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LETTER: Deserves paved roads

I was very pleased to read the PDN article about possibly repairing and paving the roads in my neighborhood. My wife, Judy, and I live… Continue reading

  • Feb 25, 2021

LETTER: Gun safety bills

I am writing concerning two pending bills SB 5038 and SB 5078 before the Washington Senate. I am a native Washingtonian, but grew up in… Continue reading

  • Feb 25, 2021

MICHAEL CARMAN COLUMN: Return to preps is lifting spirits

A YEAR AND a day. That’s how long it had been since I had last covered a sporting event in person on the North Olympic… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: East Jefferson soccer posts shutout win; PA volleyball improves to 2-0

East Jefferson picked up its first girls’ soccer win in Olympic 2A play, scoring a goal in the sixth minute against Kingston and… Continue reading

Recommendation for homelessness action to be discussed

A quartet of guest speakers will explore the 2020 Charter Review Commission’s recommendation for meeting housing needs in Clallam County tonight. The… Continue reading

Classic sailboats, like this one in 2017's Shipwrights' Regatta, will race on Port Townsend Bay in a 2021 event this Saturday. (Peninsula Daily News file)
Classic sailboats, like this one in 2017's Shipwrights' Regatta, will race on Port Townsend Bay in a 2021 event this Saturday. (Peninsula Daily News file)
Singer Sam Chase, seen at a mural in Eugene, Ore., will give a free online performance Friday via the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts' YouTube channel. (Photo courtesy The Sam Chase)

Singer-guitarist to perform free virtual concert

Live streams make trying times bearable for rock musician

Singer Sam Chase, seen at a mural in Eugene, Ore., will give a free online performance Friday via the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts' YouTube channel. (Photo courtesy The Sam Chase)

Studium to explore public programming

Drawing on more than a decade of event production in person and online, Tilly Hinton will share her principles for humanizing the… Continue reading

Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro.

City of Port Townsend releases first annual report

Finances, housing and flexibility highlighted

Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro.

Beaches upgraded for shellfishing

Strait of Juan De Fuca beaches from Low Point/Lyre River east to Discovery Bay have been opened to recreational harvesting of most shellfish. Discovery Bay… Continue reading

Candlelight Concert to feature Port Townsend duo

Chris Gilbert and Jay McHagar will perform at the Candlelight Concert Online series at Trinity United Methodist Church at 7 p.m. Thursday.… Continue reading

County signs on to letter regarding public health districts

Variety of Peninsula entities have approved the missive

Washington state poet laureate Claudia Castro Luna, seen at Fort Worden's Wheeler Theater in summer 2019, will give a free online reading Thursday via Northwind Art. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Former, present poets laureate to read work

Special presentation offered free online Thursday

Washington state poet laureate Claudia Castro Luna, seen at Fort Worden's Wheeler Theater in summer 2019, will give a free online reading Thursday via Northwind Art. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Royalty contestants for the Sequim Irrigation Festival include, from left, Zoee Kuperus, Sydney VanProyen, Hannah Hampton and Allie Gale. Sequim's queen and court will be shown at 6 p.m. Saturday online at the festival's Facebook page and website. (Keith Ross/Keith’s Frame Of Mind)

Irrigation royalty to be crowned online Saturday

Four students in competition have focused platforms

Royalty contestants for the Sequim Irrigation Festival include, from left, Zoee Kuperus, Sydney VanProyen, Hannah Hampton and Allie Gale. Sequim's queen and court will be shown at 6 p.m. Saturday online at the festival's Facebook page and website. (Keith Ross/Keith’s Frame Of Mind)

LETTERS: Choose another mayor

It is my understanding that the council elects a mayor from among its membership. My questions are: Why did the council elect William Armacost as… Continue reading

North Olympic Discovery Marathon
John Ruddell, 12, is the Grand Prize winner of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon kids medal design contest.

NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: Kids medal grand prize winner announced

Dry Creek Elementary School student John Ruddell, 12, is the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 North Olympic Discovery Marathon kids medal… Continue reading

North Olympic Discovery Marathon
John Ruddell, 12, is the Grand Prize winner of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon kids medal design contest.

PAT NEAL: A poisonous past

What started as a simple quest to dig a bucket of clams was not as simple as it seemed. There were no clams. Usually, when… Continue reading

PREP ROUNDUP: Young Forks soccer team falls to powerhouse Adna

The Forks soccer girls went up against one of the strongest 1B teams in the state and came away holding their heads up,… Continue reading