Site Logo
Port Townsend Main Street Program volunteers Kate Dwyer, rear, prune a flannel tree while Paulette Dell’Ario plants a marigold during a Saturday Earth Day event at the Adams Street Park in downtown Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Top News

Earth Day touchups

Port Townsend Main Street Program volunteers Kate Dwyer, rear, prune a flannel tree while Paulette Dell’Ario plants a…

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m.…

News

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Commissioners to consider lodging tax grants

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Cut water useage by design

JUST TWO MONTHS ago, I was already sounding the alarm about this year’s water shortages. Now the state…

Business

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…

Arts & Entertainment

Earth Day event set for Wednesday at Finnriver

CHIMACUM — Local 20/20 will observe Earth Day from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Suzanne Clark of Port Townsend watches as her 10-year-old Australian shepherd, Pirate, chases after a big orange ball during an exercise outing at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Top News

Having a ball

Suzanne Clark of Port Townsend watches as her 10-year-old Australian shepherd, Pirate, chases after a big orange ball…

Top News

Districts may join for Advanced Life Support program

Jefferson fire departments may ask voters for lid lift

News

High levels of neurotoxin found at Lake Leland

PORT TOWNSEND — High levels of the nerve toxin Anatoxin-A were measured in water samples collected from Lake…

From left, Bill Niekamp of Port Townsend, Ed Derusha of Tacoma and Thom Johnson of Port Townsend look for a great horned owl and her three chicks nestled in the trees at Fort Worden State Park. The appearance of the owls has been the talk of the neighborhood, according to passersby. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Top News

Great horned owl sighting

From left, Bill Niekamp of Port Townsend, Ed Derusha of Tacoma and Thom Johnson of Port Townsend look…

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: A new old idea: Living in tolerance

AS YOU ARE reading this, I will be in southern Spain for a long awaited and several-time-postponed trip.…

Arts & Entertainment

Ludlow Village Players to host two-act play

Stage performances, a poetry reading and a genealogy class highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula.

News

One injured after dump truck collides with 4Runner

PORT TOWNSEND — One man was airlifted to an Everett hospital after the driver of a dump truck…

Crime & Justice

Sequim man arrested in drug-related investigation

PORT LUDLOW — A Sequim man was arrested on investigation of multiple drug-related charges after a state trooper…

Arts & Entertainment

Band to unveil Magic Caterpillar Bus at Finnriver event

CHIMACUM — Abracadabra Trip will unveil its Magic Caterpillar Bus before an Earth Day concert from 5 p.m.…

Singer-songwriter Tish Hinojosa will perform Wednesday at Fort Worden’s Rainshadow Recording.

Arts & Entertainment

Singer-songwriter to perform during Rainshadow Concerts series

PORT TOWNSEND — Tish Hinojosa will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday during the Rainshadow Concerts series at Rainshadow…

Top News

Funding secured for Port Townsend recreation center

Options considered for long-term dollars

A worker from Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC, cuts back branches on Kearney Street in Port Townsend to clear the way for a future Jefferson County Public Utility District fiber optics cable. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Top News

Tree trimming

A worker from Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC, cuts back branches on Kearney Street in Port Townsend to clear…

Mark Hodgson.

Top News

Hodgson joins race for 24th Legislative District

Five candidates vying for Tharinger’s seat

Top News

Port Townsend sends counteroffer for appeal on comprehensive plan

City cites three reasons in its rejection of AHPT’s settlement proposal