Jefferson County

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
Race to Alaska teams compete for full funding sponsorship

Race to Alaska teams compete for full funding sponsorship

One team of Race to Alaska hopefuls could win full funding for the 2018 race to Ketchikan from First Federal through a… Continue reading

Race to Alaska teams compete for full funding sponsorship
Clallam, Jefferson counties see cases of codling moths in apple orchards

Clallam, Jefferson counties see cases of codling moths in apple orchards

The image seems innocuous enough: the classic worm-in-the-apple cartoon. In reality, the highly narrativized codling moth can destroy 80 percent to 90 percent of an… Continue reading

Clallam, Jefferson counties see cases of codling moths in apple orchards
Folk rocker Peter Mulvey, guest to perform in Port Townsend

Folk rocker Peter Mulvey, guest to perform in Port Townsend

Folk-rock singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey and special guest Danielle Ate the Sandwich will perform at Rainshadow Recording Studio on Thursday night. Doors open… Continue reading

Folk rocker Peter Mulvey, guest to perform in Port Townsend
Jazz quartet in Port Townsend on Thursday

Jazz quartet in Port Townsend on Thursday

Jazz saxophone and flute master Mark Lewis will return to the Cellar Door with his Port Townsend quartet for a free concert… Continue reading

Jazz quartet in Port Townsend on Thursday

NEWS BRIEFS: HPV shots available … and other items

Jefferson Healthcare’s Family Medicine Clinic is offering a one-day clinic to provide human papillomavirus infection vaccinations for children ages 11 to 18… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Caring for precious family members

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Caring for precious family members

ALL MY FEARFUL thoughts instantly flew away as soon as I heard the unique rattle of the tags on Brown Dawg’s collar coming closer. Instead,… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Caring for precious family members
Apartment project: Port Townsend City Council to consider loan payment extension

Apartment project: Port Townsend City Council to consider loan payment extension

The Port Townsend City Council tonight will consider approving a payment extension for Homeward Bound on a $250,000 loan from the city… Continue reading

Apartment project: Port Townsend City Council to consider loan payment extension
Masonic group honors Marvin G. Shields in ceremony

Masonic group honors Marvin G. Shields in ceremony

The National Sojourners Olympic Chapter 539 honored the late U.S. Navy Petty Officer Marvin G. Shields, the only Navy Seabee to receive the… Continue reading

Masonic group honors Marvin G. Shields in ceremony
Mad at myeloma: Former Peninsula Daily News staffer in fight for more time with kids

Mad at myeloma: Former Peninsula Daily News staffer in fight for more time with kids

“If I don’t do this, I’m going to die.” A former Peninsula Daily News bureau chief has fought multiple myeloma — a… Continue reading

Mad at myeloma: Former Peninsula Daily News staffer in fight for more time with kids
Emails could provide answers at ex-state auditor’s new trial

Emails could provide answers at ex-state auditor’s new trial

Former Washington state Auditor Troy Kelley, whose federal fraud trial last year ended with an acquittal on… Continue reading

Emails could provide answers at ex-state auditor’s new trial

LETTER: Believers, constitutionalists not welcome on West Coast

Mourning after sweeping Democratic victories will truly begin as emboldened lawmakers take on our education system, taxes and gun control under the blue banner of… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Operation Christmas Child accepting donations … and other items

Operation Christmas Child will accept donations beginning Monday in Clallam and Jefferson counties. Donations such as toys, school supplies, hygiene items and letters of encouragement… Continue reading

Port Townsend mill to install silencer after nearby residents complain of noise

Port Townsend mill to install silencer after nearby residents complain of noise

Port Townsend Paper Co. is planning to install a silencer to quell noise after residents complained of a high-pitched sound coming from… Continue reading

Port Townsend mill to install silencer after nearby residents complain of noise

A GROWING CONCERN: Time to deck out the yard in holiday lights

THE RECENT COLD weather has definitely taken the wind out of the sails on your blooming annuals and dahlias, but by the standards of someone… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: Birds of a feather: How are they named together?

GROUPS OF BIRDS are mostly referred to as “flocks.” Other terms are also used but not as much. There are “gaggles” of geese and “murders”… Continue reading