Jefferson County

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Charter Review Commission to host first meeting

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

HORSEPLAY: Planning can help prevent disaster in an emergency

ISN’T IT TRUE in life, when one door closes and appears locked up tight, you can usually find another door that opens that can help… Continue reading

Jefferson PUD picks search firm for general manager

Commissioners select national co-op association

Man flown to hospital after log truck rolls over

A Hoquiam man was airlifted to a Seattle hospital after the log truck he was driving rolled over and struck a tree. James… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend hopes to sell the Elmore

First step will be to have the vessel inspected

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Readers break $100K in donations to Home Fund

Donations can be made for community grants this spring

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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

Man who died in collision identified

Blood tests indicate high level of methampetamine, sheriff’s office says

Annaleigh Harrison plays piano in last year’s PTSO Young Artist Competition. (Karl Perry)

Application period open for Young Artist Competition

The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra is accepting applications for its 2025 Young Artist Competition through March 15. The annual competition is open… Continue reading

Annaleigh Harrison plays piano in last year’s PTSO Young Artist Competition. (Karl Perry)
Port Townsend teaching artist Glo Lamson will host a free creative studio Saturday at Northwind Art School at Fort Worden State Park. (Diane Urbani/Northwind Art)

Free art-playtime for adults Saturday

Northwind Art School will open for a free Creative Work/Playtime Studio for collage making and other art projects from noon to 6… Continue reading

Port Townsend teaching artist Glo Lamson will host a free creative studio Saturday at Northwind Art School at Fort Worden State Park. (Diane Urbani/Northwind Art)

Second Saturday Art Walk set this weekend

The Second Saturday Art Walk, a jigsaw puzzle contest and tree plantings highlight weekend events on the Peninsula. • The Port Angeles Arts Council will… Continue reading

A 65-foot-long historic tug rests in the Port of Port Townsend Boat Haven Marina’s 300-ton marine lift as workers use pressure washers to blast years of barnacles and other marine life off the hull. The tug was built for the U.S. Army at Peterson SB in Tacoma in 1944. Originally designated TP-133, it is currently named Island Champion after going through several owners since the army sold it in 1947. It is now owned by Debbie Wright of Everett, who uses it as a liveaboard. The all-wood tug is the last of its kind and could possibly be entered in the 2025 Wooden Boat Festival.(Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Wooden wonder

A 65-foot-long historic tug rests in the Port of Port Townsend Boat Haven Marina’s 300-ton marine lift as workers use pressure washers to blast years… Continue reading

A 65-foot-long historic tug rests in the Port of Port Townsend Boat Haven Marina’s 300-ton marine lift as workers use pressure washers to blast years of barnacles and other marine life off the hull. The tug was built for the U.S. Army at Peterson SB in Tacoma in 1944. Originally designated TP-133, it is currently named Island Champion after going through several owners since the army sold it in 1947. It is now owned by Debbie Wright of Everett, who uses it as a liveaboard. The all-wood tug is the last of its kind and could possibly be entered in the 2025 Wooden Boat Festival.(Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
A 35-year-old man was taken by Life Flight Network to Harborview Medical Center following a Coast Guard rescue on Monday. (U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles via Facebook)

Injured man rescued from remote Hoh Valley

Location requires precision 180-foot hoist

A 35-year-old man was taken by Life Flight Network to Harborview Medical Center following a Coast Guard rescue on Monday. (U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles via Facebook)

Thursday’s paper to be delivered Friday

Peninsula Daily News will have an electronic edition on Thursday that will be printed and delivered along with a separate Friday paper.… Continue reading

Counties agree on timber revenue

Recommendation goes to state association

Five taken to hospitals after three-car collision

Five people were taken to three separate hospitals following a collision that involved three vehicles at Center Road and state Highway 104, the… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: A short history of geology

THE GEOLOGY OF the Olympic Peninsula offers a fascinating glimpse into the massive forces of nature that shaped this land into one of the most… Continue reading

Poet Laureate Conner Bouchard-Roberts is exploring the overlap between poetry and civic discourse. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

PT poet laureate seeks new civic language

City library has hosted events for Bouchard-Roberts

Poet Laureate Conner Bouchard-Roberts is exploring the overlap between poetry and civic discourse. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County commissioners name Pernsteiner acting sheriff

Jefferson Democrats to nominate three interim candidates

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. There will be… Continue reading