Veterans Stand Down slated in Port Townsend on Monday

PORT TOWNSEND — Veterans can get free clothing, food and services at the Jefferson County Veterans Stand Down from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday.… Continue reading

New Port Townsend Paper mill landfill regulations to be discussed at meeting Monday

PORT TOWNSEND — State, county and Port Townsend Paper Corp. representatives are expected to discuss details of an agreement on the paper mill's landfill at… Continue reading

Third man sentenced in Port Angeles trailer burglary, assault

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man has been sentenced to one year and a day in prison for his role in a March trailer… Continue reading

Former Trinity United Methodist Church pastor Wendell Ankeny

Port Townsend’s Trinity United Methodist Church offers to give away building

PORT TOWNSEND — Church officials preparing for new construction are offering to give away a small building to anyone who will move it and use… Continue reading

Former Trinity United Methodist Church pastor Wendell Ankeny

Panhandler faces trial after alleged knife incident at Port Angeles Safeway

PORT ANGELES — A man from Colorado described in court papers as homeless faces an Aug. 25 trial on a charge of assault for allegedly… Continue reading

'From our family to yours' — the special section is highlighted at the top of Sunday's PDN.

‘Peninsula Families Today’ — guidebook to late-summer fun in Jefferson, Clallam counties — part of today’s Peninsula Daily News

Peninsula Families Today is available today, part of the Sunday print edition of Peninsula Daily News. The 16-page print version of 'Peninsula Families Today' is… Continue reading

'From our family to yours' — the special section is highlighted at the top of Sunday's PDN.
PDN's front page for today's Jefferson County readers. There's more inside that isn't online!

Check out today’s PDN Page 1. (And activate your access to 24/7 local news coverage)

WHEN YOU GET home delivery of the Peninsula Daily News, the digital comes free. Subscribers to the print PDN (Sunday through Friday or Friday/Sunday only)… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2014
PDN's front page for today's Jefferson County readers. There's more inside that isn't online!
Christine Loewe

Messages in a bottle . . . come home to Port Angeles couple after eight years adrift

PORT ANGELES — The couple never saw it coming. Never did Christine Loewe and Ian Miller, both of Port Angeles, think that either of two… Continue reading

Christine Loewe
Color guard members Spec. Samantha Cantrell

Bell-ringing, bagpipes, bowed heads mark veterans’ passing at Port Angeles ceremony

Robert Leland Allen . . . The bell sounded a second later, clear and solemnly. Walter Lee Armer . . . Wilbur Wright Claplanhoo Jr.… Continue reading

Color guard members Spec. Samantha Cantrell
The initial excavation for two new beaches that will make up a new park near downtown Port Angeles is seen from the observation tower at the Valley Creek estuary on Friday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

New beaches take shape along Port Angeles waterfront as work moves on schedule

PORT ANGELES — The clatter of rocks falling from excavator buckets is the sound of creation as two new beaches take form on the waterfront.… Continue reading

The initial excavation for two new beaches that will make up a new park near downtown Port Angeles is seen from the observation tower at the Valley Creek estuary on Friday. — Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News
Port Townsend Summer Band performs in Chetzemoka Park on Sunday.

SUNDAY: Concert in Port Townsend’s Chetzemoka Park today (and other open-air concerts this week)

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE of free outdoor music on the North Olympic Peninsula begins with: â–  PORT TOWNSEND SUMMER BAND — Today at 3 p.m. in… Continue reading

Port Townsend Summer Band performs in Chetzemoka Park on Sunday.
Pato Banton will bring the Now Generation and a positive life message to the Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles on Sunday.

SUNDAY: Pato Banton to bring positive reggae message to Port Angeles tonight

PORT ANGELES –– The wise owl is here to share the reggae gospel. Pato Banton and the Now Generation bring back their deep-rooted reggae sounds… Continue reading

Pato Banton will bring the Now Generation and a positive life message to the Elks Naval Lodge in Port Angeles on Sunday.

SUNDAY: Songwriting forum, concert set today in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND –– The sirens are calling you to a special concert and songwriting forum today. “Sirens Sing: A Two-Part Collaborative Event on the Art… Continue reading

Grab your paintbrush! Community painting 'en plein air' competition in Port Angeles extends deadline to Aug. 17

Grab your paintbrush! Community painting ‘en plein air’ competition in Port Angeles extends deadline to Aug. 17

PORT ANGELES — The beauty of the North Olympic Peninsula calls to the artist in us all. The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, which is… Continue reading

Grab your paintbrush! Community painting 'en plein air' competition in Port Angeles extends deadline to Aug. 17

American Golds Seafoods faces $112,500 fine for 2013 oil spill near Anacortes

ANACORTES — American Gold Seafoods faces a $112,500 penalty for an oil spill caused by the accidental sinking of its vessel the Clam Digger in… Continue reading

BUSINESS — 2014-15 North Olympic Food & Farm Guide available beginning Thursday

PORT ANGELES — Beginning Thursday, WSU Clallam County Extension's 2014-15 North Olympic Food & Farm Guide will be available at local visitor centers, participating farms… Continue reading

BUSINESS — Contest offers full makeovers for women who have overcome major obstacles

PORT ANGELES — Two local businesswomen are working together to hold a contest for North Olympic Peninsula women who have overcome major obstacles in their… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS — Price Ford fundraiser, new party-rental store, Nurse of the Year . . . and other local business items

Fundraiser benefits Sequim High School SEQUIM — Price Ford of Port Angeles recently conducted its first Drive One 4 Your School fundraiser at Sequim High… Continue reading

Enter our Lavender Photo Contest (you don't need a purple camera!)

Enter our Lavender Photo Contest (you don’t need a purple camera!)

HAVE YOU CAPTURED an incredible lavender picture? An expansive purple field in Sequim? A family meandering among the flowers? The majestic Olympic Mountains and a… Continue reading

  • Jul 27, 2014
Enter our Lavender Photo Contest (you don't need a purple camera!)

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s business meetings

â–  Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce — Weekly ­luncheon meetings are usually held Mondays at noon at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St.… Continue reading