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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Port Townsend church puts out welcome mat for weddings next Sunday

PORT TOWNSEND — Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will put out the welcome mat for gay couples seeking to…

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Steps outlined to dissolve Clallam Business Incubator

PORT ANGELES — The final steps for the dissolution of the Clallam Business Incubator are likely to be…

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Controversial Dungeness water rule signed by Ecology director, near finish

SEQUIM — A controversial new state rule to manage water use, including individual wells, in the Dungeness River…

Retired Coast Guard officers Diana Wickman

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Peninsula wedding plans blossom following passage of same-sex marriage referendum

SEQUIM — Happy Valley residents Diana Wickman and Judy Persall hope to get married as the new year…

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Crews continue oil cleanup in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Cleanup crews will be removing heavy oil from the side of a barge, the Tesoro…

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Cellphone donation drop sites to help troops

PORT TOWNSEND — Gently used cellphones can be recycled to help troops and veterans through New Day Learning…

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Peninsula Red Cross chapter sends 12 in Sandy’s wake

SEQUIM — Twelve trained volunteers with the Olympic Peninsula chapter of the American Red Cross are helping out…

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UPDATED — Deer hunter dies after fall near Tarboo Lake in Jefferson County

PORT TOWNSEND — A 66-year-old Silverdale man died Oct. 27 after falling from a large cedar tree during…

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Canadians for Obama come to Port Angeles, officials say

PORT ANGELES — Canadians have been visiting the Clallam County Democratic Party headquarters to stock up on Obama…

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News

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Canadians for Obama come to Port Angeles, officials say

PORT ANGELES — Canadians have been visiting the Clallam County Democratic Party headquarters to stock up on Obama…

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Coast Guard to fire blank rounds, test green laser

SEATTLE — If you hear the sound of shots and see glimpses of a green laser light on…

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Tribal chairwoman hails directive on feathers

PORT ANGELES — Lower Elwha Kallam Chairwoman Frances Charles welcomed a federal Justice Department clarification of its policy…

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Anderson Lake neurotoxin nearly 300 times safe level

PORT TOWNSEND — The level of a potentially lethal nerve toxin in Anderson Lake is almost 300 times…

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Anderson Lake toxins jump to 100 times safe limit

PORT TOWNSEND — The level of a potent nerve toxin in Anderson Lake has soared to more than…

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Word ‘pursue’ key in Jefferson fish farming letter

PORT TOWNSEND — The key to understanding the direction that Jefferson County is taking in regard to net…

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New toxin-producing algae found in Anderson Lake

PORT TOWNSEND — Something new is growing in Anderson Lake, and it isn’t good. “For the first time…

Chloe and Eliza Dawson use clues to find out what killed the orca named Hope at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center. Wendy Feltham

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The clue to the stranded orca: New Port Townsend exhibit

PORT TOWNSEND — An exhibit about ocean pollution and orcas, dominated by the skeleton of an orca found…

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Proposal would cut Port Townsend’s two-boat ferry service by eight weeks a year

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend officials and some Puget Sound lawmakers said they’ll try to find alternative funding…

Anderson Lake has seen its toxin levels rise and fall. Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News

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Anderson Lake toxins climb again

PORT TOWNSEND — The level of a potentially deadly nerve toxin has climbed to unsafe levels again in…

Anderson Lake has been closed for most of the summer. Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News

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Anderson Lake to stay closed despite test results

PORT TOWNSEND — Although toxins are low, Anderson Lake will stay closed for the rest of the season.…