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Jefferson County Hospice Foundation meal raises funds for respite program

PORT TOWNSEND — The annual Jefferson County Hospice Foundation fundraising breakfast drew more than 150 people while raising…

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New principal tapped for Blue Heron Elementary School in Port Townsend; School Board to vote later this month

PORT TOWNSEND — An administrator now working in Brazil has agreed to become Blue Heron Middle School principal,…

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Return of fireworks display, three days of festivities planned for Port Townsend’s Fourth of July

PORT TOWNSEND — This year’s Fourth of July weekend in Port Townsend will be one to remember, with…

Rear Adm. Jeff Ruth salutes following the change-of-command ceremony Thursday at Naval Magazine Indian Island. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

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New commander takes reins at Naval Magazine Indian Island

INDIAN ISLAND — Cmdr. Nicholas Vande Griend is the new commanding officer of Naval Magazine Indian Island, which…

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Medal of Honor recipient Marvin Shields honored on 50th anniversary of his death with graveside ceremony in Gardiner

GARDINER — Fifty years to the day of his death fighting in Vietnam, a Medal of Honor recipient…

Renovations at Fort Worden include the front desk area. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

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Executive director: Fort Worden campus a top Jefferson County employer after 1 year under Public Development Authority

PORT TOWNSEND — One year after the Fort Worden Lifelong Learning Center Public Development Authority took over management…

Renovations at Fort Worden include the front desk area. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

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Executive director: Fort Worden campus a top Jefferson County employer after 1 year under Public Development Authority

PORT TOWNSEND — One year after the Fort Worden Lifelong Learning Center Public Development Authority took over management…

Rear Adm. Jeff Ruth salutes following the change-of-command ceremony Thursday at Naval Magazine Indian Island. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

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New commander takes reins at Naval Magazine Indian Island

INDIAN ISLAND — Cmdr. Nicholas Vande Griend is the new commanding officer of Naval Magazine Indian Island, which…

Rear Adm. Jeff Ruth salutes following the change-of-command ceremony Thursday at Naval Magazine Indian Island. (Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News)

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New commander takes reins at Naval Magazine Indian Island

INDIAN ISLAND — Cmdr. Nicholas Vande Griend is the new commanding officer of Naval Magazine Indian Island, which…

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Medal of Honor recipient Marvin Shields honored on 50th anniversary of his death with graveside ceremony in Gardiner

GARDINER — Fifty years to the day of his death fighting in Vietnam, a Medal of Honor recipient…

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Return of fireworks display, three days of festivities planned for Port Townsend’s Fourth of July

PORT TOWNSEND — This year’s Fourth of July weekend in Port Townsend will be one to remember, with…

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Return of fireworks display, three days of festivities planned for Port Townsend’s Fourth of July

PORT TOWNSEND — This year’s Fourth of July weekend in Port Townsend will be one to remember, with…

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Medal of Honor recipient Marvin Shields honored on 50th anniversary of his death with graveside ceremony in Gardiner

GARDINER — Fifty years to the day of his death fighting in Vietnam, a Medal of Honor recipient…

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Port Townsend School Board discusses resignation of chairwoman, but no action taken; topic to be addressed at June 22 meeting

PORT TOWNSEND — The remaining members of the Port Townsend School Board lamented the sudden resignation of its…

Jefferson County commissioners debate a recreational marijuana ordinance Monday. From left are Kathleen Kler

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Jefferson recreational marijuana moratorium lifted; regulations now in place for pot entrepreneurs

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County’s moratorium on recreational marijuana businesses has been lifted, with a new set of…

Jefferson Healthcare CEO Mike Glenn speaks to the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce on Monday. —Photo by Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News ()

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CEO gives Jefferson Healthcare a good bill of health during talk to Chamber of Commerce

PORT TOWNSEND — Successfully weathering the Great Recession, Jefferson Healthcare hospital is thriving, with revenues increasing and new…

Jefferson County commissioners debate a recreational marijuana ordinance Monday. From left are Kathleen Kler

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Jefferson recreational marijuana moratorium lifted; regulations now in place for pot entrepreneurs

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County’s moratorium on recreational marijuana businesses has been lifted, with a new set of…

Amy Hall of Sequim checks on her crop of pink Hawaiian coral peonies at Peony Farm. — Chris McDaniel/Peninsula Daily News ()

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Business is blooming: Sequim’s Peony Farm to be featured in national magazine

SEQUIM — The colorful blooms of Peony Farm will grace the pages of a national magazine next year…

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Actress Lynda Day George pays it forward to Sequim youth with scholarship effort

GARDINER — Not content to sit on her laurels, actress Lynda Day George keeps busy helping to raise…

Sallie “Spirit” Harrison is preparing for a 200-mile walk across the North Olympic Peninsula

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Snohomish County woman plans walk across North Olympic Peninsula to protest Navy electronic warfare training plan; first leg starts today

Sallie “Spirit” Harrison of Snohomish County is preparing for a 200-mile protest walk across the North Olympic Peninsula,…