Jefferson County

Peninsula-wide climate march draws more than 400

Peninsula-wide climate march draws more than 400

A crowd of more than 400 marched for climate action on the North Olympic Peninsula on Saturday, joining others who participated in… Continue reading

Peninsula-wide climate march draws more than 400

A GROWING CONCERN: Get in gear for May Day with bulb upkeep

TOMORROW IS MY absolute favorite holiday of the year, and with the arrival of the new month, April showers are definitely going to produce a… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: In ‘Lost Battalion,’ hopes that a hero gets a proper salute

“CHER AMI AND the Lost Battalion” sounds like the title of a French movie. These words don’t bring visions of pigeons to mind unless you… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at Blakeslee’s Bar &Grill, 1222 S. Forks Ave. This Wednesday’s gathering will be the… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Remember: ‘Not getting worse’ matters

WE’RE GOING TO bounce around a few different things today, but allow me to begin with the one that really rubs me the wrong way:… Continue reading

Immigrants plan May Day rallies buoyed by Trump opposition

Immigrants plan May Day rallies buoyed by Trump opposition

Immigrant groups and their allies have joined forces to carry out marches, rallies and… Continue reading

Immigrants plan May Day rallies buoyed by Trump opposition
Loyalty Day: Crowd gathers in Brinnon to express patriotism

Loyalty Day: Crowd gathers in Brinnon to express patriotism

Roughly 150 people and more than 70 Brinnon and Quilcene children gathered along a street in Brinnon to see a parade and small… Continue reading

Loyalty Day: Crowd gathers in Brinnon to express patriotism

NEWS BRIEFS: Inaugural Punching Out Parkinson’s walk rescheduled for July … and other items

The inaugural Punching Out Parkinson’s 5K Walk originally set for Sunday has been rescheduled for July 30. Sequim Gym personnel notified the… Continue reading

ON THE WATERFRONT: New Face makes first port in U.S. at Port Angeles

ON THE WATERFRONT: New Face makes first port in U.S. at Port Angeles

ON FRIDAY, APRIL 21, my wife, Mardi, and I attended the maiden voyage party aboard the cargo ship New Face, which was moored to the… Continue reading

ON THE WATERFRONT: New Face makes first port in U.S. at Port Angeles
Quimper Mercantile plans donations of a portion of sales to school districts

Quimper Mercantile plans donations of a portion of sales to school districts

Quimper Mercantile Co. is launching a new program today aimed at giving back to the community by donating a portion of the… Continue reading

Quimper Mercantile plans donations of a portion of sales to school districts

Roadwork planned in west end of Olympic National Park

Work on roads in the west end of Olympic National Park will begin Monday. Roads will be reduced to one travel… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: Jefferson board to award bid for overlay project

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider awarding a bid in the amount of $163,321 to Lakeside Industries for the Teal Lake overlay project when… Continue reading

Tigran Arakelyan

Guest conductor leads Port Townsend Community Orchestra

Guest conductor Tigran Arakelyan will lead the Port Townsend Community Orchestra in a spring concert at 2 p.m. Sunday. Arakelyan is a… Continue reading

Tigran Arakelyan
Off-duty Port Angeles police officer helps rescue hiker on Mount St. Helens

Off-duty Port Angeles police officer helps rescue hiker on Mount St. Helens

One of Port Angeles’ newest police officers cut her plans to summit Mount St. Helens short over the weekend to help an… Continue reading

Off-duty Port Angeles police officer helps rescue hiker on Mount St. Helens

Victoria apartment building could be barged to Port Townsend

An apartment complex that had been scheduled for demolition in Victoria is expected to be moved across the Strait of Juan de… Continue reading

Researcher: Fukushima Daiichi radiation levels low off West Coast

Radiation from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster appears to have peaked off the West Coast of North America and has been… Continue reading

No-shooting hearing set in May for Ocean Grove neighborhood

A request made two years ago that the county create two no-shooting areas in the Ocean Grove neighborhood east of Beckett Point… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend to seek jetty, airport funding

The Port of Port Townsend will seek grant funding to restore the Point Hudson jetty and pave the runway at Jefferson County… Continue reading

Peninsula-wide climate rally, march set in Port Angeles

A People’s Climate March involving participants from Clallam and Jefferson counties is expected to draw at least 200 people to Port Angeles… Continue reading