Suzy Elbow hiking in eastern Oregon's Wallowa Mountains.

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New Americorps service member joins Fort Worden staff

PORT TOWNSEND — Suzy Elbow has joined the staff at Fort Worden State Park as an AmeriCorps service…

photo Andrew may       With the Arctic blast coming many sensitive plants could be at risk and require a vegetative mulch on top of them. Here I took the opportunity to make a decorative display  as the thermal mulch over our Gunnera. December is the ideal time to prune your evergreens!

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A GROWING CONCERN: Protect plants from winter chills

I HOPE THAT for all of you, Christmas was merry and full of joy! I hope that, in…

Jan Whitlow’s equine family gather around her in a circle wearing their new waterproof blankets to help protect them from freezing cold, wind and rain that would flatten their otherwise thick and fluffy winter top-coat that serves as an insulator to keep their bodies warm.  From left are Thunder, Mulla the mini-mule, Orion, Patch, Teddy and Shetland pony Belle. (Karen Griffiths/for Peninsula Daily News)

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HORSEPLAY: Advice for blanketing horses for winter

SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS AND frost in the lowlands greeted us Tuesday morning, Dec. 21, Winter Solstice and the first…

Mark Senffner of Portland, Ore., helps daughter Fionn, 3 ½, with her mittens during a Christmas Eve visit to Chetzemoka Park in Port Townsend. The pleasant but chilly weather on Friday turned colder on Saturday with overnight snow forecast. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Christmas Eve fun at Chetzemoka Park

Mark Senffner of Portland, Ore., helps daughter Fionn, 3½, with her mittens during a Christmas Eve visit to…

Jefferson County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Andy Pernsteiner, left, and Daltry Lammers, 12, of Chimacum greeted droves of people outside the Tri-Area Community Center in Chimacum on Saturday afternoon, where volunteers dished up 498 Christmas meals to go. Many people made reservations, organizer Rita Hubbard said, but quite a few called on Christmas Day asking if they could have a takeout dinner. "Come right now and we'll get you fed," Hubbard told the last-minute callers.  Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Chimacum Christmas meals

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department Undersheriff Andy Pernsteiner, left, and Daltry Lammers, 12, of Chimacum greeted droves of people…

Winter Welcoming Center staffer Lisa Anderson greets Half-Pint, the terrier who spends mornings at the center in Port Townsend's Pope Marine Building. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Bitter cold blowing into Peninsula

Warming centers prepared

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Here are places to get warm on the North Olympic Peninsula

Agencies provide shelter

Nearly a foot of snow fell in areas of the North Olympic Peninsula, including a neighborhood near Golf Course Road in Port Angeles. (Brian McLean/Peninsula Daily News)

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Winter storm turns off heat for many, drops more than a foot of snow in some areas of Peninsula

Entire Peninsula in deep freeze

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: County to participate in statewide meeting

The Washington State Association of Counties will hear a weekly update on COVID-19 when they meet at noon…

Erin Reading is cofounder of the Port Townsend Psychedelic Society, which seeks the decriminalization of psilocybin mushrooms and psychoactive plants. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend Council makes entheogens low police priority

Psychedelic Society gets its wish

Two literary gingerbread houses, one inspired by Sophie Blackall's book "Hello Lighthouse" and one titled "The Sasquatch Who Stole Christmas," are among the 18 edible edifices on display at the Port Townsend Library, 1220 Lawrence St. For details about the Uptown Gingerbread Contest, which will accept its last entries on Tuesday, see ptpubliclibrary.org. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Gingerbread houses at Port Townsend Library

Two literary gingerbread houses, one inspired by Sophie Blackall’s book “Hello Lighthouse” and one titled “The Sasquatch Who…

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92 calls affected during 9-1-1 outage in seven counties

The Associated Press

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Severe weather on the way

Forecast calls for 3-11 inches of snow; warming centers open on Peninsula

Fireworks detonate as the anchor is raised during one of Port Townsend’s First Night celebrations in this file photo.(Peninsula Daily News)

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First Night returns to downtown Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — Hundreds of samples of soup, four kinds of live music and a whole lot of…

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County adopts new redistricting plan

Commissioners approve it unanimously

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Some snow expected on Christmas

Icy conditions predicted over weekend

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Food bank fundraiser set today

Ugly Christmas sweater party-fundraiser for the Jefferson County Food Banks

Santa Claus, flanked by elf-firefighters Tammy Ridgway and Michael Archuleta, is traveling around Port Townsend and Port Hadlock this week, handing out candy canes and stuffed toys from East Jefferson Fire & Rescue battalion chief Justin Clouse’s heavily decorated truck. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Santa makes his rounds

Firefighters turn into elves in Port Townsend, Port Hadlock

A crane and a crew guide the Pat’s Place kitchen building — divided in half — onto a truck headed for the new transitional housing village in Port Townsend on Tuesday morning. Bayside Housing & Services hopes to open the self-governed and -contained village next month. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Kitchen commons added to Pat’s Place

Bayside aims for January move-in date

Port Townsend Mayor Michelle Sandoval.

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Port Townsend City Council OKs buy for new housing

Public comments in enthusiastic support