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Sappho boy recovering after motorcycle wreck

SAPPHO — A 14-year-old boy was recovering at a Seattle hospital Wednesday morning after being injured in a motorcycle wreck near Sappho. Jacob T. Hull,… Continue reading

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Port Townsend Library Director Melody Sky Eisler speaks to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. — Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News ()

Port Townsend Library’s Community Read program ready to begin March 1 with ‘This Changes Everything’

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Library is preparing to kick off the 11th annual Community Read program March 1 with a look at the… Continue reading

Port Townsend Library Director Melody Sky Eisler speaks to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. — Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News ()

Port Townsend reservoir back at capacity after winter rainfall

PORT TOWNSEND — It took several months of rain for Lords Lake to fully recover from the snowpack drought of 2014-15. After falling to 8… Continue reading

Members of the winter crew of the Adventuress are

Schooner Adventuress being readied in Port Townsend for summer sailing season

PORT TOWNSEND — The historic two-mast schooner Adventuress is preparing to leave Port Townsend for its summer sail schedule — a long process that will… Continue reading

Members of the winter crew of the Adventuress are
Shae Pozarzycki of Port Angeles has aspirations of appearing on the “American Ninja Warrior” television program

The American (Ninja) Dream: Port Angeles man makes bid to compete in grueling television show, asks for community’s support — corrected

EDITOR'S NOTE: This report has been corrected to reflect that Pozarzycki studies hapkido and became interested in the Japanese version of "American Ninja Warrior" while… Continue reading

Shae Pozarzycki of Port Angeles has aspirations of appearing on the “American Ninja Warrior” television program
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Jefferson County funds one Dosewallips Road repair while second washout tests patience near Brinnon

BRINNON — While one washout on Dosewallips Road is about to be repaired, a second washout on the road's upper reaches through the Olympic National… Continue reading

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Missing Port Townsend man found safe when city employee spots him

PORT TOWNSEND — Police found a missing man within hours of beginning a search for him, thanks to a huge network of city and county… Continue reading

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Chimacum School District Superintendent Rick Thompson ()

Chimacum School Board decides on April 26 retry of $29.1 million bond

CHIMACUM — The Chimacum School Board plans to make another attempt to pass a $29.1 million bond in the April 26 special election. The board… Continue reading

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Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain speaks to more than 400 parishioners Sunday at Queen of Angels Parish in Port Angeles during Mass and the dedication for newly completed renovations. (Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News)

Hundreds join archbishop of Seattle to celebrate newly renovated Port Angeles church

PORT ANGELES — More than 400 parishioners and the archbishop of Seattle, J. Peter Sartain, joined together at Queen of Angels Parish on Sunday to… Continue reading

Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain speaks to more than 400 parishioners Sunday at Queen of Angels Parish in Port Angeles during Mass and the dedication for newly completed renovations. (Arwyn Rice/Peninsula Daily News)
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Man rescued from Kilisut Harbor after boat overturns

PORT TOWNSEND — A rescue crew saved a 59-year-old man in Kilisut Harbor late Saturday after a boating accident. The man, described only as a… Continue reading

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Olympic National Park chief electrician Robert Perina crosses a temporary plank bridge over a side channel of the Elwha River as electrician apprentice Kevan Keegan looks on near the Elwha Campground in Olympic National Park

WEEKEND REWIND: Olympic National Park effort underway to preserve stretch of Olympic Hot Springs Road near Elwha River washout

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Crews are trying to preserve what's left of Olympic Hot Springs Road near a massive washout in the Elwha River Valley,… Continue reading

Olympic National Park chief electrician Robert Perina crosses a temporary plank bridge over a side channel of the Elwha River as electrician apprentice Kevan Keegan looks on near the Elwha Campground in Olympic National Park
A crack forms in a section of state Highway 112 where part of the road has begun sliding at mile marker 2.3. The road remained open to traffic Tuesday. (State Department of Transportation)

WEEKEND REWIND: Water, cracks appear on stretches of state Highway 112

Highway crews made short work of two weather-related problems on state Highway 112 late Monday and early Tuesday. They also found a new spot where… Continue reading

A crack forms in a section of state Highway 112 where part of the road has begun sliding at mile marker 2.3. The road remained open to traffic Tuesday. (State Department of Transportation)
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WEEKEND REWIND: Weather study on Olympic Peninsula employs everything from mules to ‘spy planes’

PORT ANGELES — An intensive scientific study of how storms behave near and on the Olympic Peninsula employed everything from mules to high-altitude “spy planes”… Continue reading

The Doppler on Wheels truck

WEEKEND: Trivia Night to test wits in Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles know-it-alls are challenged to prove their claims Saturday at the third annual Port Angeles Trivia Night. Winners will not only… Continue reading

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Chamber director: Tourism figures remained strong in Forks in 2015

FORKS — Whether they're coming for “Twilight,” fishing, beaches, the rainforest or Sasquatch, tourists continued to flock to Forks in 2015. Chamber of Commerce Executive… Continue reading

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WEEKEND: Trivia Night to test wits in Port Angeles on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles know-it-alls are challenged to prove their claims Saturday at the third annual Port Angeles Trivia Night. Winners will not only… Continue reading

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Street light project, employment needs are topics in Forks mayor’s State of the City speech

FORKS — There have been some rough spots, but 2015 was the best year the city of Forks has had in awhile, Mayor Bryon Monohon… Continue reading

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Olympic National Park chief electrician Robert Perina crosses a temporary plank bridge over a side channel of the Elwha River as electrician apprentice Kevan Keegan looks on near the Elwha Campground in Olympic National Park

Olympic National Park effort underway to preserve stretch of Olympic Hot Springs Road near Elwha River washout

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Crews are trying to preserve what's left of Olympic Hot Springs Road near a massive washout in the Elwha River Valley,… Continue reading

Olympic National Park chief electrician Robert Perina crosses a temporary plank bridge over a side channel of the Elwha River as electrician apprentice Kevan Keegan looks on near the Elwha Campground in Olympic National Park
A crack forms in a section of state Highway 112 where part of the road has begun sliding at mile marker 2.3. The road remained open to traffic Tuesday. (State Department of Transportation)

Water, cracks appear on stretches of state Highway 112

Highway crews made short work of two weather-related problems on state Highway 112 late Monday and early Tuesday. They also found a new spot where… Continue reading

A crack forms in a section of state Highway 112 where part of the road has begun sliding at mile marker 2.3. The road remained open to traffic Tuesday. (State Department of Transportation)
Port Angeles High School students

Port Angeles students build spans to success at annual bridge competition

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles High School students have taken two of the top three honors at the state civil engineering contest at the Museum… Continue reading

Port Angeles High School students