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Stress to be topic of July WOW! forum

SEQUIM — Shelby DePas, ARNP, will present a free WOW! Working on Wellness Forum on stress Wednesday, July…

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Hood Canal Bridge closures set for tonight into Friday

SHINE – The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic several times tonight, with each closure…

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Estes Builders donates to Peninsula agencies

POULSBO — Estes Builders of Poulsbo has made cash awards to agencies on the North Olympic Peninsula.

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Work on Highway 101 around Lake Crescent to start July 10

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Work on a $27.5 million project to rehabilitate 12 miles of U.S. Highway 101…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Drink and Draw event set Thursday … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Drink and Draw, a free event for all ages, is planned at 7 p.m. Thursday.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS: PA Ambassadors hold two ribbon-cutting ceremonies; real estate agents of the month named

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Ambassadors recently held grand opening ribbon-cuttings for two local businesses.

Filmmaker Morgan Neville to be Port Townsend Film Festival special guest

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Filmmaker Morgan Neville to be Port Townsend Film Festival special guest

PORT TOWNSEND — Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville will be the special guest at September’s Port Townsend Film…

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Hood Canal Bridge closures planned tonight

SHINE – The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic several times tonight, with each closure…

Seed Saving will be presented by Master Gardener Muriel Nesbitt at noon Thursday, July 13. (Amanda Rosenberg)

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Saving seeds topic of Port Angeles lecture

PORT ANGELES — Veteran Master Gardener Muriel Nesbitt will discuss how to save, store and trade seeds at…

Port Angeles has a new parade route this year starting on North Cedar Street, creating a loop along Marine Drive to Front Street and back to Valley Road. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Celebrations to dazzle for the Fourth of July

Celebrations will explode all over Clallam County today on the Fourth of July.

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Jefferson PUD plans next tree trimming project

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Public Utility District crews soon will trim trees along Beaver Valley Road, Rhody…

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Whidbey Island aircraft operations set for five days this week at outlying field

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

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Jefferson County celebrations fete the Fourth

Celebrations in Jefferson County today will mark the Fourth of July.

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NEWS BRIEFS: Coast Guard crew rescues PA teen girl; Clallam County Sheriff’s Office achieves reaccreditation

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A U.S. Coast Guard crew from Port Angeles helped a 17-year-old girl after she…

Politics

Cantwell sets town hall meetings; free tickets required for the themed discussions

SEATTLE — U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell plans three town hall meetings in Seattle this week.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News

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Peninsula goes star-spangled for Fourth of July

Forks’ Independence Day celebration continues today while other communities on the North Olympic Peninsula prepare for full days…

U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Benjamin Berg, left, and Cmdr. Christofer German share a moment of levity during a ceremony Friday shifting command of the cutter Active, in the background, from Berg to German at Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Command changes for Coast Guard’s Active

PORT ANGELES — The cutter Active has a new commander.

Marrowstone Island barn burns

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Marrowstone Island barn burns

MARROWSTONE ISLAND — Engulfed in flames, a large barn on Marrowstone Island was beyond saving when firefighters arrived.

Business

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce — Twice-monthly luncheon meetings are held on the first Monday at noon at…

A chain-reaction wreck on state Highway 104 blocked the highway for nearly three hours and sent seven people to a hospital. (Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue)

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Wreck blocks Highway 104, sends seven to hospital

PORT LUDLOW— A chain-reaction wreck involving four vehicles and 10 occupants blocked both lanes of state Highway 104…