Jefferson County

Home Fund helps Port Hadlock woman with home repair

Home Fund helps Port Hadlock woman with home repair

Marie Cota knew she had a serious problem. What do you do when you finally… Continue reading

Home Fund helps Port Hadlock woman with home repair
Peninsula College’s Building 202 renovations at Fort Worden win award

Peninsula College’s Building 202 renovations at Fort Worden win award

With an exterior restoration that honors its past and a state-of-the-art interior, Peninsula College’s Building 202 at Fort Worden was recently recognized… Continue reading

Peninsula College’s Building 202 renovations at Fort Worden win award
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus approaches Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101 on a recent run from the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.

Holiday bus service expansion: Strait Shot broke records over Thanksgiving weekend

Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus to Bainbridge Island had record-high ridership over Thanksgiving weekend, prompting the agency to expand the direct service… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News                                Clallam Transit’s Strait Shot bus approaches Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101 on a recent run from the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal.

Papers will be delivered late today

Due to mechanical difficulties, today’s Peninsula Daily News is extremely late. We apologize for the inconvenience this might cause and our carriers are doing their… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Poinsettias require exact conditions

SO HERE WE are. December. In the last month of the year. As the calendar closes down for this year, and last week’s column about… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: Here comes the sun

IN LESS THAN three weeks we will turn the corner. If you have been reading this column for even a short time, you will know… Continue reading

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

HELP LINE: Don’t get lost in terminology

ARE WE UP for a little bit of this and that? OK, here’s a this: You might recall I’ve been warning you periodically that next… Continue reading

Jefferson County’s Nixle notification explained

Jefferson County Emergency Management announced it has received complaints about its Nixle notification system. Nixle is a text message and email notification… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County to conduct hearing on budget

The three Jefferson County commissioners will hear public comment on the proposed 2018 budget of $55,782,838 at 10 a.m. Monday. The public hearing will take… Continue reading

Bail set at $100,000 in Forks truck crash

Bail of $100,000 was set Monday for a Forks man who allegedly crashed a truck he was driving Oct. 14 before he fled… Continue reading

McKinley Paper Co. selects equipment vendor; still targeting December 2018 for start-up

McKinley Paper Co. selects equipment vendor; still targeting December 2018 for start-up

McKinley Paper Co. has selected a vendor for equipment that will produce cardboard liner at the former Nippon Paper Industries USA papermaking… Continue reading

McKinley Paper Co. selects equipment vendor; still targeting December 2018 for start-up
That special tree: Peninsula residents have U-cut options for Christmas

That special tree: Peninsula residents have U-cut options for Christmas

One family will vacuum a lot of pine needles this winter. Ann Johnson, who owns and operates Lazy J Tree Farm with… Continue reading

That special tree: Peninsula residents have U-cut options for Christmas

Jefferson County Public Utility District seeks chief financial officer

The Jefferson County Public Utility District is looking for its sixth chief financial officer after its most recent hire left after only… Continue reading

Holiday festivities abound this weekend in Port Townsend

Holiday festivities abound this weekend in Port Townsend

’Tis the season in Jefferson County as a month of holiday festivities kick off Saturday afternoon downtown. The Main Street Tree Lighting… Continue reading

Holiday festivities abound this weekend in Port Townsend

Cookies, trees and vendors at holiday bazaars

Bazaars continue to offer holiday items and gifts across the North Olympic Peninsula. Here is a list of this week’s sales: JOYCE The greatest gift… Continue reading

Art workshop, Cocoa with Critters set for Peninsula

An art workshop at the Jefferson County Library and the Feiro Center’s “Cocoa with Critters” program are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Christmas carol set in Port Townsend opens this weekend

Christmas carol set in Port Townsend opens this weekend

Port Townsend’s take on the Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” had already neared capacity for its opening weekend performances by Wednesday.… Continue reading

Christmas carol set in Port Townsend opens this weekend

ISSUES OF FAITH: Walk the ground of gratitude

“NOTHING IS GIVEN that is not Taken, and nothing taken That was not first a gift” (Wendell Berry). I’m writing this column in the early… Continue reading

Matinee planned in Coyle on Sunday

Matinee planned in Coyle on Sunday

COYLE— Folk/Americana singer-songwriter Jaspar Lepak will deliver sweeping melodies Sunday afternoon. Lepak will perform a matinee concert at Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel… Continue reading

Matinee planned in Coyle on Sunday