Jefferson County

Jefferson Healthcare Chief Operations Officer Jacob Davidson with the hospital’s new linear accelerator, which should be ready to use in October. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson Healthcare expansion to open in September

Ribbon cutting, tours scheduled this month

Jefferson Healthcare Chief Operations Officer Jacob Davidson with the hospital’s new linear accelerator, which should be ready to use in October. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Joyce Daze festival tops list of weekend events

Joyce Daze, art walks and a livestock auction highlight this weekend’s events on the North Olympic Peninsula. • The 42nd Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Speaker set at Unity in Port Townsend for weekend service

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Mythos and Spirituality” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in Port Townsend,… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

Acoustic Blues at Fort Worden this week

Music is about community, director says

Pat Herkal’s three-dimensional fabric birds will be featured at the Port Townsend Gallery during August.

Reception set for Port Townsend Gallery artists

A reception for three artists will be conducted from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Port Townsend Galley, 715 Water… Continue reading

Pat Herkal’s three-dimensional fabric birds will be featured at the Port Townsend Gallery during August.

THIRD UPDATE: Tsunami advisory canceled

The tsunami advisory that was in effect Wednesday following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Russia has been canceled, according to the National… Continue reading

The Tana Stobs canoe, a family memorial canoe with members from the Port Gamble and Suquamish tribes, arrived first to the beach at Fort Worden on Tuesday. The canoe, in its 25th year, honors the memory of paddler Nic Armstrong’s brother Santana Ives. Their trip from Port Gamble took 4 1/2 hours. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Tribal canoe journey lands at Fort Worden

Event upholds tradition, culture, with final destination Thursday

The Tana Stobs canoe, a family memorial canoe with members from the Port Gamble and Suquamish tribes, arrived first to the beach at Fort Worden on Tuesday. The canoe, in its 25th year, honors the memory of paddler Nic Armstrong’s brother Santana Ives. Their trip from Port Gamble took 4 1/2 hours. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)
A watercolor sketch of a red-footed booby is part of “The Nature Journals of Carolyn Woods” on display at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center through Oct. 12.

Nature journals on view at Port Townsend Marine Science Center

“The Nature Journals of Carolyn Woods,” watercolor studies of landscapes and wildlife, will be on display through Oct. 12. Woods’ nature journals… Continue reading

A watercolor sketch of a red-footed booby is part of “The Nature Journals of Carolyn Woods” on display at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center through Oct. 12.

PAT NEAL: Finding blackberry heaven

I THOUGHT I had died and gone to blackberry heaven. It all started when I fell into a hole in a brush-covered slash pit. This… Continue reading

“Alder Trees in Winter No. 1” by Terri Wolf will be part of the “Salish Seasons” fiber art exhibit at Port Townsend’s Wilderbee Farm.

Fiber exhibit to open Friday at Wilderbee Farm

The fiber exhibit “Salish Seasons” will open Friday in the Meadery Tasting Room at Wilderbee Farm, 223 Cook Ave. Ext., Port Townsend.… Continue reading

“Alder Trees in Winter No. 1” by Terri Wolf will be part of the “Salish Seasons” fiber art exhibit at Port Townsend’s Wilderbee Farm.

First Saturday Art Walk set this weekend

A variety of artwork will be on view during the First Saturday Art Walk in Port Townsend. The monthly event will be… Continue reading

Grant funding to aid project

Deal reached for Big Quilcene River

Port Ludlow Art League to host annual fair

The Port Ludlow Art League will host its art fair from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The annual event will be on… Continue reading

Tree City Travelers to perform free concerts this weekend

The Tree City Travelers will perform free concerts at 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The all-ages events will be at Marrowstone Vineyards, 423… Continue reading

Weekly flight operations scheduled

There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Complex this week. Practice will be… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: A dirty dozen chores to get your garden through August

IN JUST A couple of weeks, autumn will begin. But that only means another list of monthly chores, so enjoy these nice, sunny, warm days,… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 Del Guzzi… Continue reading

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Clallam commissioners to consider levy lid lift

Meetings across the North Olympic Peninsula

Free weekly concert series set for next week

Free concerts are scheduled across the Peninsula next week. They include: • Sequim Music in the Park The Buck Ellard Band will perform from 6… Continue reading

Equitese Pony Club hosted the U.S. Pony Club Northwest Region’s first Trail Clinic last Saturday at JeffCo Fairgrounds, followed on Sunday with a USPC Pony Club member-only trail rally for Western and English riders.

HORSEPLAY: Peninsula pony clubs hold first trail event

I’M PUTTING THIS in my “learn something new every day” file: Over the weekend, I learned U.S. Pony Club has added Western Trail and Western… Continue reading

Equitese Pony Club hosted the U.S. Pony Club Northwest Region’s first Trail Clinic last Saturday at JeffCo Fairgrounds, followed on Sunday with a USPC Pony Club member-only trail rally for Western and English riders.