Jefferson County

HELP LINE: The time for resolutions has come

CONTRARY TO ALL probability, and the cacophonous, pugnacious prognostications of any number of people who are trying desperately to be somebody, the world has not… Continue reading

First Night 2018 celebration to welcome new year in Port Townsend

First Night 2018 celebration to welcome new year in Port Townsend

Port Townsend’s First Night family festival of arts and entertainment will be held Sunday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., concluding with… Continue reading

First Night 2018 celebration to welcome new year in Port Townsend
Fallen Jefferson County firefighters’ names added to national memorial

Fallen Jefferson County firefighters’ names added to national memorial

Two Jefferson County firefighters who died fighting fires more than 50 years ago are now honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park… Continue reading

Fallen Jefferson County firefighters’ names added to national memorial
Polar plunges offer invigorating start to year

Polar plunges offer invigorating start to year

The brave, the foolish and the very stout of heart are invited to start the year off by taking a dip in… Continue reading

Polar plunges offer invigorating start to year
KCPT offers a Dickens holiday classic this weekend

KCPT offers a Dickens holiday classic this weekend

For the perfect post-holiday theater experience, the public is invited to Key City Public Theatre’s one-man adaptation of Charles Dickens’ holiday classic,… Continue reading

KCPT offers a Dickens holiday classic this weekend
Forks man facing federal drug charges

Forks man facing federal drug charges

A Forks man, who police arrested over the summer after finding a golf-ball-sized amount of methamphetamine in a baby’s diaper and the child’s… Continue reading

Forks man facing federal drug charges
Some Clallam, Jefferson 9-1-1 calls going to wrong county

Some Clallam, Jefferson 9-1-1 calls going to wrong county

There’s a chance that 9-1-1 calls made from cellphones across the North Olympic Peninsula will be routed to the wrong dispatch center,… Continue reading

Some Clallam, Jefferson 9-1-1 calls going to wrong county

Women charged with burglary after Christmas morning theft in Port Hadlock

A pair of women accused of burglarizing a Port Hadlock home Christmas morning were charged with residential burglary in Jefferson County Superior… Continue reading

Funtastic responds to lawsuit stemming from Ferris wheel fall in Port Townsend

Funtastic responds to lawsuit stemming from Ferris wheel fall in Port Townsend

The company being sued after three people fell from a Ferris wheel in Port Townsend last spring has officially responded to the federal… Continue reading

Funtastic responds to lawsuit stemming from Ferris wheel fall in Port Townsend

New Year’s eve events, college info night slated on the Peninsula

A New Year’s dinner and dance in Sequim and an information night for Peninsula College are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: PA Realtor is Instructor of the Year … and other items

Pili Meyer, of Coldwell Banker Uptown Realty in Port Angeles, was selected as Instructor of the Year by the Seattle King County Realtors.… Continue reading

ISSUS OF FAITH: Now we have all that we need

OH, THAT YOU would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you (Isa 63:19 NIV). What did you want for… Continue reading

Settlement ends dispute between Jefferson Healthcare, contractor

Settlement ends dispute between Jefferson Healthcare, contractor

The $550,000 settlement Jefferson Healthcare commissioners approved last week ends a dispute with the Bothel contractor for the hospital’s Emergency and Specialty… Continue reading

Settlement ends dispute between Jefferson Healthcare, contractor

Clallam unemployment rises slightly while Jefferson’s rate is unchanged

Clallam County unemployment rose from 5.6 percent to 5.9 percent in November while Jefferson County’s jobless rate held steady at 5.4 percent,… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Upper Hoh Road is open for traffic … and other items

Upper Hoh Road has reopened to two-lane traffic after emergency repairs prompted by recent storm damage. The Jefferson County commissioners declared a state… Continue reading

City awards $50,000 for Port Angeles BMX track improvements

City awards $50,000 for Port Angeles BMX track improvements

The city of Port Angeles has awarded $50,000 to the Lincoln Park BMX Association for improvements to the city-owned Lincoln Park BMX… Continue reading

City awards $50,000 for Port Angeles BMX track improvements
Oscar, Michael and Ruth Levine of Walker Street, Port Townsend, created a snowman for their neighbors as a Christmas surprise.They used volunteer plant material, repurposed Halloween mini-pumpkins, a squash and bread for lips. The project started out as a snowball fight and grew from there. (Jeannie McMacken for Peninsula Daily News).

Port Townsend family uses snow for small gift with big impact

A local family with the holiday spirit used the recent snowfall to brighten a neighbor’s Christmas. “It started out as a snowball,”… Continue reading

Oscar, Michael and Ruth Levine of Walker Street, Port Townsend, created a snowman for their neighbors as a Christmas surprise.They used volunteer plant material, repurposed Halloween mini-pumpkins, a squash and bread for lips. The project started out as a snowball fight and grew from there. (Jeannie McMacken for Peninsula Daily News).

PAT NEAL: If we could talk to the animals

THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND around the world, man has studied the ways in which animals communicate in an effort to form a deeper understanding of the… Continue reading

State official urges Secretary Zinke to abandon park fee increase

State official urges Secretary Zinke to abandon park fee increase

State Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz is objecting to U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s proposal to increase entrance fees at national parks,… Continue reading

State official urges Secretary Zinke to abandon park fee increase
Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News Greg Shield shoveled snow Christmas morning from the sidewalk in front of his house at Cedar and West Seventh streets in Port Angeles. About 5 inches fell in the neighborhood.

Peninsula blanketed in white Christmas; snowfall leads to slew of wrecks

North Olympic Peninsula residents were treated to a white Christmas, but the snowfall had its downside as it caused a bevy of… Continue reading

Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News Greg Shield shoveled snow Christmas morning from the sidewalk in front of his house at Cedar and West Seventh streets in Port Angeles. About 5 inches fell in the neighborhood.