Jefferson County

Legislature phases out Atlantic salmon farming

The state Legislature has voted to phase out marine Atlantic salmon aquaculture, an industry that has operated… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Tucker portrait winner at art show … and other items

NEWS BRIEFS: Tucker portrait winner at art show … and other items

Port Angeles High School senior Zoe Tucker has been announced as a winner of the 2018 Olympic Educational Service District 114’s Regional… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Tucker portrait winner at art show … and other items

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County to consider hiring shooting range consultant

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider hiring a consultant on shooting ranges when they meet at 9 a.m. Monday. The meeting will be in… Continue reading

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Alpenfire cider to benefit Olympic Discovery Trail … and other items

Alpenfire Cider announced it has partnered with the Peninsula Trails Coalition to create a cider to benefit the Olympic Discovery Trail. A… Continue reading

Jefferson Community School taking measures to stay open

Jefferson Community School taking measures to stay open

The Jefferson Community School board has decided to sell the private school’s building and create a new educational model in an effort… Continue reading

Jefferson Community School taking measures to stay open
Fort Worden PDA board hears update on luxury ‘glamping’ plans

Fort Worden PDA board hears update on luxury ‘glamping’ plans

Next year, Fort Worden visitors will have another choice in overnight accommodations: glamping. This new option features a bit of history in… Continue reading

Fort Worden PDA board hears update on luxury ‘glamping’ plans
Former Port Angeles official offered Jefferson PUD general manager post

Former Port Angeles official offered Jefferson PUD general manager post

Jefferson County Public Utility District is entering into contract negotiations with Larry Dunbar for the general manager position that has been vacant… Continue reading

Former Port Angeles official offered Jefferson PUD general manager post
Legislation would see program for training armed staff at public schools

Legislation would see program for training armed staff at public schools

Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow school administrators, and in some cases teachers,… Continue reading

Legislation would see program for training armed staff at public schools
Home show to showcase variety of goods, services in Port Townsend

Home show to showcase variety of goods, services in Port Townsend

Electric cars, solar power and home automation are some of the technologies that will be on display at the 2018 Port Townsend… Continue reading

Home show to showcase variety of goods, services in Port Townsend
(for PlayFest Denise Winter) Denise Winter, artistic director of Key City Public Theatre, shows off a brochure for PlayFest. photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz

PlayFest goes local and national in Port Townsend

A flock of stories — on love, art, miracles, parenthood, gambling and middle school — are soon to play out here. Key… Continue reading

(for PlayFest Denise Winter) Denise Winter, artistic director of Key City Public Theatre, shows off a brochure for PlayFest. photo by Diane Urbani de la Paz
Gaylen Hansen’s “Kernal and Bird,” 2002, 30-inch-by-40-inch, features the Kernal, who bears a strong resemblance to Hansen and is found in many of his paintings. Five artists migrate from the Palouse to the Peninsula for the next exhibit at the Jefferson Museum, opening this month.

Ceramics, paintings to be featured in Port Townsend Gallery Walk

The Port Townsend Gallery will feature artists Barbara Ewing and Anne Schneider during the Port Townsend Gallery Walk on Saturday. The public… Continue reading

Gaylen Hansen’s “Kernal and Bird,” 2002, 30-inch-by-40-inch, features the Kernal, who bears a strong resemblance to Hansen and is found in many of his paintings. Five artists migrate from the Palouse to the Peninsula for the next exhibit at the Jefferson Museum, opening this month.

Baroque music highlighted at Centrum concert

As a harpsichordist and music historian, Lucinda Carver is a scholar of the music of the baroque era. She has assembled baroque… Continue reading

Body of missing shellfish worker recovered

The body of 28-year-old Terrence Lavergne has been recovered near the area where he went missing and was presumed drowned Feb. 18.… Continue reading

District legislator says he wouldn’t vote to override governor veto of public records legislation

Gov. Jay Inslee was weighing Thursday afternoon whether or not to veto the bill passed last… Continue reading

Folk music by The Debutones featured at Concerts in the Woods

Folk music by The Debutones featured at Concerts in the Woods

The Debutones will bring acoustic roots-based songs to Concerts in the Woods at 3 p.m. Sunday. The matinee featuring the band will be… Continue reading

Folk music by The Debutones featured at Concerts in the Woods

Heart-warming tales at First Friday StoryNight

Whether March comes in like a lamb or a lion, First Friday StoryNight at 7 tonight will perk the imagination and warm… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Where is the holiness in today’s culture?

“YOU SHALL BE holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy” (Leviticus 19:2). This powerful portion of the Holiness Code in the Torah is… Continue reading

Jack & Joe to perform at Friends Meetinghouse on Saturday

The Port Townsend Friends Meeting will host a benefit concert featuring Jack & Joe, a duo comprised of locals Jack Reid and… Continue reading

Museum preview, contra dance among Peninsula activities

A museum preview, a talk on the “Soul of an Octopus” and a contra dance are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Jefferson Healthcare hires couple … and other items

Jefferson Healthcare recently hired two new therapists to its Wellness & Rehabilitation team. Husband and wife team Nicki and Chad Boehm will… Continue reading