Jefferson County

NEWS BRIEFS: Artist to provide demonstration at Sequim meeting Thursday … and other items

Artist Kevin Willson will provide a program and demonstration at a meeting of the Olympic Peninsula Art Association on Thursday. Doors will open… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: Real science too scary to deal with

HALLOWEEN USED TO be the scariest holiday of the year with ghosts, goblins and the zombie apocalypse threatening to knock on your door when you… Continue reading

Special Drug Take Back Day set Saturday

A special Drug Take Back Day will offer Clallam County residents places in Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks for disposing of potentially dangerous, expired, unused… Continue reading

Two authors to read at Northwind center on Thursday

The Northwind Reading Series will feature authors Sibyl James and Judith Roche on Thursday. The reading will begin at 7 p.m. at… Continue reading

A demonstration of Japanese washi paper is planned Wednesday.

Northwind Book Arts hosts expert on Japanese paper

Linda Marshall, the proprietor of Washi Arts, will conduct a hands-on demonstration of Japanese paper at the next Northwind Book Arts meeting… Continue reading

A demonstration of Japanese washi paper is planned Wednesday.

Jefferson commissioners approve $150,000 lawsuit settlement

The Jefferson County Commissioners have approved a $150,000 settlement after a roughly four-year legal battle over the county’s internet access logs. According… Continue reading

Highway 101 work around Lake Crescent now set to begin mid-July

Work on a $27.5 million project to rehabilitate 12 miles of U.S. Highway 101 around Lake Crescent will begin in mid-July… Continue reading

Alice Derry featured as Peninsula College’s 17th Writer-in-Residence

Alice Derry featured as Peninsula College’s 17th Writer-in-Residence

Poet Alice Derry will be featured in presentations in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Forks this week and May 1 as Peninsula… Continue reading

Alice Derry featured as Peninsula College’s 17th Writer-in-Residence

LETTER: Trump’s lack of sound foreign policy increasingly worrisome

As a member of the Jefferson County Citizens for Sound Foreign Policy, I am gravely concerned with the current administration’s lack of a strategic plan… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Comments sought on Chimacum math curriculum … and other items

The Elementary Math Curriculum Committee for the Chimacum School District is recommending for adoption an elementary math program called Bridges in Mathematics. The… Continue reading

POINT OF VIEW: The time to act on addiction is now

By Richard Schwartz WE HAVE HEARD or read about the epidemic rise in overdose deaths from the use of heroin in 2016 and the dependency… Continue reading

EYE ON OLYMPIA: Lawmakers start extra session today for operating budget, education funding

Don’t hold your breath if you’re waiting for state lawmakers to finish up work on the budget. The state Legislature finished out its… Continue reading

Kilmer discusses health care in visit to Port Angeles clinic

Kilmer discusses health care in visit to Port Angeles clinic

U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer paid a visit to his native Port Angeles to discuss health care issues with North Olympic Healthcare Network… Continue reading

Kilmer discusses health care in visit to Port Angeles clinic

LETTER: The choice is in supporting vs. not supporting violence of abortion

St. Teresa of Calcutta [Kolkata] said, “It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.”… Continue reading

NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Coast Guard crew rescues three mariners … and other items

A Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles crew hoisted three mariners after their vessel ran aground Saturday near Boulder Island, southeast of… Continue reading

Sequim woman pleads guilty in major theft case; crime believed to be among largest in county history

Sequim woman pleads guilty in major theft case; crime believed to be among largest in county history

A Sequim woman has been sentenced in Clallam County Superior Court for what could be one of the largest financial crimes in… Continue reading

Sequim woman pleads guilty in major theft case; crime believed to be among largest in county history

State Legislature to start special session Monday

Gov. Jay Inslee called lawmakers back for a special session that will start Monday, expressing frustration… Continue reading

Peninsula groups highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Peninsula groups highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and organizations across the Peninsula are reaching out to the community through art, events and social… Continue reading

Peninsula groups highlight Sexual Assault Awareness Month
A GROWING CONCERN: A picture is worth a thousand words when it comes to pruning

A GROWING CONCERN: A picture is worth a thousand words when it comes to pruning

WHILE I’VE BEEN severely trimming down various plants these past few weeks, the gasps (along with horrified looks from homeowners and neighbors alike) have been… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: A picture is worth a thousand words when it comes to pruning

Best small town contest ends Monday

Port Townsend has been creeping up in rankings while Sequim remained in the lead in USA Today’s online Best Northwestern Small Town contest. As of… Continue reading