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EYE ON JEFFERSON: Commissioners eye transitional housing

The three Jefferson County commissioners will consider a professional services agreement with Olympic Community Action Programs to provide…

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More Hood Canal Bridge closures announced for tonight into Tuesday

SHINE — The Hood Canal Bridge will close intermittently between 11 p.m. today and 4 a.m. Tuesday for…

The final two performances of the Olympic Music Festival on Saturday and Sunday will both include pre-concert lectures by veteran festival pianist and Beethoven specialist Paul Hersh. (Olympic Music Festival)

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Olympic Music Festival presents final weekend with ‘musical journey’

PORT TOWNSEND — Two days devoted to Beethoven’s string quartets will conclude the Olympic Music Festival’s summer season…

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Smoke expected to clear but return in a few days

PORT ANGELES — The air quality on the North Olympic Peninsula may have improved for now, but “we’re…

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Final Quilcene Concert in the Barn plays Saturday

QUILCENE — On Saturday afternoon, you can enjoy the music of Pierné, Debussy and Messiaen at Alan Iglitzin’s…

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AAUW seeks nominations for Woman of Excellence Award

PORT TOWNSEND — AAUW Port Townsend seeks nominations for its annual Woman of Excellence award.

Master Gardeners host free festival this Saturday

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Master Gardeners host free festival this Saturday

SEQUIM — Flower arranging tips, fall and winter gardening presentations, and a plant clinic will highlight Saturday’s garden…

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As always, live music offered at Wooden Boat Festival

PORT TOWNSEND — Not all of the attractions at the Wooden Boat Festival will be boats.

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Various wares on display at Crafts by the Dock

PORT TOWNSEND — One block from the Wooden Boat Festival, you can view craftsmanship of other sorts.

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Garden walk, sea chanteys, dances offered this week

A garden walk, evening of sea chanteys and maritime songs and community dances are among the upcoming activities…

Painter Erin Alward’s “Marsh” will be on display today at Imagine It Framed for Second Weekend Art Walk. (Erin Alward)

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Port Angeles’ Second Weekend Art Walk offers fiber art, painting, ceramics, music

PORT ANGELES — Fiber artists balance aesthetics and utility to create a great range of threaded creations.

Vendor Lisa Young of Joyce, left, and Colleen Bradley of Sequim look at an antique camera at Young’s table near the Joyce Museum in Joyce as part of last year’s Great Strait Yard Sale. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Great Strait Sale to celebrate 10th anniversary

It’s the longest rummage sale most of us will ever see.

Photographers put on a show at Port Angeles studio

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Photographers put on a show at Port Angeles studio

PORT ANGELES — Images of musicians in Havana, animals in Clallam Bay and a sunset in Saguaro National…

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Clallam County intensifies burn ban

Clallam County has put a full burn ban in effect in unincorporated areas.

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Coast Guard rescues injured man near Lake Quinault

WARRENTON, Ore. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated an injured man Monday afternoon 4 miles east of Lake…

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Clallam GOP to host author, teacher from Venezuela

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Republican Party will host Helena Paneyko, a teacher and author from Venezuela…

Three people were transported to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles following a two-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 101 near Barnes Point at Lake Crescent on Wednesday evening. Shown are Clallam Fire District No. 2 first responders removing a victim from the wreck area. (Jay Cline/Clallam Fire District No. 2)

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Three taken to hospital following two-vehicle wreck at Lake Crescent

LAKE CRESCENT — Three people were taken to Olympic Medical Center after a head-on wreck on U.S. Highway…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Special meeting today between Port Angeles city, port … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles City Council and Port of Port Angeles commissioners will consider an interlocal…

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Four-hour delay around Lake Crescent set for Thursday

PORT ANGELES — The first planned four-hour delay for construction on U.S. Highway 101 at Lake Crescent is…

Alex Biss, right, is comforted by mom April as they meet Christine Chang, kneeling at left, Alex’s first-grade teacher at Jefferson Elementary School in Port Angeles. Paige, a third-grader, looks on for her younger brother’s special day. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Most Peninsula districts have resumed classes

Cape Flattery, Quilcene and Brinnon public school districts will resume classes today, while other North Olympic Peninsula districts…