Jefferson County

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi… Continue reading

Photo by Emily Bishop

Cutline: Suzanna Bishop’s horse Dru happily walks away after head butting the scary “Giant Chicken Monster” at a fun-filled obstacle course hosted by JeffCo’s 4-H Horse Club.

HORSEPLAY: Scaring is caring. Halloween is for horses, too.

HIGH WINDS BLOWING debris wildly through the air on an overcast day can be scary to a horse, especially when asking him to walk through… Continue reading

Photo by Emily Bishop

Cutline: Suzanna Bishop’s horse Dru happily walks away after head butting the scary “Giant Chicken Monster” at a fun-filled obstacle course hosted by JeffCo’s 4-H Horse Club.

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading

Housing considered at Port Townsend workshop

Participants favor higher-density alternatives

ISSUES OF FAITH: Finding hope in dark times

HOPE HAS BEEN on my mind for the past few days. What a contrast between hope and despair. One recognizes sunlight among dark clouds, and… Continue reading

Ben Thomas, a Seattle-based bandoneonist and composer, will premiere a new work with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra on Sunday.

Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra to open season Sunday

The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra will open its new season with a concert at 2 p.m. Sunday. The free event, directed by… Continue reading

Ben Thomas, a Seattle-based bandoneonist and composer, will premiere a new work with the Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra on Sunday.

Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra, Sequim City Band to host performances

Music concerts, stage productions and a community food drive highlight weekend events on the Peninsula. • The Haunted Bordello will return to Port Townsend with… Continue reading

 Christina Baldwin

Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

Christina Baldwin will present “Spiritual Practices for These Times” during services at 11 a.m. Sunday. Baldwin is the guest speaker at Unity… Continue reading

 Christina Baldwin
Craig Warden and wife Morgana of Port Townsend spend Saturday afternoon looking for the perfect pumpkin for holiday cooking and decorating at the Dharma Ridge Farm off Center Road in Chimacum Valley. The patch will be open at least one more weekend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Pumpkin hunting

Craig Warden and wife Morgana of Port Townsend spend Saturday afternoon looking for the perfect pumpkin for holiday cooking and decorating at the Dharma Ridge… Continue reading

Craig Warden and wife Morgana of Port Townsend spend Saturday afternoon looking for the perfect pumpkin for holiday cooking and decorating at the Dharma Ridge Farm off Center Road in Chimacum Valley. The patch will be open at least one more weekend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

5 acres gifted to Jefferson County animal shelter

Jefferson County vets call it ‘central location’

Port of Port Townsend examines its 2025 budget plans

More than 50 percent of capital budget to be Boat Haven projects

Shellfish harvesting closure partially lifted in Discovery Bay

Jefferson County Public Health has partially lifted its closure of shellfish harvesting from Discovery Bay. Those areas had been closed to harvesting… Continue reading

Workers guide a new 125-foot-long, 1,500-pound section of stormwater drain pipe into a trench above the Larry Scott Trail on Tuesday in Port Townsend. The new pipe is bigger and made from a different material than the PVC that it replaced. Last winter, the old pipe fractured in places due to weather and caused dirt and rocks to slide onto the trail. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Pipe installation

Workers guide a new 125-foot-long, 1,500-pound section of stormwater drain pipe into a trench above the Larry Scott Trail on Tuesday in Port Townsend. The… Continue reading

Workers guide a new 125-foot-long, 1,500-pound section of stormwater drain pipe into a trench above the Larry Scott Trail on Tuesday in Port Townsend. The new pipe is bigger and made from a different material than the PVC that it replaced. Last winter, the old pipe fractured in places due to weather and caused dirt and rocks to slide onto the trail. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PAT NEAL: Predicting the coming winter

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (NOAA) issued its 2024-25 U.S. Winter Outlook. It was not a… Continue reading

Peter Mulvey to play concert at Palindrome

Peter Mulvey will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday. The concert will be in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller… Continue reading

PT City Council votes to oppose I-2117

State to spend $3.2B from Climate Commitment Act in biennium

Bagrat Tsurkan (vocals) in center. Clockwise from the bottom left, Volodymyr Gitin (clarinet), Andrei Okhramovich (trumpet), Yaroslav Besh (trombone), Sergei Poltorak (percussion), Oleg Vasianovich (accordion) and Viktor Kirilov (acoustic guitar).

Ukrainian folk band to perform Saturday

Kommuna Lux will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Palindrome at Eaglemount Cidery, 1893 S. Jacob Miller Road in Port Townsend.… Continue reading

Bagrat Tsurkan (vocals) in center. Clockwise from the bottom left, Volodymyr Gitin (clarinet), Andrei Okhramovich (trumpet), Yaroslav Besh (trombone), Sergei Poltorak (percussion), Oleg Vasianovich (accordion) and Viktor Kirilov (acoustic guitar).
The section of state Highway 20 leading into downtown Port Townsend is aglow with autumn color from the early morning sunshine reflecting off the poplar trees that line the roadway. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Fall colors

The section of state Highway 20 leading into downtown Port Townsend is aglow with autumn color from the early morning sunshine reflecting off the poplar… Continue reading

The section of state Highway 20 leading into downtown Port Townsend is aglow with autumn color from the early morning sunshine reflecting off the poplar trees that line the roadway. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)