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PHOTO: Adventures of Huck and Finn

PHOTO: Adventures of Huck and Finn

Howard McAlpine from Port Townsend and his two yellow Labs, Huck and Finn, finish a great morning walk at Fort Worden State… Continue reading

PHOTO: Adventures of Huck and Finn
PHOTO: Aloha, avocados in Port Townsend

PHOTO: Aloha, avocados in Port Townsend

Adam Carter, assistant team leader for produce at the Food Co-op in Port Townsend, builds a stack of organic Sharwill avocados that arrived from Hawaii… Continue reading

PHOTO: Aloha, avocados in Port Townsend
PHOTO: Food, funds donation banked in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Food, funds donation banked in Port Angeles

Staff at 1st Security Bank recently collected 325 pounds of food and $500 for the Port Angeles Food Bank. Shown, from left, are Rui Starrett,… Continue reading

PHOTO: Food, funds donation banked in Port Angeles
PHOTO: Day of service at Port Townsend school orchard

PHOTO: Day of service at Port Townsend school orchard

Braley Phillips, 13, a student at Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend, struggles with a loaded wheelbarrow filled with damp manure… Continue reading

PHOTO: Day of service at Port Townsend school orchard
PHOTO: Blood-red lunar eclipse over Peninsula

PHOTO: Blood-red lunar eclipse over Peninsula

A lunar eclipse is seen from Port Townsend. Contrary to early expectations, the skies over much of the North Olympic Peninsula were… Continue reading

PHOTO: Blood-red lunar eclipse over Peninsula
Fallen tree removed from Port Townsend military cemetery

Fallen tree removed from Port Townsend military cemetery

A fallen tree that damaged several headstones at the Fort Worden Military Cemetery has been removed by a crew from Joint Base… Continue reading

Fallen tree removed from Port Townsend military cemetery
New assistant chief named at East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

New assistant chief named at East Jefferson Fire-Rescue

Pete Brummel will replace Deputy Chief of Training and Operations Ted Krysinski when he retires.

New assistant chief named at East Jefferson Fire-Rescue
PHOTO: Drilling in the basics at ROTC competition in Port Angeles

PHOTO: Drilling in the basics at ROTC competition in Port Angeles

Members of the Port Angeles High School Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps perform in an armed drill for the judges during Saturday’s Northwest Drill… Continue reading

PHOTO: Drilling in the basics at ROTC competition in Port Angeles
PHOTOS: Volunteers clean up homeless encampment in Port Angeles

PHOTOS: Volunteers clean up homeless encampment in Port Angeles

Helping Hands member Bruce O’Rourke drags a tent filled with garbage from a litter-strewn homeless encampment next to Tumwater Creek on Saturday.… Continue reading

PHOTOS: Volunteers clean up homeless encampment in Port Angeles
PHOTO: Port Townsend closes intersection for roadwork

PHOTO: Port Townsend closes intersection for roadwork

The city of Port Townsend has closed the intersection of Quincy and Washington Streets downtown for road repair work through Friday. This… Continue reading

PHOTO: Port Townsend closes intersection for roadwork
Port Townsend Library Choir to start rehearsals Tuesday

Port Townsend Library Choir to start rehearsals Tuesday

Beginning Tuesday, children from 7 to 12 can gather each week at the Port Townsend Public Library to sing favorite songs from… Continue reading

Port Townsend Library Choir to start rehearsals Tuesday
Badge 829 out of service: More than 200 recall Port Townsend officer, county worker

Badge 829 out of service: More than 200 recall Port Townsend officer, county worker

Port Townsend Police Reserve Sgt. Dave Winegar, badge number 829, was remembered at his memorial as a man who lived a life… Continue reading

Badge 829 out of service: More than 200 recall Port Townsend officer, county worker
PHOTO: End of the holiday season

PHOTO: End of the holiday season

Elijah Hammel of the Port Angeles Parks Department watches as the crown of the downtown Port Angeles Christmas tree falls to the ground after cutting… Continue reading

PHOTO: End of the holiday season
Walk in Port Townsend woods marks first day of the year for Native Plant Society

Walk in Port Townsend woods marks first day of the year for Native Plant Society

The Olympic Peninsula chapter of the Native Plant Society took a walk in the woods to celebrate the new year. “The group… Continue reading

Walk in Port Townsend woods marks first day of the year for Native Plant Society
PHOTO: Lake Pleasant polar plunge starts new year on West End

PHOTO: Lake Pleasant polar plunge starts new year on West End

About 17 brave souls took to the chilly waters of Lake Pleasant on New Year’s Day as they participated in the annual polar bear plunge… Continue reading

PHOTO: Lake Pleasant polar plunge starts new year on West End
PHOTO: Last rays of 2018 in Port Townsend

PHOTO: Last rays of 2018 in Port Townsend

Nils Dickmann and his children Emma, 5, and Claus, 9, watch the alpenglow and lenticular cloud formation on Mount Rainier from Pope Marine Park as… Continue reading

PHOTO: Last rays of 2018 in Port Townsend
Organizers pump up promotion of First Night in Port Townsend

Organizers pump up promotion of First Night in Port Townsend

Organizers were expecting to attract more than 300 people to the Jefferson County Historical Society’s 12th annual First Night celebration, if advanced… Continue reading

Organizers pump up promotion of First Night in Port Townsend
PHOTO: Soup, blankets given to homeless on Christmas Day

PHOTO: Soup, blankets given to homeless on Christmas Day

Burk Alert, left, and Melissa Allen, both of Port Angeles, hand out the gift of a blanket and a bowl of hot soup to James… Continue reading

PHOTO: Soup, blankets given to homeless on Christmas Day
Public judging student art in license plate contest in Port Townsend

Public judging student art in license plate contest in Port Townsend

East Jefferson County students are competing to win a contest for a special state license plate design on Type 2 diabetes. Marie… Continue reading

Public judging student art in license plate contest in Port Townsend
PHOTO: Forks dishes up ‘Feed the 5,000’ dinner

PHOTO: Forks dishes up ‘Feed the 5,000’ dinner

The Forks area churches sponsored the “Feed the 5,000” dinner at the Forks Community Center on Tuesday afternoon. Approximately 100 were expected at the free… Continue reading

PHOTO: Forks dishes up ‘Feed the 5,000’ dinner