Jefferson County

New Rules for Back-to-School online edition

New Rules for Back-to-School online edition

Our 2020 New Rules for Back-to-School special section is out! Inside, you’ll find stories on classroom safety, remote learning, homeschooling and more. Click here to… Continue reading

New Rules for Back-to-School online edition
Duck Derby 2020 online edition

Duck Derby 2020 online edition

Our 2020 Duck Derby special section is out! Inside, you’ll find all you need to know about this year’s 31st annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck… Continue reading

Duck Derby 2020 online edition

Olympic Peninsula students named to University of Washington dean’s list

Dozens of Olympic Peninsula natives have been named to the University of Washington’s winter 2020 dean’s list. To qualify, a student must have… Continue reading

Swan School takes education outside

Swan School takes education outside

Swan School students will spend most of their time outdoors this year. Volunteers and teachers are creating new outdoor classroom spaces on… Continue reading

Swan School takes education outside
Front flip

Front flip

Chance Eseene, 16, of Chimacum does a front flip off the end of a pier near Pope Marine Park in downtown Port Townsend to beat… Continue reading

Front flip
Port Townsend City Council to consider process today

Port Townsend City Council to consider process today

Black Lives Matter mural inspiration for permanent art

Port Townsend City Council to consider process today
(Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

COVID-19 takes a life on Peninsula

Clallam man dies, 10 cases added Jefferson’s total rises by two

(Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Have your pick of outstanding fruit

AS YOU HAVE been cloistered in your home for the last several months, you may have noticed that the weather pattern on the North Olympic… Continue reading

EngagePT seeks public participation

EngagePT seeks public participation

Online platform explores 10 key issues

EngagePT seeks public participation

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Weekly virtual meeting at 11 a.m. Wednesday. For information email info@ portangeles.org. • Port Angeles Business Association… Continue reading

Free collage class set for Saturday in park

Free collage class set for Saturday in park

Port Townsend School of the Arts will present a free family-friendly outdoors art event from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday. The Art… Continue reading

Free collage class set for Saturday in park

Jefferson County Library to recive CARES Act funding

The Jefferson County Library has been selected to receive a $1,500 grant from the Washington State Library. The grant, funded by the… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Port Townsend, Admiralty Inlet beaches added to shellfish closures

OUTDOORS: Port Townsend, Admiralty Inlet beaches added to shellfish closures

Port Townsend and Admiralty Inlet beaches have been closed to recreational shellfish harvesting because of a rapid increase in the marine biotoxin… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Port Townsend, Admiralty Inlet beaches added to shellfish closures

Peninsula schools deciding on reopening plans

Public school districts across the North Olympic Peninsula are in the process of finalizing plans for reopening classes this fall during a pandemic, with the… Continue reading

Port Ludlow Art League awards scholarships to Chimacum seniors

The Port Ludlow Art League recently awarded art scholarships to Chimacum High School graduates Isabella Harvey and Lucy Miller. The league awards… Continue reading

Port Townsend Marine Science Center will host a virtual low tide walk

The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will host a virtual low tide walk from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m Tuesday. The center… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Board of Health to discuss racism

The Jefferson County Board of Health will consider declaring racism a public health emergency when it meets at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. To view the meeting… Continue reading

Port Hadlock woman hurt in rollover crash

DISCOVERY BAY – A Port Hadlock woman is under investigation for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol after a single-vehicle, rollover crash on… Continue reading