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Students in Niall Twomey’s seventh-grade science class take cover under their workstations during a Great Shakeout drill on Thursday at Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend. The students dropped, took cover and held on for the duration of the 30-second drill in order to build muscle memory in the event of a real earthquake or tsunami on the Peninsula. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Great shakeout

Students in Niall Twomey’s seventh-grade science class take cover under their workstations during a Great Shakeout drill on…

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Listeria recall includes Peninsula

Stores in both Clallam, Jefferson affected

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Have you ever filled prescriptions through a mail-order pharmacy?

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Lori Bernstein, left, and Lindy Brooking, both from Port Townsend, pause from their morning walk to look at the Halloween display set up by the Point Hudson RV Park host. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Halloween display

Lori Bernstein, left, and Lindy Brooking, both from Port Townsend, pause from their morning walk to look at…

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Will the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar mean an end to the war in Gaza?

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What is your biggest complaint about drivers on the Peninsula?

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An EA-18G Growler taxis down the airstrip on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island during the squadron’s welcome home ceremony in August 2017. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott Wood/U.S. Navy)

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Navy jet wreckage located on mountainside east of Mount Rainier

YAKIMA COUNTY — Aerial search crews located the wreckage of the EA-18G Growler that crashed on Tuesday. The…

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, last viewed on earth 80,000 years ago, shines brightly in the western sky over the Olympic Mountains from Port Townsend High School on Saturday evening. The comet may be visible for most of the month of October if the skies are clear. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Rare comet

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, last viewed on earth 80,000 years ago, shines brightly in the western sky over the…

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Community colleges grappling with chance of paying back funds

State budget office over allocated $28M

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‘Great ShakeOut’ slated for Thursday

Participants asked to ‘stop, cover and hold on’

Crime & Justice

Mental evaluation ordered in case

Hagans-Moore sent to Western State Hospital

Hickory Shirt Heritage Days celebrates the logging history of the West End. Here an unidentified man is seated on a single-drum donkey engine in Forks during the late 19th to early 20th century. (Bert Kellogg Collection)

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Hickory Shirt Heritage Days activities continue in Forks

Hickory Shirt Heritage Days activities will continue this week in Forks with the following activities:

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How important is it for movies and shows based on real people and events to be accurate?

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How often do you travel off the Peninsula for medical care?

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Port Angeles School Board talks budget challenges

Security a priority for new Stevens Middle School

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Plant fall bulbs for dreams of spring

OKAY, IT IS October and that means all the vendors have spring flowering bulbs in stock! Now, today,…

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

Letters to the Editor

LETTER: Trump’s scheme

When Ted Cruz won the Republican Iowa caucuses in 2016, Donald Trump declared the result was a fraud.

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LETTER: Independent voter

I have voted for both liberal and conservative candidates, those that I believe will and have served we…

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LETTER: Women should have autonomy

After watching the vice presidential debate, which was refreshingly civil in its tone, I began to think about…