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T.J. Quandt was promoted to business manager for the Port of Port Townsend in April. Quant has worked for the Port for seven years in the boat yard and on moorage. (Port of Port Townsend)

Port of Port Townsend adds positions and fills long-vacant post

The Port of Port Townsend has added two new positions and filled a third one that had been vacant for more than… Continue reading

T.J. Quandt was promoted to business manager for the Port of Port Townsend in April. Quant has worked for the Port for seven years in the boat yard and on moorage. (Port of Port Townsend)
Dozens gather to honor fallen at Captain Joseph House

Dozens gather to honor fallen at Captain Joseph House

Men and women who died in combat were honored Sunday in a ceremony at the Captain Joseph House in Port Angeles. A… Continue reading

Dozens gather to honor fallen at Captain Joseph House

Eye on Olympia: Chapman sees end in sight

Rep. Mike Chapman thinks negotiators likely will reach agreement within two or three weeks of the second special session called by Gov. Jay… Continue reading

Port Townsend Artisan Food Festival offers tasty treats made locally

Port Townsend Artisan Food Festival offers tasty treats made locally

Port Townsend Farmers Market swapped its usual musical performances for cooking demonstrations by area chefs using locally-grown food in celebration of the… Continue reading

Port Townsend Artisan Food Festival offers tasty treats made locally

Memorial Day ceremonies set today across Peninsula

Memorial Day services are planned across the North Olympic Peninsula today. In Port Angeles, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1024 will perform a Memorial… Continue reading

18-year-old dies in single-car wreck after car plunges down embankment

An 18-year-old Port Angeles teenager died Friday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after the vehicle he was traveling in plunged down an… Continue reading

A lifetime of remembering: Iwo Jima survivor tells of grief, patriotism

A lifetime of remembering: Iwo Jima survivor tells of grief, patriotism

The U.S. flag planted high in the Finn Hall Road yard of 91-year-old Marion “Skip” Yandell, a World War II Marine veteran,… Continue reading

A lifetime of remembering: Iwo Jima survivor tells of grief, patriotism

Rider says threesome taking selfies before fall from Ferris wheel

A Ferris wheel rider told police that on May 18, when a gondola that was carrying her, her partner and Groth’s 8-year-old… Continue reading

Police report cites eyewitness accounts of fall from Ferris wheel

Police report cites eyewitness accounts of fall from Ferris wheel

A safety inspector determined that a Rhododendron Festival Ferris wheel ride had been safe to operate after a purple gondola dumped out… Continue reading

Police report cites eyewitness accounts of fall from Ferris wheel
Competency exam ordered for student charged with killing Sequim woman

Competency exam ordered for student charged with killing Sequim woman

A Bainbridge High School student charged with second-degree murder will be examined to see if he is competent to enter a plea… Continue reading

Competency exam ordered for student charged with killing Sequim woman

Port Angeles police probing attempted robberies

Police are asking for information in the investigation of two attempted robberies. Police report that officers conducted a welfare check in Thursday’s… Continue reading

Breakwater repair completed; Port of Port Townsend commissioners discuss other projects

Breakwater repair completed; Port of Port Townsend commissioners discuss other projects

Port of Port Townsend commissioners have certified the completion of emergency breakwater repair, while several major capital projects remain in the planning… Continue reading

Breakwater repair completed; Port of Port Townsend commissioners discuss other projects
Port Angeles council to make public comment periods mandatory at all committee meetings

Port Angeles council to make public comment periods mandatory at all committee meetings

Port Angeles City Council members will make public comment sessions mandatory for city advisory committees, answering a major concern of proponents of… Continue reading

Port Angeles council to make public comment periods mandatory at all committee meetings
“Lazurite and Athenas Polemic” by Deedee Cheriel of Los Angeles and India is among the internet art that will grace the walls of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center gallery beginning this weekend.

Artists from around the world ‘post’ on Port Angeles center walls

Artwork seen before only online will decorate the walls of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s Webster House gallery beginning this weekend.… Continue reading

“Lazurite and Athenas Polemic” by Deedee Cheriel of Los Angeles and India is among the internet art that will grace the walls of the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center gallery beginning this weekend.
Chimacum club honored for food sharing program

Chimacum club honored for food sharing program

The Chimacum We Act Club, a service club that works on issues both local and global, was honored in Seattle for its food… Continue reading

Chimacum club honored for food sharing program

Two plead in alleged assault; case probed as hate crime said to have been like ‘schoolyard fight’

What was first investigated as a possible hate crime last summer when a black man was allegedly beaten up resulted Tuesday in… Continue reading

Jefferson Healthcare seeks input from Quilcene, Brinnon on health care needs

Jefferson Healthcare hospital commissioners are looking to the residents of south Jefferson County to give them some input on their specific health… Continue reading

Raymond Carver

Thursday events in Port Angeles to honor Raymond Carver

A number of events to honor the late poet and writer Raymond Carver are planned Thursday during the inaugural Raymond Carver Day.… Continue reading

Raymond Carver
Volunteers sought for Olympia oyster monitoring in Quilcene Bay

Volunteers sought for Olympia oyster monitoring in Quilcene Bay

The Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee is seeking volunteers to monitor Olympia oyster populations as part of a nearshore restoration project. The committee… Continue reading

Volunteers sought for Olympia oyster monitoring in Quilcene Bay

Extended candidate filing periods set for Peninsula counties

Both Jefferson and Clallam counties will have an extended filing period open next week to try and field candidates for the elected… Continue reading