Jefferson County

Dane Schoonover of Port Townsend helps his daughter Lyra, 8, learn how to skateboard at the Port Townsend Skateboard Park on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Training wheels

Dane Schoonover of Port Townsend helps his daughter Lyra, 8, learn how to skateboard at the Port Townsend Skateboard Park on Monday.… Continue reading

Dane Schoonover of Port Townsend helps his daughter Lyra, 8, learn how to skateboard at the Port Townsend Skateboard Park on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Evans to address Studium Generale East on Thursday

Bill Evans will address Studium Generale East from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday. The free lecture series is at Peninsula College’s… Continue reading

Jefferson County to update fire danger management

Officials look at models for changing, communicating restrictions

North Hood Canal chamber to host meeting Thursday

The North Hood Canal Chamber of Commerce will host a Quilcene-Brinnon Connections meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The informal business and community gathering… Continue reading

Peninsula College receives federal funds for dental hygiene program

Peninsula College has received $1.963 million for a dental hygienist program it is planning to start. The funds announced Friday are part… Continue reading

Suzy Ames

Peninsula College receives $3.9 million grant

Partners to focus on post-secondary enrollment

Suzy Ames
Children take off from the starting ropes in search of prize-filled eggs at the 46th annual KONP Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. Hundreds of youngsters took part in the event. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

And they’re off …

Youngsters around the Peninsula went in search of the Easter Bunny’s bounty at area egg hunts this weekend.… Continue reading

Children take off from the starting ropes in search of prize-filled eggs at the 46th annual KONP Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. Hundreds of youngsters took part in the event. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: For a winning garden, add Brassica to your basket

WELL, WE ARE down to the Elite Eight in basketball. And now, you can pick your own winners from the Brassica bracket, and to help… 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… Continue reading

Port Townsend Creative District Manager Mitzi Jo Gordon.

Gordon hired to manage Port Townsend Creative District

Mitzi Jo Gordon has been hired as the manager of the Port Townsend Creative District. Gordon will implement the district’s newly created… Continue reading

Port Townsend Creative District Manager Mitzi Jo Gordon.

Port Townsend hires finance, technology services director

The city of Port Townsend has hired Jodi Adams as its finance and technology services director. Adams, a Port Townsend resident who… Continue reading

Propst appointed to Olympic Workforce Development Council

Molly Propst has been appointed to the Olympic Workforce Development Council for a term that ends March 1, 2027. The Olympic Workforce… Continue reading

2024's snow water equivalent was the third lowest on record since 2000 according to data from U.S. Department of Agriculture's SNOTEL snow monitoring system. The data shows snow water equivalent levels from the Waterhole site near Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. (Courtesy image/ U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Ridge ski season to end on Sunday

Low snow levels part of growing trend

2024's snow water equivalent was the third lowest on record since 2000 according to data from U.S. Department of Agriculture's SNOTEL snow monitoring system. The data shows snow water equivalent levels from the Waterhole site near Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. (Courtesy image/ U.S. Department of Agriculture)

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

ISSUES OF FAITH: Do all roads lead to Gethsemane?

HERE WE ARE, deep in Holy Week and it is Good Friday today for those of us who walk the Christian path, our second most… Continue reading

A pileated woodpecker in Quimper West in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor. (Wendy Feltham)

More than 100 acres added to Quimper Wildlife Corridor

Land moved from state into permanent conservation through Land Trust

A pileated woodpecker in Quimper West in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor. (Wendy Feltham)
Paulo Cesar is a versatile instrumentalist, improviser, composer, arranger, orchestrator and sound engineer.

Musical, Easter egg hunts scheduled for this weekend

A Disney musical, several music performances and Easter egg hunts are set for this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. • “The Little Mermaid Jr.” will… Continue reading

Paulo Cesar is a versatile instrumentalist, improviser, composer, arranger, orchestrator and sound engineer.
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Embodying Resurrection” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in Port Townsend, 3918… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.
Artist Glo Lamson will host an Open Creative Studio at Northwind Art School at Fort Worden on Sunday. (Diane Urbani/Northwind Art)

Free open creative studio Sunday in Port Townsend

The public is invited to a free Open Creative Studio on Sunday at the nonprofit Northwind Art School at Fort Worden State… Continue reading

Artist Glo Lamson will host an Open Creative Studio at Northwind Art School at Fort Worden on Sunday. (Diane Urbani/Northwind Art)