Jefferson County

Rick Tollefson Memorial Trail work expected to start next week

Rick Tollefson Memorial Trail work expected to start next week

Construction of the Rick Tollefson Memorial Trail is expected to start as early as next week now that the Jefferson County commissioners have… Continue reading

Rick Tollefson Memorial Trail work expected to start next week

Navy reading public comments on Puget Sound training plan

Navy officials are in the process of reading comments from the public on its proposed special operations training in the Puget Sound… Continue reading

Port Townsend working with Homeward Bound on affordable housing

Port Townsend working with Homeward Bound on affordable housing

The Port Townsend City Council will look at a resolution to help fund Homeward Bound, a local land trust, that has been… Continue reading

Port Townsend working with Homeward Bound on affordable housing

Crab feed, strawberry shortcake, drag racing highlights on tap this coming week

Editor’s note: This report has been changed to reflect a correct starting time for the free open house in Sequim regarding Pollution Identification & Correction… Continue reading

Free, outdoor summer concerts begin in Port Angeles, Sequim next week

The Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce and city of Sequim will host the season’s first free summer outdoor concerts next week. Black Diamond Junction… Continue reading

Karl Bach

Port Townsend Summer Band strikes up 25th summer concert season

The Port Townsend Summer Band will inaugurate its 25th summer concert season with a special program at 3 p.m. Sunday for the… Continue reading

Karl Bach

Beach party to kick off Port Townsend Orca Festival

The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will begin the Port Townsend Orca Festival with a Summer Kick Off and Beach Party from… Continue reading

Insurance study ties legal pot to boost in car crash claims

Insurance study ties legal pot to boost in car crash claims

A recent insurance study links increased car crash claims to legalized recreational marijuana. The Highway Loss… Continue reading

Insurance study ties legal pot to boost in car crash claims

ISSUES OF FAITH: Let the Holy Spirit guide you in all things

“WITH GOD, YOU are never alone.” If you are a Christian of any stripe you have probably heard this a hundred or more times. When… Continue reading

LETTER: Closure and bypass and Highway 20 were poorly coordinated

Why didn’t the state Department of Transportation coordinate its work with the full closure on state Highway 20 that had been set for June 19… Continue reading

LETTER: Port Angeles School Board members’ Nazi reference was offensive, irrational

Referring to board members who support the health center as supporting the “modern Holocaust” of abortion and comparing them to Nazis and American slave owners… Continue reading

Northwind Arts Center’s Crazy Happy a conversation between artists

Painted scrolls by Rikki Ducornet and sculptures by Margie McDonald will be on display Thursday and next Friday at the Northwind Arts… Continue reading

NPR quiz show comes to Chimacum

National Public Radio’s quiz show “Says You!” will come to Chimacum tonight. The show will start at 7 p.m. in the Chimacum High… Continue reading

Team sells catamaran to maritime center after fourth-place finish in Race to Alaska

Team sells catamaran to maritime center after fourth-place finish in Race to Alaska

Team Ketch Me If U Can, which took fourth place in the 2017 Race to Alaska, has sold its boat to the… Continue reading

Team sells catamaran to maritime center after fourth-place finish in Race to Alaska
Inslee calls lawmakers back for third special session

Inslee calls lawmakers back for third special session

Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday called lawmakers back for a third special session, saying that “the… Continue reading

Inslee calls lawmakers back for third special session

LETTER: Political correctness has gotten way out of hand

It had never occurred to me to think Asian if I see the word “slant” until I read the June 20 article in the Peninsula… Continue reading

Port Hadlock man hired as Jefferson County PUD customer service representative

Port Hadlock man hired as Jefferson County PUD customer service representative

Drew McKnight of Port Hadlock was recently hired at the Jefferson County Public Utility District as a customer service representative. McKnight has… Continue reading

Port Hadlock man hired as Jefferson County PUD customer service representative

Sears to cut 400 full-time jobs, mostly at its corporate office

Sears Holdings says it will cut about 400 full-time jobs as part of… Continue reading

State officials: Clallam, Jefferson unemployment dips

Nearly 200 North Olympic Peninsula residents found jobs last month as Clallam and Jefferson County unemployment continued on a slow-but-steady downturn, state… Continue reading