Among the entrants coming back to the Rhody Festival Grand Parade is the Cake Picnic Cadillac, pictured in the 2019 parade through Uptown Port Townsend. Flanking the float are bicyclist Tao Johnston, pedestrian Ryan Charrier and Meredith Milholland with daughter Gitte, then 1, in her stroller. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Rhody Festival parade now set for August

Entries sought for procession; bakers plan free dessert

Atop the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Sequim, co-owner Bret Wirta recently learned he’d be able to keep his hotel after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the COVID-19 pandemic cut into tourism and his revenues. “I’m glad to have this cloud lifted from over us,” he said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Holiday Inn owner retains hotel in bankruptcy case

More than $2M in penalties sought during pandemic

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Peninsula College requiring COVID-19 vaccinations

Confirmed Thursday: 19 more cases in Clallam, six in Jefferson

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Jefferson County PUD seeks to expand internet

Agency pursuing $12.4M in funds

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Bids opened for levee setback project

Lower Dungeness River floodplain to be restored

Cheryl Bentley, left, and Annalee McConnell are among the volunteers who’ve built, painted and furnished a village of tiny shelters off San Juan Avenue in Port Townsend. The Community Build site will host an open house Saturday afternoon. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Community Build Project to host open house

Ten new tiny shelters on display

Gov. Jay Inslee.

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Inslee urges all to wear masks indoors

Face coverings will be required in K-12 schools

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EXPLAINER: Employers have legal right to mandate COVID shots

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The state of California. New York City. Hospitals and nursing…

Trumpeter swans enjoy an evening on Kirner Pond. (Photo by Bob Phreaner)

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Community raises funds to save swans, bury power lines

Kirner Road project expected to finish in August, PUD says

East Jefferson Fire Rescue Chief Bret Black.

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East Jefferson Fire Rescue to manage Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue

One-year deal provides structure

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Clallam County may approve funds for help with past-due utility bills

Customers owe about $700,000, PUD says

Retired pilot Josh Crabtree of Port Angeles sits in a Dash Air Shuttle Cessna 402c that he helped fly from the East Coast in June. The plane would be used for passenger flights from Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles to Sea-Tac International Airport. (Paul Gottlieb/Peninsula Daily News)

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Dash Air flights pushed to late September

Passenger service’s new target will be after Labor Day

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Motorcycle rider injured in crash with SUV on U.S. Highway 101

LAKE SUTHERLAND — A Neah Bay man was injured Sunday when the motorcycle he was riding struck an…

FILE - In this Friday, March 5, 2021 file photo, a restaurant worker holds his face mask in Biloxi, Miss. On Friday, March 12, 2021. The nation’s top health agency is expected to backpedal on its masking guidelines and recommend that even vaccinated people wear masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging, according to a federal official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to release the data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to make an announcement Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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CDC masking guidelines change due to Delta variant

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COVID-19 cases continue to rise

Delta strain dominant in state

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Wildfires blasting through West draw states to lend support

Oregon’s Bootleg Fire 46 percent contained

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Clallam County commissioners to consider rescue funds for utility assistance

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners will consider releasing $350,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to Clallam…

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Collision blocks state Highway 19 for about four hours

PORT LUDLOW — State Highway 19 was partially blocked for about four hours Saturday after a two-vehicle collision…

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Naval Magazine Indian Island plans training exercises

NAVAL MAGAZINE INDIAN ISLAND — Naval Magazine Indian Island training exercises are scheduled from Monday through Friday.

Having stayed home in Port Hadlock for the past 18 months, author and expedition guide Peter Harrison explores the avian world in his book, “Seabirds: The New Identification Guide.” (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Author, artist publishes guide to world’s seabirds

Healthy oceans essential for survival of seafowl