Jefferson County

Opioid summit set Monday to review data, share potential solutions

At a three-county opioid summit Monday, professionals from across the Olympic Peninsula will review opioid data from across the region and look for… Continue reading

Three young women to be crowned for Rhododendron Festival

Three young women to be crowned for Rhododendron Festival

Three young women will be crowned Rhododendron Festival royalty on March 4. The 82nd Port Townsend Rhododendron Festival will be the third… Continue reading

Three young women to be crowned for Rhododendron Festival
Travel tales, concerts, films, gardening tips on tap on Peninsula

Travel tales, concerts, films, gardening tips on tap on Peninsula

Tales of travels, concerts, films and gardening tips are among upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is available in the interactive calendar… Continue reading

Travel tales, concerts, films, gardening tips on tap on Peninsula
Jefferson County awards $586,550 in grants

Jefferson County awards $586,550 in grants

The Jefferson County commissioners have approved $586,550 in grants to local nonprofits and community service providers. The three commissioners unanimously approved $158,800… Continue reading

Jefferson County awards $586,550 in grants
The Fort Worden is slotted for just over a million dollars in capital projects in 2017. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News)

Fort Worden Public Development Authority plans capital improvements

More than $1.3 million in capital projects are planned for Fort Worden during 2017, according to the budget adopted by the Fort… Continue reading

The Fort Worden is slotted for just over a million dollars in capital projects in 2017. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News)

LETTER: Prepare for economy to take on more water as debt spirals upward

There’s a new captain of the Titanic. The ship hit the iceberg quite some time ago and has been taking in more and more water.… Continue reading

LETTER: Women’s Day march participants certainly weren’t that impressive

Were the Jan. 21 rallies impressive? It depends on who you ask. My guess is that more than half of the participants could not tell… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Sequim schools chief to meet with public Feb. 2 … and other items

People with questions about the Sequim School District can meet with Superintendent Gary Neal from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 2. Neal… Continue reading

Navy gets permit for pier off Ediz Hook

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has given the Navy permission to remove a jetty at Ediz Hook for a 425-foot submarine-escort-vessel… Continue reading

Forum set on name for school; Port Townsend board delays decision so it can hear from public

The public will have a chance to weigh in on a name for the new school that will replace Grant Street Elementary.… Continue reading

Washington House passes school levy bill

Washington House passes school levy bill

The state House has passed a bill that delays a deadline for a reduction in the… Continue reading

Washington House passes school levy bill
U.S. fights Microsoft’s bid to tell users when feds take data

U.S. fights Microsoft’s bid to tell users when feds take data

The U.S. Justice Department has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit from Microsoft and keep… Continue reading

U.S. fights Microsoft’s bid to tell users when feds take data
Bill would give students control of school-sponsored media

Bill would give students control of school-sponsored media

Amid a national push, Washington state lawmakers are reintroducing a bill that would protect student journalists’ free… Continue reading

Bill would give students control of school-sponsored media

LETTER: Recent letter displays ignorance of Obama’s achievements

A Jan. 15 letter to Peninsula Voices (“Obama ‘pathetic’”) demands a response. Former President Barack Obama did a fine job dealing with the economic meltdown… Continue reading

LETTER: Trump’s magnificent inauguration a harbinger of great things to come

In spite of threats made by the post-election malcontents including the entitlement crowd, “snowflakes” and professional agitators determined to disrupt the presidential inauguration ceremony and… Continue reading

Memorial service set for last full-blooded Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member

Memorial service set for last full-blooded Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member

A memorial service is planned Saturday for the last full-blooded Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member, a former tribal chairman and council member who helped… Continue reading

Memorial service set for last full-blooded Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member

NEWS BRIEFS: North Olympic Library System board to consider budget Thursday … and other items

The North Olympic Library System Board of Trustees will consider approval of the 2017 capital budget when it meets Thursday. The board… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: Steelhead fishing’s last bastion gasping

I KNEW IT was the end when a low-holing, fly-flogging fishing guide floated past on the river and said, “We’re going to get rid of… Continue reading

Seattle author’s book selected for Community Read in Port Townsend

Seattle author’s book selected for Community Read in Port Townsend

The Port Townsend Public Library has announced that “Before the Wind” by Seattle author Jim Lynch is the Community Read book for… Continue reading

Seattle author’s book selected for Community Read in Port Townsend

Man killed in wreck identified by State Patrol

A Freeland man who died in a three-car wreck on state Highway 19 between Chimacum and Port Ludlow on Friday was identified… Continue reading