Jefferson County

The Bunker to host final session before summer break

The Bunker, a free teen art studio hosted by Northwind Art School, will host its last session before taking a summer hiatus.… 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

Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, carries a ceremonial torch with Special Olympian William Sirguy, center, accompanied by his mother, Katie Sirguy, during Friday’s Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run along the Waterfront Trail in Port Angeles. The event, designed to raise awareness and funds for the Special Olympics movement, brought together law enforcement officers from Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap counties for a march across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Torch run

Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, carries a ceremonial torch with Special Olympian William Sirguy, center, accompanied by his mother, Katie Sirguy, during Friday’s Special… Continue reading

Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, carries a ceremonial torch with Special Olympian William Sirguy, center, accompanied by his mother, Katie Sirguy, during Friday’s Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run along the Waterfront Trail in Port Angeles. The event, designed to raise awareness and funds for the Special Olympics movement, brought together law enforcement officers from Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap counties for a march across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
An Orca spy hops for a better look at its surroundings during an encounter on Wednesday in the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Sequim. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Spy hopping

An orca spy hops for a better look at its surroundings during an encounter on Wednesday in the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Sequim.… Continue reading

An Orca spy hops for a better look at its surroundings during an encounter on Wednesday in the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Sequim. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Garden tour, opera highlight Peninsula events

A garden tour, an opera and an outdoor concert highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • The 2024 Petals and Pathways Home Garden… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: What’s a deacon to do in troubled times like these?

FIRST THINGS FIRST. To my queer readers (2SLGBTQIA++ of all kinds, though how you expect me to remember all those initials at my age, I’m… Continue reading

Jurassic Empire open at Jefferson Fairgrounds this weekend

Jurassic Empire will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The exhibit is at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds,… Continue reading

League of Women Voters sets candidate forum schedule

Hopefuls for state seats, county commissioner position invited to debate

Pedestrian hospitalized after she was hit in construction zone

A pedestrian was injured and transported to a hospital after she was struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 101. Christina A. Kor,… Continue reading

Port Townsend Summer Band to play ‘Wild West’ show Sunday

The Port Townsend Summer Band will present “Wild West!” at 1 p.m. Sunday. The free concert will be outdoors at Pope Marine… Continue reading

Matthew Daline and Kristin Smith, forground, will perform with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra’s chamber concert orchestra on Sunday. (Karl Perry)

Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra concert Sunday

The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra will present a chamber concert at 2 p.m. Sunday. The free concert, part of the symphony’s Chamber… Continue reading

Matthew Daline and Kristin Smith, forground, will perform with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra’s chamber concert orchestra on Sunday. (Karl Perry)
Assemblage artist Steve Parmelee, pictured at his workbench, will come to Port Townsend’s Northwind Art School to teach a workshop July 9-10. (photo courtesy Steve Parmelee)

Summer classes under way at nonprofit art school

Three kinds of joy come from found-object art, said Steve Parmelee, one of the teaching artists coming to teach classes at the… Continue reading

Assemblage artist Steve Parmelee, pictured at his workbench, will come to Port Townsend’s Northwind Art School to teach a workshop July 9-10. (photo courtesy Steve Parmelee)
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Love is Violet: Crown of Light” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.
The Fulton Street Chamber Players including, from left, Rachel Swerdlow, Walter Gray and Cordula Merks, will be joined by Stephen Balderston and John Weller, not pictured, at Concerts in the Barn this weekend.

Fulton Street Chamber Players to perform at Concerts in the Barn

The Fulton Street Chamber Players will perform cello quintets by Franz Schubert and Alexander Glazunov at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The players… Continue reading

The Fulton Street Chamber Players including, from left, Rachel Swerdlow, Walter Gray and Cordula Merks, will be joined by Stephen Balderston and John Weller, not pictured, at Concerts in the Barn this weekend.
The Jesse Roper band, pictured at the Juan de Fuca Festival in May, will play the Concerts on the Pier series Aug. 7 in Port Angeles. (Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts)

Free outdoor concert series brings new acts to Peninsula

‘Fun becomes addictive’ at events in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Sequim

The Jesse Roper band, pictured at the Juan de Fuca Festival in May, will play the Concerts on the Pier series Aug. 7 in Port Angeles. (Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts)

Health advisory issued for Marrowstone Island beach

Jefferson County Public Health has issued a health advisory regarding high levels of fecal bacteria in the water off East Beach. The department… Continue reading

From left to right, State Sen. Emily Randall, D-Bremerton, state Sen. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, Port Angeles attorney Graham Ralston and Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, all candidates for Washington’s 6th Congressional District, appear before the Port Angeles Business Association on Tuesday to answer questions about their priorities for serving in Congress. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)
From left to right, State Sen. Emily Randall, D-Bremerton, state Sen. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, Port Angeles attorney Graham Ralston and Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, all candidates for Washington’s 6th Congressional District, appear before the Port Angeles Business Association on Tuesday to answer questions about their priorities for serving in Congress. (Peter Segall/Peninsula Daily News)

Malolo becomes the first Canadian R2AK winner

Custom trimaran sails into Ketchikan, Alaska

PAT NEAL: Sweet backpacking bliss

IT WAS GOING to be one of those days. From the dawn’s early light to the twilight’s last gleaming, it was one of those days… Continue reading

Mystery Bay closed to shellfish harvesting

The state Department of Health has closed Mystery Bay for recreational harvesting of all shellfish species. The closure was prompted by high… Continue reading