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…

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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…

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Quinault fete Chief Taholah Days

TAHOLAH — Chief Taholah Days, the Quinault Indian Nation’s biggest celebration of the year, continues today through Tuesday.

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Hiker reported lost found after three hours

PORT TOWNSEND — A hiker’s three-hour detour worried his friends and family when they returned to their vehicle…

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NEWS BRIEFS: Sequim Visitor Information Center plans new volunteer training Wednesday … and other items

SEQUIM — The Sequim Visitor Information Center will hold a new volunteer orientation class at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

Gov. Jay Inslee signs a new two-year state operating budget Friday at the Capitol in Olympia. The budget was approved by the Legislature earlier in the day, just in time to avert a partial government shutdown. (Ted S. Warren/The Associated Press

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Governor signs $43.7 budget deal, averting partial state government shutdown

By Rachel La Corte

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EYE ON CLALLAM: County to consider memorandum of understanding with housing authority

The three Clallam County commissioners will discuss a memorandum of understanding with the Peninsula Housing Authority for a…

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EYE ON JEFFERSON: Port Townsend hearing examiner public hearings set

Two Port Townsend city hearing examiner public hearings are on the docket Friday.