News
Jefferson County church effort to focus on mental illness
PORT TOWNSEND — “Save me, O Lord; for the waters have come in unto my soul.” Like many…
News
JENNIFER JACKSON’S PORT TOWNSEND NEIGHBOR COLUMN: Ghost hunter to snoop Palace Hotel
WHEN YOU’RE RETIRED, it’s nice to have a hobby that gets you out of the house. And if…
News
New year, new look as artists give Port Townsend gallery a makeover
PORT TOWNSEND — What do you get when you put a group of artists together and ask them…
News
PTA auction will help Grant Street Elementary students connect dots beyond the classroom
PORT TOWNSEND — Walk the halls at Grant Street Elementary School and you’ll find evidence of the Parent…
News
With three simple lines, PT group greets the season with winter haiku
PORT TOWNSEND — They gather on a December afternoon at a house near Fort Worden State Park, the…
News
Jefferson counselor is ordained minister, but path doesn’t always go through religion
PORT TOWNSEND — Dave Eekhoff has two wood-block prints by Robert Hodgell on his office walls. One, a…
News
Daughters of Norway bring generations together at Juletrefest in Chimacum
CHIMACUM — There was no snow, no elves, no reindeer, no candle-lit church in the valley. But on…
News
Port Townsend community pitches in to build greenhouse for students gardeners
PORT TOWNSEND — Sunflowers. Tomatoes. December may be dark and damp, but students at Grant Street Elementary School…
News
Farm-to-cafeteria bandwagon rolls on with meetings in Port Angeles, Port Townsend
Two meetings to advance the discussion started last month at the North Olympic Peninsula Farm to Cafeteria conference…
News
Port Townsend woman saves special tree from possible destruction
When Libby Atkins of Port Townsend learned that demolition was among possible fates for the structure that had…
News
Peninsula’s Mackie shows students how to be instrumental in music-making
CHIMACUM — Andy Mackie was up early on Monday, loading his van and driving to the main Chimacum…
News
Women farmers brainstorm ideas at round table for the Peninsula’s like-minded
PORT HADLOCK — Most mornings, Pennie Lujan is up by 4 a.m. to go to work at Fairaview…
News
Quilcene rescue ranch starts food bank for pets
QUILCENE — On Saturday, Sara Penhallegon is holding a holiday open house at her ranch near Quilcene —…
News
Long road of tumor treatment ahead; supporters will try to pave way
PORT TOWNSEND — Two years ago, Renee Depew and her high school friends decided to apply for student…
News
The gold in Andy’s eyes: Portrait captures vision of music man Mackie and his gifts
PORT TOWNSEND — Jesse Watson has painted portraits of elderly blues musicians whose stories are etched in their…
News
Salon models strut lots of stuff to help winter homeless shelter in Port Townsend
PORT TOWNSEND — Feathers, fur and fishnet were the fashion as models hit the runway at POSH Hair…
News
Daughters of Norway light way to a legend in Chimacum
CHIMACUM — On Dec. 13, children in Sweden awake early. The girls don white robes with red sashes;…
Life
Farm to Cafeteria conference brings buyers, sellers to table
BLYN — The message of the first North Olympic Peninsula Farm to The Cafeteria Conference on Thursday was…
News
Going for a spin: Small and portable, spinning wheels go from hobby to business
A refinement of a spinning wheel that he made for his wife, Beth, while living aboard their sailboat,…
News
Jefferson Habitat for Humanity isn’t going to stop for winter
PORT TOWNSEND — The weather turns cold and wet, and Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County usually…