Leah Leach

Betsy Reed Schultz, head of the Captain Joseph Foundation, sits in the library of the Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles as the respite home for Gold Star families prepares for its first guests this weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Captain Joseph House to welcome its first families

Respite center first in nation of its kind

Betsy Reed Schultz, head of the Captain Joseph Foundation, sits in the library of the Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles as the respite home for Gold Star families prepares for its first guests this weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Quilcene Bay is currently closed to shellfish harvesting

Beach the latest in Jefferson County to be closed due to PSP

Hundreds affected by Port Angeles water main break

Showers, non-potable water offered; cases of water given to residents cut off from service

Richard “Glen” Melville.

Makah Tribal member new deputy director of Office of Justice Services

Richard “Glen” Melville, an enrolled member of Makah Tribe, will lead the Office of Justice Services as a deputy bureau director starting this… Continue reading

Richard “Glen” Melville.

SECOND UPDATE: Man dead after Friday shooting in Brinnon

Two Jefferson County deputies on administrative leave

Aba Kiser as Patsy Cline will star in the Key City Public Theatre in “Always … Patsy Cline.” (Diane Urbani De La Paz)
Aba Kiser as Patsy Cline will star in the Key City Public Theatre in “Always … Patsy Cline.” (Diane Urbani De La Paz)
Clallam County Search and Rescue crews walk the beach at Dungeness Spit on Friday. The sheriff’s office suspects the remains found are from a seaplane crash near Whidbey Island on Sept. 4. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)

Dungeness Spit torso suspected to be from seaplane crash

Discovery on beach under investigation

Clallam County Search and Rescue crews walk the beach at Dungeness Spit on Friday. The sheriff’s office suspects the remains found are from a seaplane crash near Whidbey Island on Sept. 4. (Clallam County Sheriff’s Office)

Electric Vehicle Expo to offer information

Panel discussions set for Oct. 8 event

The Aleutian Isle lays on its side suspended by crane after being lifted to the surface on Saturday. (Canada Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans)

Sunken vessel lifted from depths of Haro Strait

Aleutian Isle fishing boat sank on Aug. 13

The Aleutian Isle lays on its side suspended by crane after being lifted to the surface on Saturday. (Canada Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans)

Walk to End Alzheimer’s Saturday

The Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s is planned at Pope Marine Park today. As of Friday, 77 participants on 23 teams… Continue reading

Voluntary conservation encouraged in Port Angeles

The City of Port Angeles has declared a Stage II water shortage due to low flows in the Elwha River. The river… Continue reading

Cause of Peterson Lake brush fire under investigation

A brush fire that drew firefighting units from across Jefferson County, as well as one from Clallam County and the state Department… Continue reading

Candidate forum questions requested by Thursday

The public is asked to provide questions for a candidate forum involving hopefuls for the 6th Congressional District and the state Legislature. The… Continue reading

Habitat begins work on six homes

Development to be permanently affordable housing

Smoke clearing on North Olympic Peninsula

Air quality improves with westerly winds

Lummi Nation sets Port Townsend gathering

Event precedes a totem journey this month

"Spirited" is among the work by Susan Martin Spar at Gallery 9.

Gallery 9 puts spotlight on painter, jeweler

Gallery 9 is featuring Susan Martin Spar’s oil paintings and Judith Komishane’s jewelry this month. Gallery-9 is open from 10 a.m. to… Continue reading

"Spirited" is among the work by Susan Martin Spar at Gallery 9.
The Green Horse painting is making its way across the nation to raise awareness of veteran suiside.

Green Horse painting raises awareness of veteran suicide

Joint Operation Mariposa is escorting artwork of a lone green horse to raise awareness of veteran suicide across the nation to Washington, D.C., after having… Continue reading

The Green Horse painting is making its way across the nation to raise awareness of veteran suiside.
The Dekoboko Taiko drumming group will perform Sept. 24.

Port Townsend Film Festival returns in person

Nearly 60 films, special guest visits planned

The Dekoboko Taiko drumming group will perform Sept. 24.