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Searches continue for missing Jefferson County men

Efforts complicated by shallow waters, shifting weather

Business

Port Townsend extends streatery permit program

Move allows restaurants to continue operating in public spaces

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School districts seek input to recruit ideal leaders

Surveys open to each community through Oct. 30

Vehicles are loaded onto the MV Salish ferry boat at the terminal in Port Townsend earlier this month. Cost-saving options floated by the state Department of Transportation for the 2021-23 budget include pulling the Salish from service, which would leave the Port Townsend-Coupeville route with one boat. (Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News)

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Leaders unite to prevent ferry cuts

Agencies team up on impact study to aid lobbying

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Renewed searches fail to find missing Jefferson County men

Walter Mead, Sean Pickering presumed dead after not returning from checking on crab pots in Kilisut Harbor

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Racism declared health crisis

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Board of Health has declared racism “an acute and chronic public health…

Janette Force, executive director of the Port Townsend Film Festival, holds a sample ballot and a state-produced Voters' Pamphlet. Submitted photo

Politics

Video explains mail-in voting for seniors, caregivers

Rundown of rules for sending back ballots

News

Port Townsend officials seek input on Discovery Road project

Sidewalks, bike lanes planned for key thoroughfare

A plane flies over the Jefferson County International Airport's 3,000-foot runway outside Port Townsend on Wednesday afternoon. The Port of Port Townsend plans to close the runway from 7:30 a.m. Monday until 5 p.m. Oct. 23 so it can be resurfaced. That work, intended to correct deficiencies in the pavement, was originally planned for late September but was delayed due to rainy weather. (Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson airport runway to be resurfaced

PORT TOWNSEND — A plane flies over the Jefferson County International Airport’s 3,000-foot runway outside Port Townsend on…

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Search planned for bodies of missing men

Family conducting their own searches for Walter Mead and Sean Pickering

News

Open space, park top alternatives for golf course, survey finds

City staff to vet 3 proposals, present to council Nov. 2

Kurt Hardesty, left, and Chris MacDonald of the city of Port Townsend's transportation crew apply yellow tape to the roadway around a mini traffic circle Monday morning in the center of Washington Street at Cass Street next to County Courthouse Park in Port Townsend. (Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend installs temporary traffic circles on Washington Street

If effective, area residents would pay for permanent fixtures

Holly Jarnagin, left, and 2-year-old Frankie Rezendes of Port Townsend make chalk art in the intersection of Lawrence and Tyler streets Saturday during the farmers market in uptown Port Townsend. City staff set up a booth and distributed chalk during Saturday's market, encouraging people to draw their hopes and dreams for the city's future. (Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend seeks future visions drawn in chalk

Creative prompt aims for civic engagement

Politics

Eisenhour, Smith field questions in forum

Commissioner candidates discuss issues ahead of Nov. 3 election

News

Jefferson County PUD commission adopts 2021 budget

No rate increases now, but study could prompt hike

News

School boards kick off search for leaders

Port Townsend, Chimacum plan focus groups, set timeline to find superintendents

Mike Loriz, 1st vice commander of American Legion Post 26, is leading an effort to cut the Port Townsend veterans organization's electric bill while also making its 1941 downtown building more energy efficient by installing an array of solar panels on the south-facing side of its roof. Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News

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American Legion looking to install solar panels

Port Townsend post aims to save money by going green

News

Port Townsend council votes on refunding bonds

Low rates on long-term debt would save city money

Politics

Jefferson commissioner candidates to face off in online forum

Eisenhour, Smith seeking to replace outgoing Sullivan

Three friends spend their Monday afternoon playing Irish traditional tunes while sitting socially distanced on a crisp, sunny October day at Point Hudson in Port Townsend. Mark Morris, foreground, of Ashland, Ore., plays the concert flute while Dave Lewicki, left, plays the fiddle and Alex Bradbury plays the concertina. Both Lewicki and Bradbury are Port Townsend residents. (Nicholas Johnson/Peninsula Daily News)

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Three friends spend their Monday afternoon playing Irish traditional tunes while sitting socially distanced on a crisp, sunny…