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Jefferson County Sheriff candidates Detective Art Frank, left, and Sheriff Joe Nole debate. (Ken Park/Peninsula Daily News)

Politics

Jefferson County sheriff hopefuls face off

Preparedness, retention among issues raised

News

Column at Fort Worden entrance to be replaced later this month

Officials suspect commercial vehicle couldn’t make turn

Chuck Boggs began his career as a firefighter in 1971 and retired as assistant chief of East Jefferson Fire and Rescue in 2010. Boggs attended the 150th anniversary celebration of the department Saturday at Port Townsend City Hall where vintage fire engines were on display. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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East Jefferson Fire Rescue celebrates 150 years of emergency response

Jefferson County agency started as an all-volunteer brigade

Steve Tharinger, left, and Brian Pruiett.

Politics

District 24 candidates trade views

Rising costs dominate their political discussion

Chuck Boggs began his career as a firefighter in 1971 and retired as assistant chief of East Jefferson Fire and Rescue in 2010. Boggs attended the 150th anniversary celebration of the department Saturday at Port Townsend City Hall where vintage fire engines were on display. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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East Jefferson Fire Rescue celebrates 150 years of emergency response

Jefferson County agency started as an all-volunteer brigade

Opinion

PAT NEAL: How’s the fishing?

“HOW’S THE FISHING?” If I had a dollar for every time I heard that, I wouldn’t be floundering…

Life

Tech Tuesday offers hybrid class

PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Library will host Tech Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Martha Olbrych of Port Ludlow is part of the tennis crew at the Port Townsend High School courts on Wednesdays and Sundays. Players of various levels are getting together for morning doubles as long as the weather stays tennis-friendly. Anyone interested in joining the group can contact organizer David Michael at harp@olympus.net. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

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It’s not all pickleball

Martha Olbrych of Port Ludlow is part of the tennis crew at the Port Townsend High School courts…

Wendy Davis of Port Townsend takes a look under the hood of her Rivian truck, where an empty storage area is where the engine would have been on a gasoline-powered car. The Rivian’s battery is on the bottom of the truck, much like a skateboard, Davis said. The vehicle can travel 320 miles on a charge, she added. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

News

Electric vehicle expo showcases models, financing and current owners

Some who want to buy say they will wait for prices to come down

News

Jefferson County may keep emergency orders

State plans to lift restrictions Oct. 31

Curtis Shuck, chairman of the Well Done Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to cap abandoned oil and gas wells, conducts testing on a well in West Jefferson County. The well, located near the Hoh River in an area known as Oil City, is leaking emissions, and Shuck’s foundation is working to properly seal it. (Well Done Foundation)

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Nonprofit to plug well near Oil City

Clean-up effort in West Jefferson

Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro.

News

PT city manager gets a pay raise

Increase first since he was hired in ’19

PAULA HUNT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A Yamaha motorcycle and a Toyota Tacoma truck were involved in a collision Friday on state Highway 19.

News

Motorcyclist airlifted to hospital after wreck

PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend motorcyclist was air-lifted to a Seattle hospital after a collision with a…

City of Port Townsend
Port Townsend city crews remove landslide debris from Washington Streeton Friday morning.

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Slides shut down Washington Street in Port Townsend

Two slides cleaned up by city crews

Photo by Karen Griffiths

 

Ranahan Pony Club members Asha Swanberg (age 13), left, Elise Sirguy (12), Libby Swanberg (15) and Danica Pacilel (13), with sisters Sierra (17), Marissa (15) and Eliza Steffen (9)  gather for a lesson at Serenity Farms, located off Blue Mountain Road.

Life

HORSEPLAY: Horse rallies provide competition, education, fun

ARE YOU READY to rally? For Libby Swanberg, rallies are one of the most thrilling aspects of being…

News

Recreational fishing curtailed by low water levels

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Historically low river levels have prompted the closure of recreational fishing in most rivers…

Business

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

Serenity by Larry Davidson is featured this month by the Port Ludlow Art League.

Arts & Entertainment

Port Ludlow Art League highlights artist, jeweler of month

PORT LUDLOW — The Port Ludlow Art Leagues’s artist of the month is Larry Davidson and its jeweler…

Ann Arscott's work is featured at Gallery 9.

Arts & Entertainment

Paintings, fiber featured at Gallery 9

PORT TOWNSEND — Gallery 9’s featured artists for October are Ann Arscott with acrylic paintings and April Bedermen…

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30…