Jefferson County

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

Chimacum Ridge seeks board members

Members to write policy, balance values, chair says

Home and kitchen tour highlights weekend events

A home and kitchen tour, stage and music performances and a barn dance are set for this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula. • The… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Next steps for the Christian Church

WELL, IT LOOKS like we (that is, the Christian church) have gotten through yet another Easter with its trumpets and alleluias and light, a journey… Continue reading

Jefferson Transit Authority to expand Kingston Express route

Jefferson Transit Authority has announced expanded service on its Kingston Express route beginning May 5. The route currently completes two round trips… Continue reading

Eponine Bertucci-Kenyon, left, and teaching artist Michele Soderstrom show off the hands they painted for Bertucci-Kenyon’s piece in the Student Wearable Art Show. The show has two performances Saturday afternoon at the Port Townsend High School auditorium. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)

Student wearable art show set for Saturday

It’s a story, a sculpture and a vision: Each Student Wearable Art Show piece, teacher Margie McDonald said, is the finish line… Continue reading

Eponine Bertucci-Kenyon, left, and teaching artist Michele Soderstrom show off the hands they painted for Bertucci-Kenyon’s piece in the Student Wearable Art Show. The show has two performances Saturday afternoon at the Port Townsend High School auditorium. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Water to Wine Through Love” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.
From left to right, Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding students Krystol Pasecznyk and Scott McNair sand a Prothero Sloop with Sean Koomen, the school’s boat building program director. Koomen said the sanding would take one person a few days. He said the plan is to have 12 people sand it together, which will take a few hours. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Wooden boatbuilding school building ‘Twin Boats’

Students using traditional and cold-moulding construction techniques

From left to right, Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding students Krystol Pasecznyk and Scott McNair sand a Prothero Sloop with Sean Koomen, the school’s boat building program director. Koomen said the sanding would take one person a few days. He said the plan is to have 12 people sand it together, which will take a few hours. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)
Prevailing wage by trade across multiple counties in Washington state.

Prevailing wages are driving up housing

Administrative burden may decrease competition

Prevailing wage by trade across multiple counties in Washington state.

Drug takeback day set across Peninsula on Saturday

Law enforcement agencies across the North Olympic Peninsula are poised to take part in National Drug Takeback Day. The annual collection program provides an opportunity… Continue reading

Public meeting set to meet administrator candidates

Jefferson County will host a public meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday to introduce the four candidates under consideration for the county administrator… Continue reading

Antonieta Carpio, left, has the title role while Olivia Pedroza provides the music for “Carmelita,” opening this week at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend. (Mel Carter)

‘A woman with such ferocity’ on Key City stage

Season’s final show opens this week

Antonieta Carpio, left, has the title role while Olivia Pedroza provides the music for “Carmelita,” opening this week at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend. (Mel Carter)

Candlelight Concerts series to present ‘Classical Connections’

Michelle Huang will present “Classical Connections” at the Candlelight Concerts series at 7 p.m. Thursday. The series, at Trinity United Methodist Church,… Continue reading

Interfund loan to pay for Port Townsend meter replacement

City will repay over four years; work likely this winter

PAT NEAL: Fond memories of opening day

ONE OF MY many guilty pleasures is to look through copies of old newspapers as a way of looking backwards. For example, in a 1965… Continue reading

Mike Glenn.

Take care of rural communities, hospitals

SAY WHAT YOU want about the efforts to downsize the government in Washington, D.C., and balance the budget in Olympia, but make no mistake, healthcare… Continue reading

Mike Glenn.
Rikki Rodger, left, holds a foam float, and Mark Stevenson and Sara Ybarra Lopez drop off 9.2 pounds of trash and debris they collected at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend during the Port Townsend Marine Science Center Earth Day Beach Cleanup event Saturday at Fort Worden State Park. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Beach cleanup

Rikki Rodger, left, holds a foam float, and Mark Stevenson and Sara Ybarra Lopez drop off 9.2 pounds of trash and debris they collected at… Continue reading

Rikki Rodger, left, holds a foam float, and Mark Stevenson and Sara Ybarra Lopez drop off 9.2 pounds of trash and debris they collected at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend during the Port Townsend Marine Science Center Earth Day Beach Cleanup event Saturday at Fort Worden State Park. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County adjusts budget appropriations

Money for parks, coroner and substance abuse treatment in jail

Motorcycle rider airlifted to Seattle hospital

A Sequim man was airlifted to a Seattle hospital after his motorcycle went down on state Highway 104. Cole Smithson, 20, was traveling… Continue reading

Emily Randall.

Randall reflects on first 100 days

Public engagement cited as top priority

Emily Randall.