Gesturing toward the Olympic Mountains, Erik Kingfisher of Jefferson Land Trust leads a site tour with project architect Richard Berg and Olympic Housing Trust board trustee Kristina Stimson. (Olympic Housing Trust)

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Jefferson Land Trust secures housing grant from Commerce

Partner agency now developing plans for affordable homes

Arts & Entertainment

Saltfire Theatre to stage ‘Macbeth’

PORT TOWNSEND — Saltfire Theatre will stage a production of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” with performances at 7 p.m. Fridays,…

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About 700 participants took part in the 2025 People's March on Saturday in Port Townsend.The march went from the Quimper Mercantile parking lot to Pope Marine Park, a distance of 5 blocks. Formerly known as the Women's March, the name was changed this year to the People's March in order to be more inclusive.

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People’s March in Port Townsend

About 700 participants took part in the 2025 People’s March on Saturday in Port Townsend.The march went from…

Connor Cunningham of Port Townsend, an employee of the Port of Port Townsend, hangs a sign for new business owner Lori Hanemann of Port Townsend on Friday at her shop in what was a former moorage office at Point Hudson Marina. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Shop sign

Connor Cunningham of Port Townsend, an employee of the Port of Port Townsend, hangs a sign for new…

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Readers give $108K in donations to Home Fund

Donations can be made for community grants this spring

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Work now to avoid garden problems later

WITH THE SEVEN reasons to prune last week, you should be ready to start pruning. With this in…

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Rotary — Meetings at noon on Wednesdays at the student-run Wildcat Cafe at Lincoln School,…

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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…

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Port Townsend nets $5.3 million in transportation grants

Public works considers matching funds options

Arts & Entertainment

Orchestra concert to feature Clallam County soloist

A chamber orchestra concert, an Early Music Festival concert and stage performances highlight weekend events on the North…

Arts & Entertainment

Quimper’s Watch to perform at Candlelight Concerts series

PORT TOWNSEND — Quimper’s Watch will present “Songs of the Sea” during a Candlelight Concert at 7 p.m.…

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ISSUES OF FAITH: A photograph of a place, a memory and a feeling

THEY SAY A picture is worth a thousand words. Recently, while looking through photos, I was reminded of…

Holly Hildreth of Port Townsend, center, orders a latte for the last time at the Guardhouse, a cafe at Fort Worden State Park, on Wednesday. At noon the popular cafe was to close permanently, leaving an empty space for food, drinks and restroom facilities in the park. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Fort Worden Hospitality closes business operations

Organization faced with ‘legal limbo’ because lease was rejected

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Port Townsend Food Co-op board president resigns

Rowe cites unresolved tensions, calls for change

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Recompete projects aim to close gap for workers in prime age

Goals include reducing barriers, creating up to 1,300 jobs

Opinion

PAT NEAL: A cabin fever cure

YOU DON’T HAVE to be crazy to dig razor clams in the night tides of January — but…

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Fort Worden Hospitality ceasing operations

No longer viable amid PDA financial and legal challenges

Phyllis Becker of Port Hadlock, foreground, and Wendy Davis of Port Townsend, volunteers with the Jefferson County Trash Task Force, pick up litter along Discovery Road on Sunday during the first trash pickup of the year. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Litter patrol

Phyllis Becker of Port Hadlock, foreground, and Wendy Davis of Port Townsend, volunteers with the Jefferson County Trash…

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Jefferson County defers oversight role for homelessness grant

OlyCAP will continue to be lead agency for Commerce funding

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Jefferson Conservation District seeking board candidates

PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Conservation District is accepting applications for a seat on its board of…