Jefferson County

LETTER: I agree that Malkin’s column is so vitriolic, it defies reading

I am writing in support of the letter in Peninsula Voices on Feb. 19 titled “Malkin critic.” It was a letter I wish I had… Continue reading

LETTER: Liberals so busy making fun of Trump, they forgot about themselves

I think it’s fair that “Saturday Night Live” makes fun of President Donald Trump and Republicans, since Hollywood’s liberal elites spend the rest of the… Continue reading

Bernward Lohr

Salish Sea Festival to feature works of Telemann

Two internationally renowned German period instrument soloists will return to Port Townsend to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the lifetime of Georg… Continue reading

Bernward Lohr
Sequim woman walks 41 miles to explore food sustainability

Sequim woman walks 41 miles to explore food sustainability

Biomechanist and author Katy Bowman is celebrating her 41st birthday this year by walking 41 miles through the Sequim community. This is not… Continue reading

Sequim woman walks 41 miles to explore food sustainability
Truth in memoir explored at First Friday Lecture in Port Townsend

Truth in memoir explored at First Friday Lecture in Port Townsend

Humanities Washington speaker Paula Becker will present “The Truth and I: Reading Betty MacDonald in the Age of Memoir” at the Jefferson… Continue reading

Truth in memoir explored at First Friday Lecture in Port Townsend
Ukulele trio to marry instruments, voices in Coyle concert

Ukulele trio to marry instruments, voices in Coyle concert

If you have an ear for the ukulele, get yourself down to Coyle on Sunday for a trio performance featuring seasoned musicians and… Continue reading

Ukulele trio to marry instruments, voices in Coyle concert
Navy fields photos of its four-legged neighbors in Indian Island wildlife survey

Navy fields photos of its four-legged neighbors in Indian Island wildlife survey

The U.S. Navy’s natural resource managers have been conducting a wildlife survey at Naval Magazine Indian Island in order to gather up-to-date… Continue reading

Navy fields photos of its four-legged neighbors in Indian Island wildlife survey
Olympic Medical Center had to temporarily stop performing non-emergency and elective surgeries after a sterilization machine malfunctioned, but the facility is operating at normal capacity again. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Olympic Medical Center back to normal operating room capacity

Olympic Medical Center was back to performing non-emergent and elective surgeries Wednesday, days after the hospital curtailed the procedures. OMC stopped performing… Continue reading

Olympic Medical Center had to temporarily stop performing non-emergency and elective surgeries after a sterilization machine malfunctioned, but the facility is operating at normal capacity again. (Jesse Major/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam commissioners join other boards in calling for longer halibut season

Clallam County has joined the chorus of local governments asking the state Department of Fish and Wildlife to extend the halibut fishing… Continue reading

Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban

Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban

Airport officials and civil rights lawyers around the country are getting ready for President Donald Trump’s new… Continue reading

Airports, legal volunteers prepare for new Trump travel ban
Bull trout lawsuit targeting Columbia Basin dams dismissed

Bull trout lawsuit targeting Columbia Basin dams dismissed

A federal lawsuit filed by an environmental group seeking to force federal agencies to analyze whether… Continue reading

Bull trout lawsuit targeting Columbia Basin dams dismissed

LETTER: More important than ever to realize compromise is the ultimate goal

The framers of our Constitution were really brilliant when they started with the equal branches of government, not just three branches but branches that are… Continue reading

LETTER: Supreme Court only supreme in its authority, not its judgment

Courts have the task of making judgments that interpret the law. The U.S. Supreme Court has final authority in making these judgments. In many legal… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Sequim police credit Project Lifesaver for quick recovery of elderly man … and other items

Police found a 77-year-old Sequim man less than 20 minutes after he was reported missing, and law enforcement officials are crediting the Project… Continue reading

Port official: Tests show no hydraulic oil spill at Port Angeles log yard

Port official: Tests show no hydraulic oil spill at Port Angeles log yard

A Port Angeles resident’s claim is “completely false” that log-yard operator Merrill &Ring has been spilling 50 gallons of hydraulic oil on… Continue reading

Port official: Tests show no hydraulic oil spill at Port Angeles log yard

Report: Washington’s most common crime shouldn’t be one

The most commonly charged crime in Washington shouldn’t be a crime at all, the state chapter of… Continue reading

State spent $34,000 on flight for prisoners in 2014

Washington state’s corrections department has been shuttling prisoners back to the state on airplanes routinely used by Gov. Jay Inslee.… Continue reading

Court denies immediate hearing to release Seattle ‘dreamer’

Court denies immediate hearing to release Seattle ‘dreamer’

A federal magistrate in Seattle said Monday he will not hold an immediate hearing to consider releasing… Continue reading

Court denies immediate hearing to release Seattle ‘dreamer’

NEWS BRIEFS: Planning commissioner sought in Sequim … and other items

The Sequim City Council is currently seeking applicants for a vacancy on the planning commission. This is a four-year term expiring in January… Continue reading

AP-NORC Poll: U.S. teens disillusioned, divided by politics

AP-NORC Poll: U.S. teens disillusioned, divided by politics

In the days after President Donald Trump’s election, thousands of teenagers across the nation walked out… Continue reading

AP-NORC Poll: U.S. teens disillusioned, divided by politics