Jefferson County

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Luncheon meetings are usually Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave. This Wednesday’s gathering features… Continue reading

Chimacum superintendent discusses discipline concerns

Chimacum superintendent discusses discipline concerns

Addressing the discipline issues raised by numerous Chimacum High School parents has become Chimacum School District Superintendent Rick Thompson’s top priority, he said.… Continue reading

Chimacum superintendent discusses discipline concerns
Jefferson County commissioners discuss needs with state lawmakers

Jefferson County commissioners discuss needs with state lawmakers

Jefferson County commissioners told state lawmakers that the county needs help with funding and with affordable housing. They met Wednesday night with… Continue reading

Jefferson County commissioners discuss needs with state lawmakers
Sections of Olympic Discovery Trail completed

Sections of Olympic Discovery Trail completed

Trail users, elected officials and conservationists celebrated the opening of new sections of the Olympic Discovery Trail on Friday. The ribbon cutting… Continue reading

Sections of Olympic Discovery Trail completed

Click here for today’s e-edition of the Peninsula Daily News

Due to vendor issues, the e-edition of today’s Peninsula Daily News is not available in its usual place on our homepage. The following links will… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Remember the dos and don’ts of winter gardening

BECAUSE WE ALL are going over our lists and checking them twice, I thought I would chime in with a list of my own. As… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Contagious diseases affect Jefferson County

BACK WHEN: Contagious diseases affect Jefferson County

THE JEFFERSON COUNTY Historical Society Research Center recently added a donation of scrapbooks containing clippings on the variety of community health and safety issues that… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Contagious diseases affect Jefferson County

BIRD WATCH: Remembering 50 years of birdwatching

WELL, DEC. 6 came and went. Rockets didn’t explode overhead and there were no champagne corks popping. I did remember what day it was —… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Keep a checklist of questions to ask

MOST OF US, at one time or another and whether we like it or not, end up in a hospital. Coincidentally, many of us don’t… Continue reading

Signs of change: Stop now means stop in Port Townsend

Signs of change: Stop now means stop in Port Townsend

Drivers in Port Townsend now have to stop at all stop signs — which hasn’t been the case for about a decade.… Continue reading

Signs of change: Stop now means stop in Port Townsend
Downtown Port Townsend project bid OK’d

Downtown Port Townsend project bid OK’d

The Port Townsend City Council has unanimously approved a Sequim company’s $2.3 million bid for the Water Street Enhancement Project. Construction is… Continue reading

Downtown Port Townsend project bid OK’d

Jefferson commissioners approve $56 million budget for 2018

Jefferson County commissioners adopted the county’s $56 million 2018 budget Monday. The budget was adopted after minor last-minute changes were made following… Continue reading

Most beds full at Jefferson County Winter Shelter

Most beds full at Jefferson County Winter Shelter

Beds at the Jefferson County Winter Shelter are filling up and it’s only been open since November. “Most of our [28] built-in… Continue reading

Most beds full at Jefferson County Winter Shelter

NEWS BRIEFS: Clallam lifts air quality burn ban … and other items

The Olympic Region Clean Air Agency has lifted a burn ban in Clallam County. Due to improved air quality conditions and changing weather, the Dec.… Continue reading

Christmas bird counts set on Peninsula

Christmas bird counts have been organized in Port Townsend, Neah Bay, the Sequim-Dungeness area and Port Angeles. The annual counts will be Saturday in Port… Continue reading

Karamazov Brothers start at the beginning again in Port Townsend

Karamazov Brothers start at the beginning again in Port Townsend

The Wizard of Oz’s Dorothy says, “There’s no place like home.” For Paul Magid, co-founder of the Flying Karamazov Brothers, this seems… Continue reading

Karamazov Brothers start at the beginning again in Port Townsend

Choo Choo rides, Christmas party, owl class among Peninsula activities

Choo Choo rides, a Kids’ Christmas Party and a class on owls are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is… Continue reading

Flying Karamazov Brothers debut new version of classic work in Port Townsend this weekend

Flying Karamazov Brothers debut new version of classic work in Port Townsend this weekend

More than 40 years ago, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, who aren’t really related, got together and launched a fresh kind of entertainment:… Continue reading

Flying Karamazov Brothers debut new version of classic work in Port Townsend this weekend
Guitarist to perform ‘In the Woods’ in Quilcene

Guitarist to perform ‘In the Woods’ in Quilcene

Guitarist Eric Lambert will perform in the Concerts in the Woods series at 3 p.m. Sunday in Quilcene. Concerts in the Woods are… Continue reading

Guitarist to perform ‘In the Woods’ in Quilcene

ISSUES OF FAITH: Advent signals the coming of Jesus

YOU MIGHT HAVE never heard of Sean Parker, but you probably use his product. Parker is Facebook’s founding president. In a recent story on Axios.com,… Continue reading