Jefferson County

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

A new agreement between The Nature Conservancy and Hoh River Trust is a step toward restoration of more than 10,000 acres of habitat… Continue reading

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River
New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

A new agreement between The Nature Conservancy and Hoh River Trust is a step toward restoration of more than 10,000 acres of habitat… Continue reading

New agreement: Large-scale restoration and renewal planned for 30 miles of Hoh River

Few contests emerge as filing week begins in Jefferson County

Only two positions are contested so far out of the 54 offices open in Jefferson County for the Nov. 7 general election.… Continue reading

Ingrid Matthews

Baroque in Transition to be performed Wednesday in Port Townsend

The final 2017 Salish Sea Early Music Festival performance in Port Townsend, “Baroque in Transition: 1600-1700,” will illuminate the 17th-century musical perspective… Continue reading

Ingrid Matthews
An unaccounted-for fiber-optic line on the corner of Landes and 19th streets slows the moving of a two-story apartment complex in Port Townsend on Thursday. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News)

Apartment building trucked through Port Townsend to provide low-cost housing

Traffic was detoured Thursday around the route of a two-story apartment building as the structure that was floated on a barge over… Continue reading

An unaccounted-for fiber-optic line on the corner of Landes and 19th streets slows the moving of a two-story apartment complex in Port Townsend on Thursday. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News)

NEWS BRIEFS: PA speaker event slated for Thursday … and other items

The public is invited to hear Capt. Jon Picker’s presentation to the Clallam County Pilots Association at 7 p.m. Thursday. This presentation… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Cornerstone store turns a page

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Cornerstone store turns a page

RIGGS IS THE only regular shoplifter. He is crafty and cute and hard to stop. The last time he got busted after sneaking in, he… Continue reading

WEST END NEIGHBOR: Cornerstone store turns a page
Women volunteer work building homes in Port Townsend

Women volunteer work building homes in Port Townsend

Nearly 50 local women volunteered their time last week building homes in Port Townsend for the annual Habitat for Humanity National Women… Continue reading

Women volunteer work building homes in Port Townsend
Zach Weins, then 8, admires Sparky the pug at the Rhododendron Festival’s Pet Parade in Port Townsend last year. (Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend Rhody Fest begins Monday, culminates in Saturday parade

The 82nd annual Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival will begin with a royal ribbon-cutting Monday and end with a grand parade Saturday. The… Continue reading

Zach Weins, then 8, admires Sparky the pug at the Rhododendron Festival’s Pet Parade in Port Townsend last year. (Peninsula Daily News)
Divers propose building artificial reef with rocks from old jetty at Point Hudson

Divers propose building artificial reef with rocks from old jetty at Point Hudson

Members of the Washington Scuba Alliance want to build an artificial reef to provide marine habitat when the Point Hudson jetties are… Continue reading

Divers propose building artificial reef with rocks from old jetty at Point Hudson
Little activity as lawmakers end third week of special session

Little activity as lawmakers end third week of special session

Washington lawmakers closed out their third week of special session and so far have little… Continue reading

Little activity as lawmakers end third week of special session

PUD seeing fewer than expected sign up for low-income assistance program

The Jefferson County Public Utilities District is seeing fewer people than expected enrolling in its low-income assistance program. As of Friday, 509… Continue reading

LETTER: ‘Trumpcare’ just a way for the rich to get richer while the rest of us suffer

The first step of the Obamacare repeal and replace is done. Donald Trump promised middle-class voters that all would be covered with lower premiums and… Continue reading

LETTER: It’s really a crying shame what protesters cost these days

OK, I confess, I am the one who paid those demonstrators to protest the president’s refusal to release his taxes. They wanted minimum wage, but… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Volunteers sought for monitoring … and other items

The Clallam Marine Resources Committee and Olympic Audubon Society are seeking volunteers to monitor pigeon guillemots along the coast from June through August.… Continue reading

New trail opens on Miller Peninsula; organizer says project partners multiple agencies

New trail opens on Miller Peninsula; organizer says project partners multiple agencies

After three years of waiting for the go-ahead, Powell Jones, executive director of the Dungeness River Audubon Center, recently finished one of his… Continue reading

New trail opens on Miller Peninsula; organizer says project partners multiple agencies
Port Townsend sisters headed to reptile symposium

Port Townsend sisters headed to reptile symposium

Sisters Lauren and Grace Taracka are heading to New Mexico from Port Townsend to attend the International Herpetological Symposium after winning the… Continue reading

Port Townsend sisters headed to reptile symposium
Slow cleanup nets much frustration at Rayonier mill

Slow cleanup nets much frustration at Rayonier mill

Residents are irritated by the ongoing, two-decades-old environmental cleanup at the former 75.6 acre Rayonier pulp mill site and the adjacent waters… Continue reading

Slow cleanup nets much frustration at Rayonier mill
Residents pack Port Angeles council chambers to demand answers of experts on drug abuse

Residents pack Port Angeles council chambers to demand answers of experts on drug abuse

Residents who filled the Port Angeles City Council chambers and lobby Tuesday night said they were fed up with the heroin epidemic… Continue reading

Residents pack Port Angeles council chambers to demand answers of experts on drug abuse

A GROWING CONCERN: A few tips to ride out the scourge of horsetail

OUR GARDEN NIRVANA here on the Peninsula has been shattered by the omnipresent horsetail. I get this question all the time, and my answer is… Continue reading