Zach Jablonski

Volunteer nurse Karen Easterly-Behrens of Port Ludlow, left, talks with Eliana Rose of Port Townsend at Saturday’s Pfizer booster clinic at Quilcene School. The county Department of Emergency Management worked with dozens of volunteers to organize the clinic. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Long-term care facility resident dies of COVID-19

Woman in her 90s was in vulnerable population, health officer says

Volunteer nurse Karen Easterly-Behrens of Port Ludlow, left, talks with Eliana Rose of Port Townsend at Saturday’s Pfizer booster clinic at Quilcene School. The county Department of Emergency Management worked with dozens of volunteers to organize the clinic. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Vehicular homicide trial date set

Former director of maritime center died of injuries

Ethan Raup.

Search continues for county administrator

County’s top choice pulls out of negotiations

Ethan Raup.

Three more die of COVID-19

Clallam adds 28 new cases; Jefferson adds nine

COVID-19 cases remain at plateau on Peninsula

Case rates on the North Olympic Peninsula are staying at a plateau, primarily upheld by continued widespread transmission on the West End in Clallam County… Continue reading

Ethan Raup
Ethan Raup

Jefferson Healthcare offers flu shots

Jefferson Healthcare will offer a weekend drive-through clinic for flu vaccines beginning this Sunday. It will be in the parking lot on… Continue reading

Community transmission is widespread in Forks, West End

Health officer says increased mitigation measures are needed

Forum set for Jefferson County administrator finalists

Three candidates to interview Friday

Tom Young serves to other members of the Port Townsend Pickleball Club during a game in the sun at the courts in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to cool off over the next few days. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

Pickleball service

Tom Young serves to other members of the Port Townsend Pickleball Club during a game in the sun at the courts in front of the… Continue reading

Tom Young serves to other members of the Port Townsend Pickleball Club during a game in the sun at the courts in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to cool off over the next few days. (Zach Jablonski/Peninsula Daily News)

COVID case slide tenuous

Health officer: ‘This is still a very high plateau’

Capt. Paul Bellesen Jr. stands Tuesday near the Washington State Ferries dock in Port Townsend. He spent nearly 30 years in the agency, most recently as the captain of the Salish, which sails between Port Townsend and Coupeville on Whidbey Island. (Zach Jablonski /Peninsula Daily News)

Ferry captain makes his farewells

After a ‘great career,’ he’s ready to do something different

Capt. Paul Bellesen Jr. stands Tuesday near the Washington State Ferries dock in Port Townsend. He spent nearly 30 years in the agency, most recently as the captain of the Salish, which sails between Port Townsend and Coupeville on Whidbey Island. (Zach Jablonski /Peninsula Daily News)

More flu cases are expected

Health official: Spread can occur in indoor settings