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Port Townsend City Council to interview four finalists for open seat

Sessions set Tuesday; selection expected Aug. 5

Port Angeles Farmers Market board member Vanessa Barrington adds whipped cream to a strawberry shortcake being sold at the market on Saturday as a fundraiser for market operations. Proceeds from shortcake sales help pay for insurance, organization memberships, rental fees, printing, postage and payroll for market staff. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Market fundraiser

Port Angeles Farmers Market board member Vanessa Barrington adds whipped cream to a strawberry shortcake being sold at…

Chloe Turner, a kennel technician with the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, gives some attention to Dingo, a canine housed at the society’s Bark House campus. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Humane society closes Bark House, plans to sell

Executive director says monthly finances were ‘unsustainable’

A Port Angeles public utilities crew vacuums out water and debris from a hole around a water main break on South H Street near West Sixth Street on Wednesday morning. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Public asked to avoid area of water main break in Port Angeles

Crews working at intersection of Sixth and H streets

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Drought response activated on three water systems

CARLSBORG — Clallam County Public Utility District No. 1 has announced a Stage 3 drought response for the…

The North Olympic Cap Ripken team won the state 12 and under championship this weekend in Wenatchee. From left, front row, are Julian Dominguez, Noah Kiser, Coleman Keate and Kade Johnstad. From left, second row, are Jay Lieberman, Kyler Williams, Brycen Allen, Cooper Merritt, Gavin Doyle, Jacob Kinzey, Drake Spence, Liam Shea and Carson Greenstreet. From left, back row, are coaches Grian Greenstreet, Evan Kiser, Tyril Spence, Riley Shea and manager Rob Merritt. (Courtesy of Rob Merritt)

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CAL RIPKEN BASEBALL: North Olympic 12U squad is state champion

WENATCHEE — The North Olympic 12U Cal Ripken team didn’t just win a state championship, it did it…

Port Angeles’ Julio Vasquez Jr. (24) was 2-for-5 in Monday’s 11-1 victory over Nanaimo, the fourth win in six games for the Lefties, who are tied for first place entering the all-star break.

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PORT ANGELES LEFTIES: Lefties tied for first place after crushing Nanaimo 11-1

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lefties have been close all season with a number of one-run and…

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AMERICAN LEGION: Wilder Sr. drops game to Whatcom; Wilder A wins a pair

ISSAQUAH — Wilder Senior fell 9-2 to Whatcom Post No. 7 to close out a weekend of games…

The Port Angeles High School varsity team went 4-0 in its summer tournament held this weekend. A total of 20 teams from around western Washington participated, including local teams from Sequim, Neah Bay, Forks and East Jefferson. Central Kitsap beat the Port Angeles JV squad by one point in overtime in the JV championship game. From left, front row, are head coach Kasey Ulin, Brody Pierce, Hunter Flores, Gus Halberg, Blake Sohlberg, Keatyn Hoch, Jude Wallace, Michael Miller and coach Danny Linde. In the back row is Brock Hope. (Courtesy of Kasey Ulin)

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AREA SPORTS BRIEF: Port Angeles hoops 4-0 in home tourney

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School varsity team went 4-0 in its summer tournament held this…

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Sequim Bay closed to shellfish harvest

SEQUIM — Beaches in Sequim Bay have been closed for recreational shellfish harvesting for all species due to…

Andrea Raymor, left, and Christine Cray, former owners of the Spruce Goose Cafe on Airport Road in Port Townsend, share a moment with the new owners of the cafe in the background, Ashley Owen, left, Vanessa McKenney, middle, and sister Kathryn McKenney during a break between cooking and waitressing. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Spruce Goose keeps new ownership in Port Townsend

Waitresses, cook purchase business, keep local institution

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Clallam Economic Development Council seeking consulting funding

High-wage industrial jobs sought as long-term goal

Jefferson County Historical Society board president Ann Welch, lef,) and director of development and communications Alexandra Toombs at the Museum of Art + History. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson County history museum renovating space

Society plans to rotate exhibits annually

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Motorcycle rider airlifted after collision with deer

FORKS — A motorcycle rider was airlifted to a Seattle hospital after colliding with a deer on state…

Law enforcement personnel respond to a call Monday afternoon at the Port Angeles Safeway on Lincoln Street after a man threatened homicide and suicide. (Paul Gottlieb/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Police arrest man threatening homicide, suicide

PORT ANGELES — A man threatening homicide and suicide was arrested at the Port Angeles Safeway.

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Project 10 to help women’s wardrobes

United Way event set for Aug. 8 in Sequim

Bernadette Shein helps answer quilt questions for visitors of the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club’s annual quilt show in 2023. This year, the event will move to Trinity United Methodist Church and expand to two days, Friday and Saturday. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Quilt show gets new venue, expands to two-day event

Raffle quilts benefit club, scholarship fund

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Olympic Medical Center to host community forum

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center will host a virtual-only community forum at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

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Weekly flight operations scheduled

This story was updated on July 17 based on updated information from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

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Wilder Junior pitcher Hunter Stratford hurls on Saturday against the Pipeline Pirates AAA as third baseman Brandt Perry looks on during the first game of a Saturday doubleheader at Port Angeles Volunteer Field.

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AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL; Juniors jolt Pipeline Pirates in doubleheader sweep

Senior squad still alive for third at Lakeside Recovery tourney