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WEEKEND: KPTZ-FM radio to celebrate first anniversary

PORT TOWNSEND — KPTZ 91.9 FM Radio Port Townsend will celebrate its first anniversary Saturday. The first broadcast…

Damon Farmer of Versailles

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Theme sought for this year’s sand sculpture contest in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Wanted! A theme for the 10th annual Windermere Sand Sculpture Classic at this summer’s Arts…

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SPORTS: Port Angeles boys soccer team qualifies for playoffs; other prep reports

POULSBO — League-leading North Kitsap easily handled Port Angeles in boys soccer but the Roughriders still earned a…

“The Latest Buzz About Bees” will be presented by Master Gardener Mary Flo Bruce at noon Thursday

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Buzz on bees topic of next brown bag lecture

PORT ANGELES — The habits and habitat of orchard mason and leaf-cutter bees will be presented by Mary…

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Hood Canal Bridge to be closed for four nights beginning Monday

SHINE — The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed most of four nights beginning Monday for repair of…

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Public comment accepted on work at Bangor explosives-handling wharf

BANGOR — The Navy invites the public to comment on a supplemental environmental assessment on the explosives-handling wharf…

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SPORTS: Washington Huskies men’s soccer team to play Victoria Highlanders in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Soccer fans will get a treat as the University of Washington men’s team battles the…

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SPORTS: Chimacum baseball team still perfect on year, wins Nisqually League; North Kitsap beats Port Townsend

EVERETT — The Chimacum baseball team is still on track for an undefeated regular season after shutting out…

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Peninsula residents turn in unused drugs in take-back day

North Olympic Peninsula residents returned an estimated 245 pounds of unused prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications during the…

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Ferries system to hold community meetings on Peninsula

SEATTLE — Representatives of Washington State Ferries will begin a series of community meetings later this month, with…

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Bail set in abduction case in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Bail has been set at $10,000 each for Paul Brawner, 27, and Robin Sather, 30,…

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SPORTS: Port Angeles shades archrival Sequim 5-3 in baseball, captures second in league

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles’ baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to…

Bill Driscoll

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Weyerhaeuser kin, a combat veteran who antes $500,000 to own campaign, makes congressional election a race

TACOMA — A great-great-grandson of lumber baron Frederick Weyerhaeuser has entered the race for Congress in the 6th…

Chris Tucker/Peninsula Daily News

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SPORTS: Record numbers at NW Cup national championships at Dry Hill

PORT ANGELES — The Northwest Cup mountain bike downhill races on Dry Hill this past weekend lived up…

Damon Farmer of Versailles

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Theme sought for this year’s sand sculpture contest in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Wanted! A theme for the 10th annual Windermere Sand Sculpture Classic at this summer’s Arts…

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Sushi on discussion menu Tuesday at Rose Theatre

PORT TOWNSEND — Sushi will loom large on the screen and in discussions after the showing of “Jiro…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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SPORTS: Port Angeles and Sequim baseball teams to play for second place today; other prep reports

PORT ANGELES — Ace Easton Napiontek went the distance, striking out nine in seven innings, to spark Port…

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Vashon Island author/artist to give free reading Tuesday

PORT TOWNSEND — Darsie Beck, an artist, journal-keeper and author of Your Essential Nature: A Practical Guide to…

Jean Walat has been volunteer/citizen science coordinator at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center since 2005.

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Marine science center selects program director

PORT TOWNSEND — Jean Walat has been named the new program director for the Port Townsend Marine Science…

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VIMO receives $2,500 from medical center workers

PORT ANGELES — Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics, or VIMO, received $2,500 in donations from the employees…