Jefferson County

NEWS BRIEFS: Volunteer training set for refuge … and other items

The Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge will hold its annual new volunteer training from 8 p.m. to noon Friday in the Sequim Prairie Grange… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Flight operations set for this week … and other items

Field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island are scheduled to occur at the outlying field in… Continue reading

Health study ranks counties: Jefferson No. 4 for health outcomes, Clallam No. 21

Health study ranks counties: Jefferson No. 4 for health outcomes, Clallam No. 21

Jefferson County remains in the state’s upper echelon for overall health, a national study suggests. Clallam County was just below the state… Continue reading

Health study ranks counties: Jefferson No. 4 for health outcomes, Clallam No. 21
Sequim High School graduate in ‘Flip or Flop’ spin-off

Sequim High School graduate in ‘Flip or Flop’ spin-off

A Sequim High School graduate and his family will soon star in one of the most popular cable television shows in home improvement… Continue reading

Sequim High School graduate in ‘Flip or Flop’ spin-off
County fairs fight for funds

County fairs fight for funds

PORT TOWNSEND —The state operating budget proposed by the House of Representatives strips funds from county fairs for the 2018 and 2019 seasons and residents… Continue reading

County fairs fight for funds
Wind slams east, west Peninsula; most power restored Saturday

Wind slams east, west Peninsula; most power restored Saturday

Most of the at least 2,300 North Olympic Peninsula electrical customers who lost power Friday because of high winds were back on the grid by… Continue reading

Wind slams east, west Peninsula; most power restored Saturday

A GROWING CONCERN: Plan for the whole yard with this varied list of options

APRIL MARCHES ON, and so does your garden chore list. We’re now in the time to plant, plant, plant, but what to plant? That’s truly… Continue reading

Bill to add ballot drop boxes awaits governor’s signature

A bill requiring that dozens of additional ballot drop boxes be installed throughout Washington state has cleared both legislative chambers… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: Look to the skies to see who’s on the wing

“THE VULTURES ARE coming!” That has a nice ring to it doesn’t it? At the least, it would make a good title for a science-fiction… Continue reading

Chimacum joins ferry fleet

The newest state ferry, Chimacum, joined the state fleet Friday and will carry ferry riders on the Seattle-Bremerton route this summer after crews… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Monthly luncheon meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 11:15 a.m. in the second-floor… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Use Medicare to avoid using Medicare

I CONCLUDED LAST week’s column with “Medicare happens,” implying that we were finished, at least for the time being, with talking about Medicare. I lied.… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: PA, Sequim horse riders place at meet

HORSEPLAY: PA, Sequim horse riders place at meet

SEQUIM AND PORT Angeles’ high school equestrian teams completed their third qualifying meets of the season March 24-26 in Spanaway. More than 100 competitors from… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: PA, Sequim horse riders place at meet

LETTER: Faith column missed the mark on God’s love vs. intolerance for sin

A March 24 Peninsula Daily News “Issues of Faith” column, “Run to the Cross to See God Anew,” [by the Rev. Patrick Lovejoy] may miss… Continue reading

LETTER: Foresight trumps hindsight when it comes to our country’s safety

Before opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration order, we might recall Dec. 14, 1999, when terrorist Ahmed Ressam arrived on the Coho ferry in Port Angeles,… Continue reading

LETTER: Letter writer needs to check his facts on Wild Olympics criticism

Regarding the points that former Clallam County Commissioner Phillip Kitchel makes in his March 28 letter to Peninsula Voices [“No Wild Olympics”], he suffers from… Continue reading

LETTER: Recent letter on ‘illegals’ cherry-picked data to suit opinion

The April 6 letter to Peninsula Voices, “Anti-sanctuaries,” seems to employ an analogy taken from the movie “A Time to Kill” to delegitimize sanctuary cities.… Continue reading

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Spring is the season for fresh asparagus sandwiches

EARLY SPRING 1994, my college roommate and I headed off on a grand camping road trip adventure. We followed the Columbia River out to the… Continue reading

EYE ON JEFFERSON: County to consider trail lease for Olympic Discovery Trail

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider approving a state Department of Transportation trail lease for the Olympic Discovery Trail project when they meet Monday.… Continue reading

Man dies in early morning fire in Port Townsend

A man died this morning in a house fire in the 300 block of the Cook Avenue Extension, East Jefferson Fire Rescue… Continue reading