Jefferson County

LETTER: Shipping pipeline’s oil tar puts Salish Sea at risk

Our Strait of Juan de Fuca, part of the greater inland water body known as the Salish Sea, is about to be put at risk… Continue reading

LETTER: Waste not want not with vegetables

I’ve long wondered how much the leaves of the cauliflowers I bought weighed and how much extra they cost me. Last night, I decided to… Continue reading

LETTER: First Amendment protects popular and unpopular speech

The Oct. 27 letter [“Stand for the flag,” Peninsula Daily News] sets out what behaviors are respectful when the national anthem is played. The U.S.… Continue reading

LETTER: Radical right attacking Republican Party from within

The Grand Old Party is at war with itself and cracking open like a rotten egg. The establishment wing of the party is under attack… Continue reading

Rock concert, carbon fiber manufacturing open house among Peninsula activities this week

A rock concert in Chimacum and a carbon fiber manufacturing open house in Port Angeles are among upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information… Continue reading

LETTER: Stand up and impeach dangerous egomaniac

Well, folks, seen and heard enough? I am seriously concerned about the mental health of this nation’s chief executive. I am convinced that he suffers… Continue reading

Pre-annexation agreement to be before council next year

The Port Townsend City Council has directed city staff to begin negotiating a pre-annexation memorandum that would change the governance and taxing… Continue reading

Rise in collisions prompts special patrol on Peninsula

A rise in collisions on the North Olympic Peninsula has prompted a special emphasis patrol today, the State Patrol said Tuesday. Collisions… Continue reading

Two people hurt in wreck on state Highway 20

Two people were taken to Jefferson Healthcare hospital after they were injured in a single-car wreck when a tree branch blew onto… Continue reading

LETTER: Tribal concerns co-opted by project’s opposition

I find it interesting that after several invitations to the table, beginning with the (GMA) Brinnon Sub-Area Planning process in the early 2000s, tribal concerns… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: One injured in Highway 101 wreck east of Port Angeles … and other items

The driver of a Lincoln Town Car was transferred to Olympic Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries after a wreck on U.S. Highway… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: New threat to our threatened salmon

IT WAS ANOTHER tough week in the news for the planet we call home. We almost don’t need the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity… Continue reading

Christmas Cottage, other holiday bazaars offered this weekend

The Original Christmas Cottage, a tradition in Port Angeles for some 37 years, will begin at 9 a.m. today. The sale will… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County commissioners to consider lodging tax funding

The three Jefferson County commissioners will discuss and possibly take action on 2018 lodging tax funding recommendations from the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee when they… Continue reading

Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office closes investigation into Okumoto death

Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office closes investigation into Okumoto death

The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office has closed its investigation into the disappearance of Stanley K. Okumoto, whose remains were found floating Nov.… Continue reading

Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office closes investigation into Okumoto death
Kate McDermott to talk about pies — and life — in Port Hadlock

Kate McDermott to talk about pies — and life — in Port Hadlock

For years, the world’s culinary superstars have traveled to Kate McDermott’s legendary Pie Cottage in Port Angeles to learn pie baking techniques… Continue reading

Kate McDermott to talk about pies — and life — in Port Hadlock
Jefferson commissioners approve $494,000 in lodging tax funds

Jefferson commissioners approve $494,000 in lodging tax funds

The Jefferson County commissioners approved $494,343 in lodging tax funds to a number of local organizations including the Jefferson County Historical Society,… Continue reading

Jefferson commissioners approve $494,000 in lodging tax funds
High winds knock out power, cause wreck on North Olympic Peninsula

High winds knock out power, cause wreck on North Olympic Peninsula

A low pressure system that moved across Vancouver Island on Monday brought power outages to the North Olympic Peninsula and likely caused a wreck near… Continue reading

High winds knock out power, cause wreck on North Olympic Peninsula

Clallam commissioners readying letter to National Park Service over fee hike

Clallam County commissioners are preparing to send a letter to the National Park Service urging the federal government to reconsider increasing the… Continue reading

Captain Joseph House to host traveling memorial in Port Angeles

Captain Joseph House to host traveling memorial in Port Angeles

As volunteers continue to remodel Captain Joseph House, the CJH Foundation is preparing to host “Remembering Our Fallen,” a national traveling photographic… Continue reading

Captain Joseph House to host traveling memorial in Port Angeles