Jefferson County

Book sale planned in Port Hadlock

The Friends of the Jefferson County Library will conduct a book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The sale is… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend wrestles with rate increases

Public hearing to be continued next week

Laurie de Leonne, artistic director of RainShadow Chorale, will direct concerts on Friday and Saturday.

Rainshadow Chorale to perform Saturday, Sunday

RainShadow Chorale’s fall concerts on Friday and Saturday, “Choose Something Like a Star,” highlight the music of “Frostiana,” a suite of songs… Continue reading

Laurie de Leonne, artistic director of RainShadow Chorale, will direct concerts on Friday and Saturday.
Jessica Jackson of Joyce and her son Blakely Baker, 5 months, pose for a selfie with a herd of inflatable dinosaurs ridden by employees of Port Angeles-based Eleven Eleven Dental during Tuesday’s Halloween trick-or-treating event in downtown Port Angeles. Riders were, from left, Dr. Erin Ostteen, Taylor Peabody, Krystal Feris, Emma Lindberg, Kelly Wheeleer and Alexis Perry. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Trick or treat

Jessica Jackson of Joyce and her son Blakely Baker, 5 months, pose for a selfie with a herd of inflatable dinosaurs ridden by employees of… Continue reading

Jessica Jackson of Joyce and her son Blakely Baker, 5 months, pose for a selfie with a herd of inflatable dinosaurs ridden by employees of Port Angeles-based Eleven Eleven Dental during Tuesday’s Halloween trick-or-treating event in downtown Port Angeles. Riders were, from left, Dr. Erin Ostteen, Taylor Peabody, Krystal Feris, Emma Lindberg, Kelly Wheeleer and Alexis Perry. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
John Gussman admires the High Divide view in one of the photographs in "Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain," the new book about the Olympic Peninsula. Gussman credits his wife, Cath Hickey, for this photo.

‘Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain’ reading Thursday in Port Townsend

Stories, photos span North Olympic Peninsula

John Gussman admires the High Divide view in one of the photographs in "Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain," the new book about the Olympic Peninsula. Gussman credits his wife, Cath Hickey, for this photo.

Hood Canal Bridge delays planned on Thursday

The Hood Canal Bridge on state Highway 104 will repeatedly open and close from 10 p.m. Thursday to 12:01 a.m. Friday. Maintenance crews… Continue reading

Otto Kildegaard. with Boxes

Port Townsend Woodworkers show this weekend

The Port Townsend Woodworkers Show is back this weekend. The 18th annual Port Townsend Woodworkers Show will be open from 11 a.m.… Continue reading

Otto Kildegaard. with Boxes

Jefferson commissioners to conduct budget workshop

The Board of Jefferson County Commissioners will conduct a biennial budget workshop during a special meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday. The hybrid… Continue reading

Mike Glenn.

Jefferson Healthcare CEO new board chair for state association

Position helps guide policy, clinical areas for care systems

Mike Glenn.
A paranormal fan looks at a monitor showing an image from a infrared camera set up in a room at the School House at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday night in the hopes of catching a ghostly image of a spirit passing through the room during a paranormal investigation as part of the Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend weekend by the Port Townsend Main Street Association. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Paranormal investigation

A paranormal fan looks at a monitor showing an image from a infrared camera set up in a room at the School House at Fort… Continue reading

A paranormal fan looks at a monitor showing an image from a infrared camera set up in a room at the School House at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday night in the hopes of catching a ghostly image of a spirit passing through the room during a paranormal investigation as part of the Haunted Histories and Mysteries of Port Townsend weekend by the Port Townsend Main Street Association. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Trick or treating set for Tuesday

Downtowns across the North Olympic Peninsula will be full of children in Halloween consumes on Tuesday afternoon. Other activities also are planned, both this weekend… Continue reading

Woman in custody after death

Caretaker investigated for second-degree murder

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let late fall catch you out in the cold

AS WE MOVE into November, I believe it is safe to say the weather has changed to winter-like conditions. The fall rain pattern has started.… Continue reading

Downtown trick-or-treating, other activities set on Peninsula

Little monsters will be out in force on Tuesday in downtowns across the North Olympic Peninsula during trick or treating on Halloween. Other activities also… Continue reading

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 DelGuzzi Drive (off… Continue reading

Holocaust survivor tells of man who saved thousands

PORT ANGELES —Laureen Nussbaum will offer a reading from “Shedding our Stars: The Story of Hans Calmeyer and How He Saved Thousands of Families Like… Continue reading

Photo by Judy Depree
Prize ride participant Yvonne Degrassi Craig at one of the trail’s viewpoints.

HORSEPLAY: OP is alive again with equine events

ISN’T IT NICE to see folks taking part in group activities again after the pandemic shut down? Back Country Horseman’s Peninsula Chapter’s been as busy… Continue reading

Photo by Judy Depree
Prize ride participant Yvonne Degrassi Craig at one of the trail’s viewpoints.

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

Traffic shift on Highway 20 starts Monday

PORT TOWNSEND – Travelers who use state Highway 20 near Port Townsend will find a traffic shift at Kearney Street, beginning Monday. Westbound travelers on… Continue reading