate change topic of Jefferson County Historical Society discussion

The Jefferson County Historical Society will present “Communicating Climate Change through Art, Science and Education: A Discussion with Maria Coryell-Martin, George Divoky… Continue reading

DIANE URBANI DE LA PAZ: Claiming her story in her own words

This is a 99 percent match for you, Netflix told me. Maybe the algorithm knows I live in Port Townsend, where “Maid,” the 10-episode series… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: An answer to an age old queston

It was daylight on the river. We were sitting in the vapors of a fog-shrouded valley trying to solve the central problems of human existence.… Continue reading

Hailian Zhou and her daughters, Sophie Dewey, 6, and Charlotte Dewey, 3, travel the storywalk through Port Townsend’s Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park on Tuesday. A permanent set of panels, currently depicting the book “The Cool Bean,” dot the trail. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Permanent storywalk opens in Port Townsend

Panels installed in half-mile stretch at Kah Tai park

Hailian Zhou and her daughters, Sophie Dewey, 6, and Charlotte Dewey, 3, travel the storywalk through Port Townsend’s Kah Tai Lagoon Nature Park on Tuesday. A permanent set of panels, currently depicting the book “The Cool Bean,” dot the trail. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Discussion series on Supreme Court to continue

Nils Pederson and Joyce Francis will continue their four-part series, “The Supreme Court of the United States,” from 6 p.m. to 7:30… Continue reading

Hospitals, schools comply with order

Hundreds from Peninsula agencies receive vaccine exemption

Jefferson County Library to host trivia night

Jefferson County Library will host Third Tuesday Trivia at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The competition will stream at zoom.us/j/96795228208. Questions will feature science,… Continue reading

Dr. Tom Locke is the Jefferson County deputy health officer.

Mandates may be ‘new normal,’ deputy health officer says

Vaccination rates are rising across the state and nationally, the deputy public health officer for Jefferson County told commissioners Monday. The delta variant of COVID-19… Continue reading

Dr. Tom Locke is the Jefferson County deputy health officer.

Port Townsend Library to cut ribbon on StoryWalk

The Port Townsend Public Library will cut the ribbon on its new StoryWalk at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. The ceremony is at the… Continue reading

Public interest movements of 1960s, 1970s topic of talk

Ken Ing will present “Public Interest Movements in the 1960s and 1970s,” from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Ing’s presentation is… Continue reading

The Port of Port Townsend’s Herb Beck Marina in Quilcene was the subject of an outreach survey conducted this past summer. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Quilcene wants more of Herb Beck Marina

Changes needed, residents tell Port of Port Townsend

The Port of Port Townsend’s Herb Beck Marina in Quilcene was the subject of an outreach survey conducted this past summer. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Paint your fall garden in swaths of red, gold and orange

WE JUST FINISHED two weeks of discussing the “right plant for the right spot.” The next eight weeks are the best time to plant shrubs… Continue reading