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Tidepools to award winners on Friday

Celebration open to the public

Arts & Entertainment

Women’s carving on display at Old Alcohol Plant Inn

PORT HADLOCK — The Northwest Stone Sculpture Association will host a Women’s Carving Event from Friday through Sunday…

Arts & Entertainment

Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra offers special guitarist, composer

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Tigran Arakelyan, will present a…

David Brownell, executive director of the North Olympic History Center, will speak at the Peninsula College Studium Generale on Thursday.

Arts & Entertainment

Studium to focus on new digital access to history center data

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic History Center is reaching for the cloud.

Neil Harrington, environmental biologist for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, said he hopes his team, with help from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, place 1,000 traps for European green crab in Sequim Bay by the end of the year. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

News

Green crab making inroads into Hood Canal

At least 1,000 traps to be set for invasive species

News

COVID cases increase, but at slower rate than before

Masks indoors still recommended, health officer says

Greg Brotherton.

Politics

Greg Brotherton seeks return to Jefferson County commission seat

Incumbent has two challengers for post

Arts & Entertainment

‘Evolving Body Metaphors’ eclectic show starts Thursday

PORT TOWNSEND — “Evolving Body Metaphors,” a show combining painting, sculpture and words, will begin Thursday.

Opinion

PAT NEAL: Traffic jam blues

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news — when plans for the biggest traffic jam in the…

Dave Harrah, a former chaplain with American Legion Post 26 in Port Townsend, leads the color guard of scouts from Troop 1480 in Chimacum, to start the Memorial Day service at Fort Worden Military Cemetery on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

News

Jefferson County Memorial Day ceremony

Dave Harrah, a former chaplain with American Legion Post 26 in Port Townsend, leads the color guard of…

News

State Department of Transportation plans repair of Big Quilcene River Bridge

Traffic to be disrupted in late June

Crime & Justice

Man sent back to jail for 6½ years

Drugs, gun found following traffic stop

Life

Jefferson County seeks volunteers for its parks board

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County is seeking two volunteers for its Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.

Life

Supply drive to benefit Foster Supports of Jefferson County

PORT ANGELES — Express Employment Professionals will host a supply drive from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays…

News

COVID cases rise but most mild

Numbers are soaring without hospitalization

Joy Wentzel

Life

Port Townsend High School librarian honored with Howard Learned Award

PORT TOWNSEND — Joy Wentzel has received the Howard Learned Award for the 2021-2022 school year.

Spencer Weber
A scene from the photo archives of the Northwest Maritime Center's Race to Alaska looks deceptively serene. The 750-mile race of unmotorized watercraft from Port Townsend to Ketchikan is on again this year.

News

Race to Alaska ready to sail

Contest resumes after two-year hiatus

Photo Andrew May.... Here is a prime example of the diversity of Dahlia's as cut flowers not only strong stems but an amazing array of colors shapes and sizes.

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t dilly-dally on dahlias

SINCE THIS IS the final Sunday in my all-time favorite month, and it’s Memorial Day weekend, full of…

"Run with the Wind" by Jeanne Joseph is one of many paintings depicting Summer Delights at the Bay Club.

Arts & Entertainment

Paintings and jewelry on display in June

PORT LUDLOW — The Port Ludlow Art League is highlighting the work of artist Ann Arscott and jeweler…

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…