Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

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

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…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Spring into action with gardening chores

NEXT MONDAY, MARCH 20, at 2:24 p.m., Spring officially begins here on the Peninsula!

Sequim Equestrian Team won 1st place in 10 events at its second of three Washington High School Equestrian Team meets, held Feb. 24-26, at Grays Harbor Fairgrounds indoor area. Competing with borrowed horses in Showmanship were Katelynn Sharp, left, with Nikki (coach Keri’s horse) and Celbie Karjalainen with Pistol.Sequim Equestrian Team won 1st place in 10 events at its second of three Washington High School Equestrian Team meets, held Feb. 24-26, at Grays Harbor Fairgrounds indoor area. Competing with borrowed horses in Showmanship were Katelynn Sharp, left, with Nikki (coach Keri’s horse) and Celbie Karjalainen with Pistol (Coach Katie’s horse). (Photo courtesy of KATIE SALMON-NEWTON)

Life

HORSEPLAY: Cold weather for Washington High School Equestrian Meet

ARE Y’ALL TIRED of the freezing cold temperatures? March 20 is officially the first day of Spring. I…

Wayne King

News

Former PUD commissioner, Wayne King, remembered

King died at age of 81

News

District 24 scorecard

By Paul Gottlieb

Paul Gottlieb/For Peninsula Daily News
Sen. Kevin Van De Wege is pictured during Senate deliberations before voting on a hospital staffing bill.

News

Peninsula hospitals exempt from bill

Staffing legislation that passed Senate opposed by district’s senator

Crime & Justice

Fourth sentenced in drug ring run from OCC

FORKS — The last of four people involved in a drug smuggling operation in 2021 at the minimum-security…

NW Landworks personnel removed large areas of invasive plants in Fort Worden. (Friends of Fort Worden)

News

Heavy machinery called in to remove invasive plants

English ivy vines, blackberry bushes ‘strangling trees’

News

Port of Port Townsend looks at busy year for projects

Parking at Point Hudson sparks discussion

Pictured is David Whitney, ECHHO board chair, presenting the award to Gormly.

Life

ECHHO volunteer honored

The Ecumenical Christian Helping Hands Organization (ECHHO) recently presented the Bruce and Jeanette Travis Award to Margie Gormly,…

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

Life

Service set for Unity in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Principles of Hope, Part I” at 11 a.m. Sunday

News

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Counties to consider a multi-state settlement with five opioid distributors

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

Retired contractor Dave Merrill of Sequim uses a nail gun Wednesday to demonstrate the proper and safe nailing technique to a group of 14 Community Build volunteers who will soon build 10 tiny homes on property owned by New Life Church in Port Townsend. The houses will go to the Caswell-Brown Village managed by Olympic Community Action Programs. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Volunteers begin another build of shelters for unhoused

Structures will go to Caswell-Brown Village near Port Townsend

News

Economic development program details unveiled

Group told innovation cluster program could transform economy

News

Nine clusters detailed

The Washington State Innovation Cluster Accelerator is a multi-year program that so far has developed nine clusters:

Del Brummet will present “Plants for a Better Planet with Great Plant Picks” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Arts & Entertainment

Yard and garden lecture series set

PORT TOWNSEND — Del Brummet will present “Plants for a Better Planet with Great Plant Picks” from 10…

Arts & Entertainment

Garden tools maintenance workshop set

PORT TOWNSEND — A garden tool maintenance workshop is set for 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Workers install rigging atop the 60-foot-tall foremast on the 133-year-old historic tall ship Adventuress. The ship has been on the hard at the Port Townsend Boat Haven since last December and is expected to go in the water by the end of the week. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Rigging installation

Workers install rigging atop the 60-foot-tall foremast on the 133-year-old historic tall ship Adventuress.

News

Bridge closures prompt Port Townsend letter

Impacts to business, emergencies outlined