Jefferson County

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Twice-monthly breakfast meetings usually are held at 11:45 a.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Become a Tax-Aide volunteer to help others

ALLOW ME TO be uncharacteristically straightforward: I want you to become a Tax-Aide volunteer. Will it be fun? Well, I guess that depends on how… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Groups work together to rescue horse

HORSEPLAY: Groups work together to rescue horse

AFTER HEARING ABOUT the hundreds of horses rescued and evacuated during the recent Northern California wildfires by local volunteer horse emergency response organizations, I wondered… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Groups work together to rescue horse

LETTER: Electing Van Hoover a rare opportunity

Our Jefferson Heathcare commissioners will be presented with staff reports and will need to make decisions based on those reports. Someone who has experience in… Continue reading

LETTER: Sen. Murray manufactures preschool crisis to support her bill

It was disappointing to read only one viewpoint in the Peninsula Daily News’ Oct. 12 article “Murray Visits Hadlock Center.” I made the decision to… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Bridge repairs to start near Forks this Monday … and other items

Crews working for the state Department of Transportation will repair a bridge spanning the Sol Duc River 10 miles north of Forks on… Continue reading

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Warm up this fall with curried winter squash soup

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Warm up this fall with curried winter squash soup

NOT WANTING TO be left behind in the tech age, I have been cultivating my cyber skills recently by posting photographs on social media and… Continue reading

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Warm up this fall with curried winter squash soup
Port Townsend artist with ‘silverware fetish’ exhibiting in Bainbridge

Port Townsend artist with ‘silverware fetish’ exhibiting in Bainbridge

If you saw a fork in the road and it was 14 feet long and speeding southward, you saw the work of… Continue reading

Port Townsend artist with ‘silverware fetish’ exhibiting in Bainbridge

Revised ethics code to go before full Port Townsend City Council

PORT TOWNSEND —The Port Townsend City Council’s ad hoc committee has forwarded proposed changes to the city’s ethics code to the full City Council. The… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: No-shooting areas amendments hearing to be set

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider setting a public hearing for proposed amendments to county code regarding no-shooting areas when they meet at 9… Continue reading

Planned Parenthood centennial celebrated Saturday in Port Townsend

Planned Parenthood centennial celebrated Saturday in Port Townsend

Port Townsend’s Advocates for Better Healthcare will celebrate Planned Parenthood’s centennial Saturday with birthday cake, health care speakers, live music and dancing.… Continue reading

Planned Parenthood centennial celebrated Saturday in Port Townsend

Hoh River to be reopened to fishing on Saturday

The Hoh and South Fork Hoh rivers are to be reopened to fishing Saturday, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife said on its website.… Continue reading

Open house today to gather comment on Point Hudson plan

Open house today to gather comment on Point Hudson plan

Port of Port Townsend officials, who are seeking public input on a long-term plan for Point Hudson, plan an open house today.… Continue reading

Open house today to gather comment on Point Hudson plan
CEO: Composite Recycling Technology Center turns profit; focused on three product lines

CEO: Composite Recycling Technology Center turns profit; focused on three product lines

The Composite Recycling Technology Center has turned a profit, it’s newly-appointed CEO Dave Walter told Port of Port Angeles and Clallam County… Continue reading

CEO: Composite Recycling Technology Center turns profit; focused on three product lines
Jefferson Land Trust now sole holder of Chimacum conservation easement

Jefferson Land Trust now sole holder of Chimacum conservation easement

The Jefferson Land Trust is now the sole holder of a conservation easement in Chimacum after the county stepped down as a co-holder… Continue reading

Jefferson Land Trust now sole holder of Chimacum conservation easement

Security Services Northwest relocates headquarters to Sequim

After 31 years at Discovery Bay, Security Services Northwest (SSNW) relocated its headquarters to Sequim. SSNW moved from 3501 Old Gardiner Road in… Continue reading

Fire chars Glen Cove home

Fire chars Glen Cove home

A fire gutted a home in Glen Cove after the homeowner left the stove on, firefighters said. None of the six people… Continue reading

Fire chars Glen Cove home
Halloween haunts open for frightful entertainment

Halloween haunts open for frightful entertainment

A basement, fifth floor, World War II aircraft hangar and bordello offer a deluge of haunted sights and sounds to quiver the spine this weekend… Continue reading

Halloween haunts open for frightful entertainment

Cooking class, harvest festival among the week’s attractions

A feast to benefit felines, a cooking class and a harvest festival in Neah Bay are among upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information… Continue reading

Blues musicians to perform at Wheeler Theater

Blues musicians Michael Roach and John Miller give the kind of performance that might make other musicians in the audience fight over… Continue reading