Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The 23rd Annual Port Townsend Film Festival guest of honor, director John Cooper, waves to fans as he is driven to a reception and dinner for filmmakers by Jerry Johnson, from Port Townsend, in Johnson’s 1955 Studebaker Speedster on Friday.

Former Sundance director honored at film fest

Nearly 60 films on tap at gathering that continues today, Sunday

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SECOND UPDATE: Man dead after Friday shooting in Brinnon

Two Jefferson County deputies on administrative leave

Photo Credit Leah Andrews Fire District 3 firefighters battle a blaze in Sequim.

Sequim house fire confined to one room

Eight occupants evacuate safely

Fingerprints from torso washed onto beach sent to state

Identification possible next week

DNR getting ready to begin boat seizure process

Hole found in Eudora stranded on Ediz Hook

County eyes new building lot regulations

Public hearing set for Monday

Miles McRae, owner of Full Spectrum Projector and Sound and of the Airscreen, pulls the ropes to control the 15-foot by 30-foot screen as air is pumped into the screen to inflate it for use during the 23rd Port Townsend Film Festival, which started on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Workers move materials on Wednesday at the site of a future planned four-story, 106-room hotel being built by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe between First Street and Railroad Avenue at Laurel Street in downtown Port Angeles. Work resumed on the project this week after delays in the permitting process and reassessment of the hotel plans to account for inflation and other factors. Construction is expected to last from 18 to 24 months.
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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles, shown on Wednesday, will be closed starting today through Sunday for maintenance, including replacement of a torn section of play surface and installation of donor-sponsored bricks around the gazebo.
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Ray Grier, a 30-year resident of Port Townsend, looks at the Halloween display set up by the park host at the entrance to the RV park at Point Hudson Marina while on his daily 2- to 3-mile walk on Tuesday afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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ECHHO chair David Whitney (left) listens as volunteer Roger Horner describes his experiences driving Jefferson County care receivers to their medical appointments at the non-profit organization’s 25th anniversary celebration. The Port Townsend-based ECHHO (Ecumenical Christian Helping Hands Organization) has assisted more than 9,000 Jefferson County residents.
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ECHHO anniversary in Port Townsend

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Sequim house fire confined to one room

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Bentinck range operations planned

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Rally in the Alley to dispose of unwanted items

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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Ian Mackie of Gig Harbor prepares to launch his kayak from Pebble Beach as an iron man competitor during Saturday's Big Hurt in Port Angeles.

ADVENTURE SPORTS: A beautiful day for a Big Hurt

Ideal weather welcomes ironmen, teams

 

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Kenzie Banner, rear, and Shoreline's Kailey Brecke fight for a header during Saturday's match in Port Angeles.

PENINSULA COLLEGE SOCCER: Women and men shut out Shoreline

It was a 10-0 day for Peninsula College soccer. The No. 1-ranked Peninsula College women’s soccer team… Continue reading

 

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Karah Ealy has been promoted to director of acute and intensive care units at Jefferson Healthcare.

Ealy promoted at Jefferson Healthcare

Karah Ealy has been promoted to director of acute and intensive care units at Jefferson Healthcare. Ealy,… Continue reading

 

Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

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Submitted art / "Color Study in Slow Stitch 2" by Jean Wyatt is featured at the 17th-annual North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival at Sequim Museum & Arts.

Fiber arts festival to highlight art for two months

The 17th-annual North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival will offer several events to celebrate the craft in October and… Continue reading

 

Photo by Karen Griffiths Cutline: A Competitive Mounted Orienteering’s competition was held at Layton Hill Horse Camp last weekend. Organizer Wendy Brundle, left, along with one of this year’s top prize winning teams — the Free 4 Alls —in the long course competition Brianna Bell, Darcy Jaxon and Melissa Rogers.

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Cherish Cronmiller is the executive director for Olympic Community Action Programs. (Brian McLean/Peninsula Daily News)

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