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Team poised to win Race to Alaska

Finish line close by late Tuesday afternoon in race that began in Port Townsend

Visitors examine the marine exhibits at the Feiro Marine Life Center at Port Angeles City Pier on Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

NOAA pledges $3 million for new marine life center in Port Angeles

Building to replace Feiro Marine Discovery Center

Visitors examine the marine exhibits at the Feiro Marine Life Center at Port Angeles City Pier on Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Team We Brake for Whales, currently in first place in the Race to Alaska, pulled into the checkpoint in Bella Bella, British Columbia, on Sunday. The team could reach the finish line in Ketchikan, Alaska, as soon as today. (Peter Geerlofs via Northwest Maritime Center)

8-person sailboat may reach Ketchikan today

Team captain led Sail Like a Girl to 2017 victory

Team We Brake for Whales, currently in first place in the Race to Alaska, pulled into the checkpoint in Bella Bella, British Columbia, on Sunday. The team could reach the finish line in Ketchikan, Alaska, as soon as today. (Peter Geerlofs via Northwest Maritime Center)

Race to Alaska pushes north

Light rain, light wind sets in for racers

Search sporadic for hiker missing near Brinnon

Search operations for a hiker from Olympia who was reported missing June 1 have slowed to the point of only occasional drone flights… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The cannon blast at noon on Thursday signaled the start of the 710 -ile leg of the 2023 Race2Alaska from Victoria’s Inner Harbour to Ketchikan, Alaska. Thirty-one boats, using sails, paddles or oars, left did a Le Mans type start from Government Street above the Harbour to their boats before the start of the race which got going in Port Townsend on Monday.

Race to Alaska leaves Victoria

Journey to Ketchikan, Alaska begins

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The cannon blast at noon on Thursday signaled the start of the 710 -ile leg of the 2023 Race2Alaska from Victoria’s Inner Harbour to Ketchikan, Alaska. Thirty-one boats, using sails, paddles or oars, left did a Le Mans type start from Government Street above the Harbour to their boats before the start of the race which got going in Port Townsend on Monday.
Gov. Jay Inslee rides across the Johnson Creek Railroad Trestle Foot Bridge on the Olympic Discovery Trail east of Sequim on Wednesday. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy honored Inslee as its 2023 Rail-Trail champion during an event at Red Cedar Hall in Blyn following Inslee's 27-mile ride from Port Angeles. (Jesse Major/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy)

Inslee presented award for trails advocacy

Bike group cites governor’s support

Gov. Jay Inslee rides across the Johnson Creek Railroad Trestle Foot Bridge on the Olympic Discovery Trail east of Sequim on Wednesday. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy honored Inslee as its 2023 Rail-Trail champion during an event at Red Cedar Hall in Blyn following Inslee's 27-mile ride from Port Angeles. (Jesse Major/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy)

Port of Port Angeles directors resigns

Director of Operations to serve in interim

All but one team reach Victoria for phase 2 of R2AK

Racers leave at noon Thursday

Racers in the Race to Alaska pass by the cheers and well wishes from the hundreds of spectators lining the docks at the Northwest Maritime Center when the cannon went off at 5 a.m. Monday, starting the 750-mile journey from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

And they’re off to the Proving Ground

Race to Alaska boats to leave Victoria on Thursday

Racers in the Race to Alaska pass by the cheers and well wishes from the hundreds of spectators lining the docks at the Northwest Maritime Center when the cannon went off at 5 a.m. Monday, starting the 750-mile journey from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
With emotions running high, the skipper of the boat, Jordan Hanssen, and crewman Greg Spooner share a hug as the boat is pulled up the ramp under the eyes of spectators lining the dock at the Port Townsend Boat Haven on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Rowboat that set record recycled

Ceremonial ‘wake’ held for 30-foot vessel

With emotions running high, the skipper of the boat, Jordan Hanssen, and crewman Greg Spooner share a hug as the boat is pulled up the ramp under the eyes of spectators lining the dock at the Port Townsend Boat Haven on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson Transit to use an electric bus

Agency’s future is with alternative-fuel vehicles

Derelict vessel recycling program kicks off in Port Townsend on Monday

Boat to be stripped and crushed at Boat Haven

Boats in the 2019 Race to Alaska compete for a $10,000 prize in a route that takes them from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska, but organizers say the race is more about the experience than the money. (Drew Malcolm via Northwest Maritime Center)

Race to Alaska sets sail Monday

Participants to use human, wind power

Boats in the 2019 Race to Alaska compete for a $10,000 prize in a route that takes them from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska, but organizers say the race is more about the experience than the money. (Drew Malcolm via Northwest Maritime Center)
Rescuers in Jefferson County assist a woman on Wednesday who went looking for a hiker reported missing on Monday. The woman was injured attempting to cross the Duckabush River and transported to Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend. (Brinnon Fire Department)

Woman rescued in her search for hiker

Sporadic drone flights still checking area

Rescuers in Jefferson County assist a woman on Wednesday who went looking for a hiker reported missing on Monday. The woman was injured attempting to cross the Duckabush River and transported to Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend. (Brinnon Fire Department)

Hurricane Ridge shuttle delayed following fire

National Park Service says it’s working on update by Friday

Joshua Guerrier.

Search continues for hiker

Missing man believed to have entered Duckabush River

Joshua Guerrier.

33 years and counting, Esprit returns to Port Angeles

Northwest’s largest transgender convention kicks off Sunday

Port Townsend weighs possible future revenues

Funds will need to sustain current services

Jefferson County extends deadline for accepting stock plans

Agency hopes to lower housing costs