Jefferson County

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, last viewed on earth 80,000 years ago, shines brightly in the western sky over the Olympic Mountains from Port Townsend High School on Saturday evening. The comet may be visible for most of the month of October if the skies are clear. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Rare comet

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, last viewed on earth 80,000 years ago, shines brightly in the western sky over the Olympic Mountains from Port Townsend High School… Continue reading

 

‘Great ShakeOut’ slated for Thursday

Participants asked to ‘stop, cover and hold on’

 

“Sky Light” is one of Jeanne Toal’s oil stick-and-metal leaf paintings in the “Elemental” show at Northwind Art’s gallery in downtown Port Townsend. (Jeanne Toal)

Artists to converse about creativity Thursday

The two women of “Elemental,” the art exhibition at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery, will give a free public talk at 6… Continue reading

 

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Joel Goldstein and wife Len Maranan-Goldsmith, from Port Townsend, take in the Aurora Borealis Thursday night from the beach at Point Hudson in Port Townsend.
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Aurora admirers in Port Townsend

Joel Goldstein and his wife Len Maranan-Goldsmith, from Port Townsend, take in the Aurora Borealis Thursday night from the beach at Point Hudson in Port… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Joel Goldstein and wife Len Maranan-Goldsmith, from Port Townsend, take in the Aurora Borealis Thursday night from the beach at Point Hudson in Port Townsend.

A GROWING CONCERN: Plant fall bulbs for dreams of spring

OKAY, IT IS October and that means all the vendors have spring flowering bulbs in stock! Now, today, tomorrow, go out and buy hundreds of… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Meetings planned for Clallam, Jefferson Counties

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula.

HORSEPLAY: Better to be safe than sorry in an emergency

BETTER SAFE THAN sorry is my motto for emergency preparedness. I’m in my 21st year of writing Peninsula Horseplay, and I care deeply about the… Continue reading

National IV shortages impact Peninsula

Major manufacturers affected by storms in southeastern US

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

ISSUES OF FAITH: Rich vs. Not-so-rich?

I REMEMBER THE story of the rich young man from when I was a young boy, maybe 12 or so, around Confirmation age, in a… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend reviews draft budget

Taking ‘conservative approach’ to finances

Elisabeth Resager demonstrating shearing on stage at Worthington Park in 2023. (photo credit David Goetze)

Quilcene Fiber Festival set for Saturday

In its third year, event continues to grow

Elisabeth Resager demonstrating shearing on stage at Worthington Park in 2023. (photo credit David Goetze)
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Living Prosperously” during services at 11 a.m. Sunday Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in Port… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.
Proprietary vessel used in terramation process. by permission of Earth Funeral.

Conservation effort uses soil from terramation

Quilcene property holds ‘open house’ for families

Proprietary vessel used in terramation process. by permission of Earth Funeral.

Free teen art program returns in Port Townsend

The Bunker, a free weekly art program for teens, has returned to Northwind Art School, and invites sixth- through 12th-graders to come… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Port Townsend Shipwright's Co-op employees, Ossian Smith, seals cracks on the deck while Olly Nivison lays masking tape for a paint line while both are working on the 111 year old halibut schooner Seymore, on the hard at the Port Townsend Marina on Wednesday.
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Schooner facelift

Port Townsend Shipwright’s Co-op employee Ossian Smith seals cracks on the deck while Olly Nivison lays masking tape for a paint line. Both are working… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Port Townsend Shipwright's Co-op employees, Ossian Smith, seals cracks on the deck while Olly Nivison lays masking tape for a paint line while both are working on the 111 year old halibut schooner Seymore, on the hard at the Port Townsend Marina on Wednesday.

Kitsap Bank granted receiver

Fort Worden PDA dissolution halted

PAT NEAL: It’s apple picking time

IT WAS DAYLIGHT at the homestead, but I was more than a little late for breakfast. I probably missed it by 50 years or so.… Continue reading

Cathy Collins of Renton takes a cell phone portrait of a coy looking Glaucous-winged gull at the parking lot overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca near the lighthouse at Fort Worden State Park on Tuesday morning. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Say cheese

Cathy Collins of Renton takes a cell phone portrait of a coy looking Glaucous-winged gull at the parking lot overlooking the Strait of Juan de… Continue reading

Cathy Collins of Renton takes a cell phone portrait of a coy looking Glaucous-winged gull at the parking lot overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca near the lighthouse at Fort Worden State Park on Tuesday morning. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)