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A GROWING CONCERN: New year, new chores are coming for your garden

FIRST, HAPPY NEW Year to each and everyone of you! May all of your fingers be green and the weeds disappear from your gardens. As… Continue reading

 

Volunteers serve up a full breakfast on Christmas morning, for the Third Community Breakfast at the Fred Lewis Scout Cabin in Port Townsend put on by the Reach Out Community Organization, a homeless advocacy program. A full breakfast was served to about 150 people during the morning. On the serving line are, from the back, Rose Maerone, Marie France and Susan Papps. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Festive breakfast

Volunteers serve up a full breakfast on Christmas morning, for the Third Community Breakfast at the Fred Lewis Scout Cabin in Port Townsend put on… Continue reading

 

LETTER: America in peril

America is no longer the greatest country in the world. It was at one time, but times have changed. Our country was formed and evolved… Continue reading

 

LETTER: Somalian immigrants

The president recently called Somalian immigrants garbage. Maybe not a great choice of words. But our history with Somalia and Somalians has been a tortured… 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

Did you get what you wanted for Christmas?

Did you get what you wanted for Christmas?… Continue reading

  • Dec 26, 2025

What is the best Christmas flavor?

What is the best Christmas flavor?… Continue reading

  • Dec 24, 2025
Stevens Middle School eighth-grader Linda Venuti, left, and seventh-graders Noah Larsen and Airabella Rogers pour through the contents of a time capsule found in August by electrical contractors working on the new school scheduled to open in 2028. The time capsule was buried by sixth graders in 1989. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Middle school students open capsule from 1989

Phone book, TV Guide among items left behind more than 30 years ago

Stevens Middle School eighth-grader Linda Venuti, left, and seventh-graders Noah Larsen and Airabella Rogers pour through the contents of a time capsule found in August by electrical contractors working on the new school scheduled to open in 2028. The time capsule was buried by sixth graders in 1989. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Should the federal government garnish the pay of people in default on student loans?

Should the federal government garnish the pay of people in default on student loans?… Continue reading

  • Dec 23, 2025
Tom Malone of Port Townsend, seeks the warmth of a towel and a shirt as he leaves the 46-degree waters of the Salish Sea on Saturday after he took a cold plunge to celebrate the winter solstice. “You can’t feel the same after doing this as you did before,” Malone said. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Solstice plunge

Tom Malone of Port Townsend, seeks the warmth of a towel and a shirt as he leaves the 46-degree waters of the Salish Sea on… Continue reading

Tom Malone of Port Townsend, seeks the warmth of a towel and a shirt as he leaves the 46-degree waters of the Salish Sea on Saturday after he took a cold plunge to celebrate the winter solstice. “You can’t feel the same after doing this as you did before,” Malone said. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles orchestra planning for trip to Carnegie Hall in 2027

Cost to travel is about $3,000 per student

Do you think wind farms pose national security risks or interfere with radar systems?

Do you think wind farms pose national security risks or interfere with radar systems?… Continue reading

  • Dec 22, 2025
Joe McDonald, from Fort Worth, Texas, purchases a bag of Brussels sprouts from Red Dog Farm on Saturday, the last day of the Port Townsend Farmers Market in Uptown Port Townsend. The market will resume operations on the first Saturday in April 2026. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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End of season

Joe McDonald of Fort Worth, Texas, purchases a bag of Brussels sprouts from Red Dog Farm on Saturday, the last day of the Port Townsend… Continue reading

Joe McDonald, from Fort Worth, Texas, purchases a bag of Brussels sprouts from Red Dog Farm on Saturday, the last day of the Port Townsend Farmers Market in Uptown Port Townsend. The market will resume operations on the first Saturday in April 2026. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

What sport are you watching closest over the holidays?

What sport are you watching closest over the holidays?… Continue reading

  • Dec 21, 2025

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let warm weather catch you out in the cold

I HOPE EVERYONE survived the wind storm on Tuesday night! Can you believe the weather we have had in December? I cannot. I’ve seen dahlias… Continue reading

Food programs updating services

Report: Peninsula sees need more than those statewide

LETTER: Healthcare apocalypse

Get ready folks, the Republican healthcare apocalypse, via legislation that they have pushed through Congress or by decree from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will be… Continue reading

LETTER: Mail-in voting

I, and many others, are concerned about our current voting situation. There are so many lies being spread about this subject. Repeating false claims in… Continue reading

LETTER: Poor justification

Donald Trump, to justify his preemptive sinking of alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, says each of those boats would have killed 25,000 Americans. Considering… Continue reading

LETTER: Speak out

According to The Associated Press, President Trump said it four times is seven seconds on Dec. 2: “Somali immigrants in the United States are garbage.”… Continue reading