Life

A GROWING CONCERN: A gardening list of naughty and nice

HERE IT IS, midway through December already! Santa is compiling his list to see who has been naughty…

News

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Budget planning set for boards, commissions

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

During Living Well Farm’s Halloween Party students, such as Autumn Silva, with Penny, wore costumes and took part in fun events like apple bobbing, obstacle course and pumpkin carving.

Life

HORSEPLAY: Horses, riders both ‘Living Well’ at riding school

WHO’S LIVING THEIR best life at Living Well Farm Riding School? It’s the horses of course! I asked…

News

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…

The Wintertide Festival of Lights is set for 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday in Webster’s Woods at the
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. (PORT ANGELES FINE ARTS CENTER)

Arts & Entertainment

Artists to light up music, stage performances

Music and stage performances, art shows and other forms of entertainment are set for this weekend on the…

News

Military accepting public comment on environmental impact statement

SILVERDALE — The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard are accepting public comment regarding the environmental impact of…

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Coalition working to expand system

Anderson Lake section of ODT to open in ’26

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Jefferson PUD cost of service study suggests increases

Biggest impact would be on sewer customers

Arts & Entertainment

TAKE3 to play at Port Ludlow Performing Arts

PORT LUDLOW — TAKE3 will perform at Port Ludlow Performing Arts at 2 p.m. Sunday.

News

ISSUES OF FAITH: Find the wonder in the wait

IT’S MID-DECEMBER, BUT I have been thinking about what to write for this column ever since I first…

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

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Speaker set at Unity in Port Townsend for weekend service

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Love Enlightens Hearts” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

Patrick Zolpi-Mikols, a park aide with Fort Worden State Park, gathers and removes leaves covering the storm drains after an atmospheric river rainstorm early Wednesday morning in Port Townsend. A flood warning was issued by the National Weather Service until 11:11 a.m. today for the Elwha River at the McDonald Bridge in Clallam County. With the flood stage at 20 feet, the Elwha River was projected to rise to 23.3 feet late Wednesday afternoon and then fall below flood stage just after midnight. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Cleaning storm drains

Patrick Zolpi-Mikols, a park aide with Fort Worden State Park, gathers and removes leaves covering the storm drains…

Port Townsend School District’s Food Service Director Shannon Gray in the Salish Coast production garden’s hoop house. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend schools’ food program thriving

Staff growing produce, cooking meals from scratch

Arts & Entertainment

Wild Rose Chorale to set to perform Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — Wild Rose Chorale will perform “Christmas in the Air” at 3 p.m. Saturday.

News

Brake failure leads to collision on west end of Hood Canal Bridge

SHINE — A semi-truck towing a garbage truck suffered brake failure and struck another vehicle on state Highway…

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Five-year plan to address Jefferson County homelessness

Action steps assigned to jurisdictions, providers

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Navy security exercise slated for Wednesday at Indian Island

PORT HADLOCK — Naval Magazine Indian Island will conduct a security training exercise today.

Opinion

PAT NEAL: Interpreting the weather report

ONCE UPON A time, anthropologists somehow determined that the Eskimos have 50 different words for snow.

Santa greets well wishers who showed up at Haller Fountain in Port Townsend on Saturday to witness the lighting of the community Christmas tree. About four hundred fans of all ages turned out for the annual event. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Community celebration

Santa greets well wishers who showed up at Haller Fountain in Port Townsend on Saturday to witness the…

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Jefferson County is expected to make cuts to staff, services

$5.2M deficit brought down to $1.1M; vote expected on Dec. 22