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Mountain View Pool temporarily closed by equipment failure

PORT TOWNSEND — The city’s Mountain View Pool is temporarily closed due to a failed circulation pump motor,…

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Change of command set for Naval Magazine Indian Island

Ceremony by invitation only

The Hood Canal Bridge was closed in both directions following an overnight or early morning collision that caused damage to the bridge. State Department of Transportation crews worked to fix the damage Wednesday afternoon. The State Patrol is investigating the incident as a hit-and-run. (Washington State Patrol)

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Hood Canal Bridge reopens after emergency repair

State Patrol investigating hit and run

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Long-term care facility outbreak up to 15 cases

The long-term care facility outbreak in Clallam County has risen to 15 cases, with 11 residents and four…

Rower Ken Deem of Tacoma, who placed second in the Seventy48 race last weekend, took a picture just before he started the WA360 in Port Townsend Bay on Monday morning. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Weather conditions challenge racers

Half the field finishes weekend’s Seventy48

A fire early Sunday destroyed several buildings near the Sequim Civic Center. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Fire destroys home, trailer behind Sequim Civic Center

Property at one point was almost sold, rented to City of Sequim

Team Bendracing — kayakers Daniel Staudigel and Jason Magness of Bend, Ore. — set out with the rest of the racers in the WA360, the 360-mile, human- and wind-powered event that began in Port Townsend Bay at 6 a.m. Monday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Racers paddle, harness wind to sail Puget Sound

Teams set off on 360-mile round trip from Port Townsend

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Port Angeles School District to consider budget options for Monroe fields

The Port Angeles School District’s board of directors will establish a budget for the Monroe fields project when…

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Clallam reports 10 more COVID cases as state vaccination lottery begins

All who have been vaccinated are entered into drawings

This Asian giant hornet was found with a nest during a 2020 tree removal. (Karla Salp/State Department of Agriculture)

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Murder hornets to be counted

Traps to be set to see if invasive bugs on Peninsula

Team Sail Like a Girl, listening to a sendoff song composed especially for them, includes, from left, Jeanne Goussev, Christa Bassett Ross, Lisa Cole, Laurie Anna Kaplan and Elisha Van Luven. The team will take off this morning on the new WA360 race from Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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The joy of sailing — and singing — like a girl

Freshly made song sends off WA360 team before race

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Port Townsend officials seek help in getting rid of poison hemlock

PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend city officials are asking community members to help control poison hemlock near their…

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Sequim School District schedules a Dungeness Virtual School informational night

SEQUIM — Parents and students seeking more information about Sequim School District’s online offerings for the 2021-22 school…

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Best of the Peninsula 2021 nominations on now

It’s time again to vote for the Best of the Peninsula!

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Outbreaks expected among unvaccinated this summer

Clallam County facility up to nine total cases

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Marine biotoxins decline in Discovery Bay

PORT TOWNSEND — A harmful algae bloom in Discovery Bay that caused a shellfish closure in April has…

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U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, center, speaks to, from left, Port Angeles School Board President Sarah Methner, Port Angeles City Councilman Mike French, School Superintendent Martin Brewer and  school district Maintenance and Facilities Director Nolan Duce during a visit to Monroe Fields.

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Monroe Fields to be added athletic venue in east Port Angeles

Kilmer tours area next to Roosevelt Elementary

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Highway 101 work begins Monday

Beginning Monday contractors for the Department of Transportation will continue a multi-county maintenance project on U.S. Highway 101.

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Weekly flight operations scheduled

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey…

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PT seeks input on lighting pollution

Online survey takes comments on Dark Sky initiative