Jefferson County

Father’s Day events, Rakers Car Show this week

Special Father’s Day events in Brinnon and Sequim and the annual Rakers Car Show in Port Townsend are among the upcoming activities on the North… Continue reading

Graduation ceremonies set on Peninsula this weekend

North Olympic Peninsula graduation and commencement ceremonies are set this weekend. The region’s 10 high schools and Peninsula College are celebrating the class of 2018,… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Learn from the past or risk repeating it

IN NUMBERS 11: 1-29, a recent Torah portion read in Jewish communities, the Israelites are wandering the desert complaining about the lack of food and… Continue reading

Pinning ceremony Saturday

The public is invited to attend Peninsula College’s Medical Assisting Program annual pinning ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday. Graduates from prior years… Continue reading

QUUF minister retires in Port Townsend

QUUF minister retires in Port Townsend

The Reverend Bruce A. Bode, senior minister at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship since 2004, retired Sunday. At church services that morning,… Continue reading

QUUF minister retires in Port Townsend
Summer reading programs kick off at libraries in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Summer reading programs kick off at libraries in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Clallam County public libraries, the Port Townsend Public Library and the Jefferson County Library plan a variety of activities this summer that encourage reading, inspire… Continue reading

Summer reading programs kick off at libraries in Clallam, Jefferson counties

Tours tell of history of Port Townsend

The Jefferson County Historical Society walking tours of Port Townsend’s historic districts have begun for the summer season and will continue through… Continue reading

Race to Alaska begins today; sailors party, prepare

Race to Alaska begins today; sailors party, prepare

A fleet of sailors was making last-minute preparations Wednesday for today’s 5 a.m. start of the fourth annual Race to Alaska. A… Continue reading

Race to Alaska begins today; sailors party, prepare
Mourners plan vigils for family: Brinnon fire kills all five members

Mourners plan vigils for family: Brinnon fire kills all five members

Residents in Brinnon mourning the loss of a family of five who died in a cabin fire over the weekend are preparing to… Continue reading

Mourners plan vigils for family: Brinnon fire kills all five members

PAT NEAL: The fish duck blues

THERE’S NOTHING LIKE spending the night along one of our rivers where it is still possible to experience one of the rarest things on Earth:… Continue reading

Competitors gear up for Race to Alaska

Competitors gear up for Race to Alaska

The inside passage to Ketchikan, Alaska soon will be filled with dreamers set upon winning a race that rewards first place with… Continue reading

Competitors gear up for Race to Alaska
Good Samaritan rescues three from burning boat

Good Samaritan rescues three from burning boat

Three boaters were rescued by a good Samaritan vessel Monday afternoon after the 40-foot boat they were on caught fire and sank… Continue reading

Good Samaritan rescues three from burning boat

Donations fund new Habitat home

Four long-time Habitat for Humanity supporters and numerous community members raised $70,158 to build a home in the Habitat neighborhood of Birkenfeld… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: State’s 2nd large-scale drill slated … and other items

Initial planning for the second Cascadia Rising disaster drill has begun, according to KREM-TV. Geologists have said it’s only a matter of time… Continue reading

Winners finish Seventy48 race in under 10 hours

Winners finish Seventy48 race in under 10 hours

Under a star-filled sky and on calm seas, Epic, a kayak team from Bellingham, won the inaugural Seventy48 race by arriving at… Continue reading

Winners finish Seventy48 race in under 10 hours
Monroe family identified as victims in Brinnon cabin explosion

Monroe family identified as victims in Brinnon cabin explosion

Officials are calling the explosion that left a family of five from Monroe dead in Brinnon early Sunday morning a “tragic accident.” Jefferson… Continue reading

Monroe family identified as victims in Brinnon cabin explosion
U.S. Supreme Court tie favors state culvert replacement

U.S. Supreme Court tie favors state culvert replacement

Washington state must continue restoring salmon habitat by removing barriers that block fish migration after the U.S.… Continue reading

U.S. Supreme Court tie favors state culvert replacement

NEWS BRIEFS: Murray staffer to present in Port Townsend … and other items

PT Indivisible will host Colleen Bryan, Kitsap and Olympic Peninsula director for U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, for a 5 p.m. presentation today.… Continue reading

Inaugural Seventy48 race draws chef, many others

Inaugural Seventy48 race draws chef, many others

Jefferson Healthcare’s Executive Chef Arran Stark is known for delivering oatmeal via paddleboard to the Race To Alaska participants in the wee… Continue reading

Inaugural Seventy48 race draws chef, many others
Swaziland youth’s attempt to come to U.S. rejected

Swaziland youth’s attempt to come to U.S. rejected

Efforts to bring Walter Maphalala, a 19-year-old student, from Swaziland to the Northwest have been rejected by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration… Continue reading

Swaziland youth’s attempt to come to U.S. rejected