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ISSUES OF FAITH: Try to embrace the science of kindness

There is an embrace of kindness that encompasses all life, even yours.

Singer Sam Chase, seen at a mural in Eugene, Ore., will give a free online performance Friday via the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts' YouTube channel. (Photo courtesy The Sam Chase)

Arts & Entertainment

Singer-guitarist to perform free virtual concert

Live streams make trying times bearable for rock musician

Classic sailboats, like this one in 2017's Shipwrights' Regatta, will race on Port Townsend Bay in a 2021 event this Saturday. (Peninsula Daily News file)

Arts & Entertainment

Shipwrights’ Regatta sails away Saturday

Entrants can sign up until noon

News

Jefferson County sets forums on running for office

PORT TOWNSEND — The League of Women Voters of Jefferson County will present a series of presentations for…

News

COVID cases confirmed in people in 30s, 40s

Upcoming vaccination clinics set

Port Townsend City Manager John Mauro.

News

City of Port Townsend releases first annual report

Finances, housing and flexibility highlighted

Julia Cochrane helped open the Winter Welcoming Center in downtown Port Townsend's Pope Marine Building this month. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Life

Welcoming Center gives shelter from cold

Social distancing practiced in Pope Marine Building

Washington state poet laureate Claudia Castro Luna, seen at Fort Worden's Wheeler Theater in summer 2019, will give a free online reading Thursday via Northwind Art. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Arts & Entertainment

Former, present poets laureate to read work

Special presentation offered free online Thursday

Opinion

PAT NEAL: A poisonous past

What started as a simple quest to dig a bucket of clams was not as simple as it…

News

Beaches upgraded for shellfishing

Strait of Juan De Fuca beaches from Low Point/Lyre River east to Discovery Bay have been opened to…

Arts & Entertainment

Candlelight Concert to feature Port Townsend duo

PORT TOWNSEND — Chris Gilbert and Jay McHagar will perform at the Candlelight Concert Online series at Trinity…

News

Clallam, Jefferson counties making headway on shots

Peninsula vaccination clinics coming up

Linda Rosenbury has been named superintendent of the Port Townsend School District.

News

Chimacum, Port Townsend school districts choose new superintendents

Both set to begin work July 1

Politics

Clallam County joins Jefferson County in opposition to health bill

Commissioners want to keep local control

Matt Peaverly of Portland, Ore., helps his wife Grace with her dive gear before they go diving at the Marine Science Center at Fort Worden State Park on Monday. The couple, along with another diver, went diving at various sites during the weekend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Gear check

Matt Peaverly of Portland, Ore., helps his wife Grace with her dive gear before they go diving at…

Crime & Justice

Man leads Jefferson County deputies on high-speed chase

Pursuit from Discovery Bay to Quilcene reaches 80 to 100 mph

News

Jefferson Commissioners reschedule meeting for today

Meeting canceled Monday due to hardware failure

News

COVID-19 variants found in Washington state

The South African variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in King County, and local health officials are urging…

Erica Bauermeister writes about her Port Townsend home in "House Lessons," the city's 2021 Community Read. photo by Ben Bauermeister

Arts & Entertainment

Community Read book describes renovating exterior and inner spaces

Free events begin March 1

Congressman Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor.

Politics

Kilmer: Bill key to infrastructure

Legislation will be part of recovery effort, he says