Jefferson County

PRIMARY ELECTION: Nicholas tops in Fire 3 race

Opponent may withdraw

Protection Island fire extinguished after burning 22 acres

Cause remains under investigation

Quilcene Fire Emergency Medical Services levy garners huge support

More than 80 percent approve of measure

Kristi Schmeck.

Tight race in place for Sequim School Board seat

Leading hopeful had suspended campaign

Kristi Schmeck.
Libby Urner Wennstrom.

Wennstrom top favorite in council primary

Top vote-getter brings in 75 percent; Vega second

Libby Urner Wennstrom.
A semi-truck got caught in downed power lines along U.S. Highway 101 at milepost 302 that are believed to have been pulled down by an overheight vehicle Wednesday afternoon. (Photo Courtesy of Brinnon Fire Department)

Fallen power lines block U.S. Highway 101 near Brinnon

Downed power lines blocked traffic for several hours Wednesday afternoon along U.S. Highway 101 at milepost 302 between Brinnon and Quilcene. A collision… Continue reading

A semi-truck got caught in downed power lines along U.S. Highway 101 at milepost 302 that are believed to have been pulled down by an overheight vehicle Wednesday afternoon. (Photo Courtesy of Brinnon Fire Department)
Kate Kinney of Port Townsend turns in her ballot from the primary election at the dropbox in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse on Tuesday afternoon. Results of Tuesday’s primary election are posted online at www.peninsuladailynews.com and will be explored in depth in Thursday’s print edition. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)
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Primary election

Kate Kinney of Port Townsend turns in her ballot from the primary election at the dropbox in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse on Tuesday… Continue reading

Kate Kinney of Port Townsend turns in her ballot from the primary election at the dropbox in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse on Tuesday afternoon. Results of Tuesday’s primary election are posted online at www.peninsuladailynews.com and will be explored in depth in Thursday’s print edition. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)
Libby Urner Wennstrom.

PRIMARY ELECTION: Wennstrom, Vega appear to lead in Port Townsend City Council race

EMS levy passes

Libby Urner Wennstrom.
Melissa Bixby

Beads, Batik featured at Port Townsend Gallery

Fiber and bead artist Pat Herkal and Batik artist Melissa Bixby are the Port Townsend Gallery featured artists for August. The gallery, at 715 Water… Continue reading

Melissa Bixby
Darby Huffman of LaughinGnome Pottery, pictured at the Port Townsend Farmers Market, will welcome visitors to the new studio space he shares with partner Francie Loveall this Friday evening during the First Friday Speaker Series program. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

LaughinGnome to host Friday visit

Capacity of First Friday in-person program is 30

Darby Huffman of LaughinGnome Pottery, pictured at the Port Townsend Farmers Market, will welcome visitors to the new studio space he shares with partner Francie Loveall this Friday evening during the First Friday Speaker Series program. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

Makah Tribe strengthens its rules as COVID-19 cases rise

Businesses should consider remote work, official says

A fire on Protection Island is spotted from an aircraft on Tuesday. The state Department of Natural Resources was responding to the incident. (Photo courtesy of Jack Graham)

Protection Island fire fills bay with smoke

Cause of blaze under investigation

A fire on Protection Island is spotted from an aircraft on Tuesday. The state Department of Natural Resources was responding to the incident. (Photo courtesy of Jack Graham)
”The Cherokee Word for Water,” co-produced and co-directed by Charlie Soap, left, and starring Kimberly Guerrero as Wilma Mankiller and Mo Brings Plenty as Soap, is the August Port Townsend Film Festival Pic available for streaming throughout this week. (Photo courtesy Port Townsend Film Festival via cw4w.com)

‘Cherokee’ film available for streaming this week

Story highlights ability to bring people together

”The Cherokee Word for Water,” co-produced and co-directed by Charlie Soap, left, and starring Kimberly Guerrero as Wilma Mankiller and Mo Brings Plenty as Soap, is the August Port Townsend Film Festival Pic available for streaming throughout this week. (Photo courtesy Port Townsend Film Festival via cw4w.com)

Jefferson County primary ballots due by 8 p.m. Tuesday

More than 30 percent have already voted

Holding a piece of baleen from a bowhead whale, Port Townsend Marine Science Center exhibit and outreach specialist Mandi Johnson, left, and aquarium specialist Marley Loomis stand before the center’s newly acquired Flagship Landing building in downtown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend Marine Science Center to move downtown

Water Street mall to become location for labs, exhibits

Holding a piece of baleen from a bowhead whale, Port Townsend Marine Science Center exhibit and outreach specialist Mandi Johnson, left, and aquarium specialist Marley Loomis stand before the center’s newly acquired Flagship Landing building in downtown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

20-acre fire contained on state land near Blyn

State firefighters and Clallam County Fire District 3 crews on Monday were mopping up a nearly 20-acre wildfire that burned in the Blyn… Continue reading

Virus cases still climbing

COVID rates nearing high-water marks

Brinnon Group grant to monitor water quality in Hood Canal

Project also to focus on Duckabush River

Volunteer coordinator Debbi Steele, center, welcomes visitors to Saturday’s Community Build Project open house in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Community receives tour of tiny house village

Rental spaces come with rules, 90-day leases

Volunteer coordinator Debbi Steele, center, welcomes visitors to Saturday’s Community Build Project open house in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Garage sale to benefit Center Valley Animal Rescue

Center Valley Animal Rescue will host a garage sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 4… Continue reading