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Dual ferry service returns to Port Townsend for first time in five years

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend has two-boat service beginning today, which starts the first complete summer of two-boat service since 2007. The MV Salish returns… Continue reading

Free whooping cough shots in Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Forks

Public health officials will offer free pertussis vaccinations in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Forks later this month. About 1,280 cases of pertussis, also known… Continue reading

July trial set for alleged abductors

PORT ANGELES — A July 9 trial date has been set for two parents charged with the April 27 abduction of their two young children… Continue reading

Reception set Tuesday for Jefferson County Heart of Service honorees

PORT TOWNSEND — Friends, admirers and business associates are invited to a reception this week where seven community heroes will be honored with the Jefferson… Continue reading

SPORTS: Crescent captures North Olympic League track sub-districts; Chimacum and Port Townsend do well at Nisqually sub-districts

PORT ANGELES — The Crescent boys and girls both finished first at the North Olympic League’s sub-district track meet. The girls finished with a team… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Port Angeles second at its own Duke Streeter boys golf invitational

PORT ANGELES ­— Shelton shot a 211 to win its third consecutive Duke Streeter Memorial Invitational at Peninsula Golf Club on Friday. The 18th annual… Continue reading

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SPORTS: Sequim knocks Port Angeles out of baseball bi-district playoffs; Chimacum plays for tri-district championship

BREMERTON — Third time was the charm for the Sequim baseball team. The Wolves scored six runs in the top of the ninth inning to… Continue reading

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UPDATED — Overdue hiker found in Olympic National Park

PORT ANGELES — Olympic National Park officials on Saturday found a hiker who had been missing for days in a steep and rugged area of… Continue reading

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Crescent Water customers urged to boil tap water

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Health has issued a boil-water advisory for the Crescent Water Association system. The advisory was issued Thursday after E.… Continue reading

Port Angeles street department employees Colin Anderson

NOAA designates Port Angeles to be ‘tsunami-ready’

PORT ANGELES — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has recognized the city of Port Angeles as “tsunami-ready.” Ted Buehner, warning coordination meteorologist from the… Continue reading

Port Angeles street department employees Colin Anderson

Overdue hiker sought in Olympic National Park

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A search is in progress for a solo hiker who is overdue from a planned day hike, the park announced today.… Continue reading

Crescent Water customers urged to boil tap water

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Health has issued a boil-water advisory for the Crescent Water Association system. The advisory was issued Thursday after E.… Continue reading

Crescent Water customers urged to boil tap water

OLYMPIA — The state Department of Health has issued a boil-water advisory for the Crescent Water Association system. The advisory was issued today after E.… Continue reading

August trial date scheduled in slaying of Port Angeles woman

PORT ANGELES — The trial of Kevin B. Bradfield, a Port Angeles man accused of strangling a developmentally disabled woman to death last October, has… Continue reading

The Coast Guard has signed a rule forbidding drawbridge openings for nonmilitary vessels at the Hood Canal Bridge. Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News

Rule closes Hood Canal Bridge for summer rush-hour

HOOD CANAL BRIDGE — The Coast Guard has signed a final rule that forbids summer rush-hour Hood Canal Bridge drawbridge openings for nonmilitary vessels. The… Continue reading

The Coast Guard has signed a rule forbidding drawbridge openings for nonmilitary vessels at the Hood Canal Bridge. Margaret McKenzie/Peninsula Daily News

SPORTS: Chimacum baseball opens playoffs with win

CHIMACUM — It wasn’t pretty but the Chimacum Cowboys are right where they want to be. Chimacum’s baseball team, the defending 1A state champion, is… Continue reading

Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network meets today in Blyn

BLYN — Members of the Strait of Juan de Fuca Ecosystem Recovery Network will discuss wilderness preservation proposals and local Puget Sound Champion Awards when… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Other area events on North Olympic Peninsula

An address by former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, free tours of Chimacum Woods rhododendron nursery and several Mother’s Day events are among the… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Postal carriers to collect food Saturday across Peninsula; Sequim drive delayed

Postal carriers in Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Port Hadlock and Forks will participate in the 20th annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive this Saturday, while… Continue reading

UPDATE — Sequim licensing office will remain open . . . for now

SEQUIM — The Sequim Vehicle/Vessel Licensing office will stay open — for now — and continue operating as usual. Clallam County Superior Court Commissioner W.… Continue reading