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Port Townsend School District tells of more schedule changes

Most Salish students to return to classrooms

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Easter egg hunt set Saturday

SEQUIM — While most Easter egg hunts on the North Olympic Peninsula have been canceled due to the…

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North Olympic Library System offers Big Library Read

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System invites patrons to join the Big Library Read’s discussion of…

The Port Angeles branch of 1st Security Bank recently donated $2,500 to First Step Family Support Center. The Port Angeles-based nonprofit promotes the healthy development of children and families on the North Olympic Peninsula by building strong families. Some of its services include maternity support, parental coaching and assistance, and drop-in centers that help with clothing, diapers, formula, access to phones and other services. Pictured, left to right, are Elisa Simonsen, Venita Lynn, Kathy Murphy Carey and Tyrone Beatty.

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Bank donates to First Step Family Support Center

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Anne Chastain, Clallam County emergency operations coordinator, discusses the county’s response to COVID-19 at the Port Angeles Business Association’s breakfast meeting. (Rob Ollikainen/Peninsula Daily News)

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Official: Clallam County could see herd immunity by June

Emergency Operations Center chief discusses vaccine program

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State confirms cases of vaccinated people getting COVID-19

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Clallam officials suspect U.K. variant in three cases

Clallam County officials suspect that three COVID-19 cases are of the U.K. variant of the novel coronavirus, officials…

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Free legal aid clinic set for Saturday

Register by Tuesday

Wooden Boat Festival director Barb Trailer says the future is bright for the September event at and around the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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2021 Wooden Boat Festival charts its course

Planned: Outdoor activities, indoor events, presentations

Amy Miller

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Outreach programs solve problems to cut arrests, ER visits

Main goal: To improve people’s lives

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Jobless rate rises slightly on Peninsula

‘It’s like treading water’

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Port Townsend Farmers Market opens online shopping

PORT TOWNSEND — In anticipation of the first Port Townsend Farmers Market of the season this Saturday, the…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Crains set at the site of the new U.S. 101 bridge over Siebert Creek between Port Angeles and Sequim after three out of six 175-foot-long concrete girders were hoisted into place on Tuesday. Traffic delays of up to 20 minutes at the site are possible today to accommodate heavy machinery used to place the remaning girders occupy the parallel bridge. The project was designed to replace an aging culvert that was a hinderance to fish passage in Siebert Creek with additional culvert removed underway at nearby Bagley Creek. Traffic has been reduced to a single lane in each direction at both construction sites.

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Bridges under construction on U.S. Highway 101

Cranes sit at the site of the new U.S. Highway 101 bridge over Siebert Creek between Port Angeles…

Rachel Anderson of Sequim speaks to a crowd of about 30 people about how she supports the Asian American community and how attacks on women need to stop. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim rally supports Asian American community

SEQUIM — About 30 people gathered in downtown Sequim to stand against Asian American hate crimes.

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State vaccine eligibility expands to 16 and older April 15

By Rachel La Corte

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Peninsula counties tops in state in vaccination percentages

‘Huge achievement,’ health officer says

Joan Shields, center, the surviving spouse of Marvin Shields, is presented a commemorative certificate to honor her late husband’s heroic action during the Vietnam war, during which he was fatally wounded. Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict, left, presents Shields the award. Benedict, a Vietnam veteran, was presented a commemorative certificate in addition to serving as the keynote speaker. More than 25 Vietnam veterans were honored in the ceremony Monday at the Clallam County Veterans Center. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Vietnam veterans honored

Dave Logan

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Coast Guard rescues pair in tandem kayak off Dungeness Spit

Two people treated for exhaustion at John Wayne Marina

Aaron Asis, installing his “Fort Words” paintings at Fort Worden State Park last September, is among the many artists who have received Port Townsend Arts Commission grants. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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New grants available for Port Townsend artists’ works

City commission reviews applications monthly

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Changes to bring students to class

Port Townsend adjusts model

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